Men's fashion & style
This will mean nothing to anyone who hasn’t shopped in London’s Oxford Street in the last 5 years, but it’s worth saying anyway 🙂 “Don’t Be A Sinner, Be A Winner” shirts are now available from Good At Magic.
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Every stylish man should have a cocktail shaker, and not a £2.99 one from Argos.
A “Boston Glass” style one is essential, but many places do not sell them. One place that does is Leon Jaeggi on Shaftesbury Avenue.
If you’re getting bored of smelling other people wearing the same CKOne/Gaultier/Brut aftershave as you, it may be time to investigate some of the more obscure fragrances out there. Without doubt, one of the greatest men’s fragrances is Creed’s Irish Tweed. Originally commissioned for Cary Grant, it’s combinations of woody and floral tones is very distinguished and is the kind of thing not forgotten in a hurray (particularly by ladies)
It’s not cheap (£45 for 30ml), but then the bottle I bought 5 years ago is still going strong (admittedly I don’t wear it too often). Try Escentual online or Liberty in London
Headstrong. A little skateboard biased, but a great range and free shipping.
oh the irony! Well it’s not that clever but as we all know Goths are renowned for their great sense of humour.
Shame it’s sold out.
With it’s faded and frayed hawaiin shirt fabric, and a wooden button on the side, you should really be drinking a cocktail in a Honalulu bar to wear the Goorin Tiki Lounge Hat Admittedly a friend did greet me with “Where’d you find that ? A skip ?” but I think it’s ideal now that summer’s arrived and so many other hats make you look like you’re trying too hard.
Urban Outfitters are carrying them in the UK for £18.
While the aim, to provide no-nonsense grooming products at a reasonable price, is laudable; couldn’t they have done something with the colour ?
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.
One True Saxon’s website is having a pretty good summer sale with 40% off most of their stuff. Shoes are around £50, nice anoraks for £90 and t-shirts for £19. Warning: the site’s a bit of a Flash monstrosity.
Worn By take classic t-shirts, as worn by pop and rockstars (and presumably no longer available) and recreate them. Thus if you’ve ever wanted the Raleigh Grifter shirt worn by Marc Bolan, or the infamous Who The Fuck Is Mick Jagger ? shirt worn by Mick Jagger, then you’ll be laughing. So far, I’d say, the t-shirts are too obscure to be recognised by anyone except uber-fans, and none of them appeal to me in their own right, but I’ll definitely check back to what new ones they add.