As the season kicks off once again, we were back down at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence, Italy, to check out the latest street style looks from everyone’s favorite fashion-trade fair, Pitti Uomo. Accustomed as we are to seeing Pitti-goers dressed in medium-weight suits, with slip-on shoes, and no socks, it can be easy…
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10 Ways Luxury Brands Could Be More Eco Friendly
You’ve heard the statistics: the fashion industry is the world’s second greatest polluter after petroleum. While this much-repeated soundbite is in actual fact a little vague, and may or may not be based on hard science, there are certainly enough legitimate studies and reports consistently placing clothing production very high up on the list of world…
10 of the Best Clothing Items to Buy Used
A Discussion Around Smarter Secondhand Shopping The opening of our new retail boutique sparked a conversation about secondhand shopping. In this little chat, John Bramaan and I touch on the various advantages of buying secondhand clothing instead of new. We decided to make a list of best buys. As it turned out, the task proved…
Notes from Florence Part II: Best Brands of Pitti S/S 19
Pitti Uomo 94 may be long over, but in the meantime we’ve been busy condensing our notes to bring you more highlights from the SS19 Florence menswear collections. Following on from the first part in this series on the best brands of Pitti, we take a look at some quality British outerwear; elegant bags and…
Notes from Florence Part I: Best Brands of Pitti S/S 19
Away from the febrile posturing of social-media stars in the piazza, inside the halls of Florence’s Fortezza da Basso the real action of Pitti Uomo 94 was taking place. Here buyers with the purchasing-power to decide what many of us will be wearing 12 months from now perused the booths of the world’s leading menswear…
Street Style Photo Gallery – Pitti Uomo 2018, Florence
At Pitti Uomo the division between runway and street seems a lot less clear than at other comparable menswear events. In 2018, social media stars are often a bigger draw than headline designers, and meanwhile brand promotion frequently spills over onto the streets, guerilla-style. The event has even spawned its very own form of wildlife:…
Florence, Italy Vintage Menswear Guide
In less than a week the international world of menswear will descend upon Florence for the latest installment of what has now become the single most important event in the industry’s calendar: Pitti Immagine Uomo. But away from the spectacle of strutting peacocks and the feverish striking of deals down at the Fortezza, there’s actually…
10 Lesser Known Quality Italian Suit Brands for Under $1K
Prada, Gucci, Isaia, Corneliani, Brioni. All very well known. All very expensive. Sometimes a fashion item is expensive because it cost a lot of money to produce. Other times it’s expensive because that’s what the brand can get away with charging, regardless of the actual product quality. And naturally, less well-known brands can’t get away…
Behind the Scenes at Salvatore Piccolo’s Naples Workshop
Exit Naples’ busy Napoli Centrale rail terminus, and make for a side street heading towards the rear of the station. Ring the bell at the nondescript entrance to one of numerous anonymous two-story industrial buildings which line the street, and climb the bare concrete stairs. Knocking on the door, it opens not to reveal the…
How to Buy a Used Suit Online – the Complete Guide
With so many lightly used designer suits for sale online, grabbing a stylish nearly-new bargain has never been easier. At least if you know what you’re doing. But without the opportunity to try the item on before purchasing, and the ever present possibility of paying out for an expensive dud, most buyers prefer not to…