Men's fashion & style
Selfridges are currently having a very large sale.
Items available include Gieves & Hawkes shirts reduced from £79 to £59 for the merchant banker in your life and lots of reductions on Duffer of St George amongst many others. Unfortunately the Nigel Hall tank top I bought wasn’t reduced.
I was quite keen on the Ralph Lauren & Le Tigre polo shirts, but they were full price (£49).
There is also the largest amount of foul near-day-glo Ralph Lauren shirts I’ve ever seen in one place before.
Apparently this is not a belated April Fool’s joke. To celebrate their respective 25th birthday’s British ‘not as funny as it used to be but still pretty good’ gutter humour comic Viz and American ‘not as good as it used to be but still pretty good skatewear label’ Stussy have hooked up with a line collaborative t-shirts. They’re not fantastic (I’m not a fan of the plain white tee with a logo on) but I have to admit to being a little tempted by the one with Big Vern spraying the Stussy logo in bullet holes. This place is stocking them.
Finally this shirt
is back in stock, and will shortly be winging it’s way over the atlantic to me…
EDIT: I have received it, it’s beautiful. I’ve noticed that Urban Outfitters in Covent Garden have started to stock this and various other Imaginary Foundation t-shirts.
MoreTVicar.com has some witty polo shirts subtly featuring snails, space invaders and batman.
Since last summer, I’ve gradually moved away from my first love (t-shirts) into the welcoming arms of polo shirts. Slightly smarter than a t-shirt, yet don’t make you look like a city tw*t like a shirt, the polo – all things to all men.
So, here are my top 5 polo shirt manufacturers:
5. Le Tigre. I must admit, I don’t own any shirts by them, but they look good. You can get them from karmaloop as well as Urban Outfitters & eBay.
4. American Apparel – manufactured in a sweatshop-free environment in Los Angeles, this right-on version of Gap (but better) does t-shirts, sweatshirts, long sleeved tees, hooded tops and yes! polo shirts in a multitude of colours. They have a store at the end of Carnaby Street.
3. Fred Perry. You no longer have to be a skinhead to wear Fred Perry – although I know several slapheads read this site. They have 2 stores in Covent Garden, one in the market and one in Seven Dials.
2. Lacoste – another horrible flash-only site unfortunately, but they have the greatest range of colours and do a particularly nice pink option. A Lacoste store has recently opened up on Regent Street.
1. Penguin by Munsingwear. Available from Stylevenue, Plum & eBay. Penguin Clothing is the most comprehensive site, but is based in the US, and has exorbitant UK delivery rates.
Monsoon have recently launched a men’s line. They have a store in Covent Garden. Their current line has some appealing shirts and jumpers.
The Gap of Japan is a budget option. Recently they sold good quality lightweight merino wool v-neck jumpers in a wide variety of colours for only £20. Unfortunately they appear to have ditched that line.
They do still have pink socks though…
Best Shop Ever is not a personal recommendation, but the name of this shop just off Clerkenwell Road in London. It has an esoteric mix of t-shirts, jewellery, artwork and other interesting items that you won’t find anywhere else.
