From the Nuji Blog I'm a huge fan of Casual Connoisseur and Oneupmanship. The designs from CC, attention to detail in their clothing releases and sources of inspiration and icons are first class; the Oneup approach to style in my opinion is essential reading and a look which is post-casual, smart and sussed, a look not a label and a million miles away from a aquascutum baseball cap as you can get.
For some reason its taken me a while to get round to trying some of these, not sure why I waited so long. The 5am saint, Punk IPA & Hardcore IPA are all amazing.
Converted. Looks like they only have a couple of bars in Scotland at the moment, hopefully they'll get one in London.
October has been producing plenty of rainy days and nights in London, and
here’s a sequence of photos taken during a walk from the South Bank up
through ...
In the fall of 2024, three members of the Gentleman’s Gazette staff –
Raphael Schneider, Jack Collins, and Chris Dummer – set off for an
incredible two wee...
By Dan Covell Earlier this year, Ivy Style posted my essay on the power of
style on dress and contemporary music. That piece noted other previous
contrib...
Here we go, my list of things to buy for men who are very particular about
things! Everything here is chosen with quality and timelessness in mind.
Hope th...
8:00 am Liberty Place, Philadelphia. Reading emails, oddly quiet. Woman in
cubicle says private plane flew into Trade Center. No one seems concerned.
Me...
You can’t say streetwear without showing some respect to BAPE. I don’t make
the rules; that’s just how it is. It’s been almost three decades now since
A Ba...
This is an unsolicited, very short review of this (late) season's madras
short sleeve sport shirts from Brooks Brothers.
They're great. The fabric is rea...
“I don’t know what London’s coming to — the higher the buildings the lower
the morals.” ― Noël Coward, Collected Sketches and Lyrics It’s been two
years si...
It seems like you’re running a default WordPress website. Here are few
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Cloudways How T...
Clean and simple is always a safe way to be in fashion. And will never go
out of style. You can still add that "pop" of something, but keep in mind
that le...
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After seven years, we’ve decided to stop publishing *Inventory*. We’re
extremely grateful to everyone that has supported the magazine by
adverti...
1957 – Elvis Presley poses beside a Christmas tree in his home in Memphis,
Tennesee. When Elvis recorded a cover of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas,
it ma...
Right, right, so nothing has really happened on here in what most people on
and off the Internet would consider "a long ass time". I've got no excuses
othe...
How the author made sure to commemorate one of our mightiest superheroes by
permanently weaving him into the fabric of the universe. A reminder to evil
t...
– “The style horrifies restaurant headwaiters, who are still weathering the
onslaught of women in pants suits.” – –TIME Magazine, 1967 ~*~ – Steve
McQueen ...
The intention with Trans-Europa is to create an e-scrapbook of aural, visual & cultural interests, travel, food, football, politics and oneupmanship clothing references. The original manifesto is nothing more than a personal record for posterity.