Showing posts from category: book review
Thursday, 17 November 2022

Book Review: The Rebel's Wardrobe pub. by Gestalten

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To while away the long winter nights, I recommend reading The Rebel’s Wardrobe: The Untold Story of Menswear’s Renegade Past (published by ...
Tuesday, 21 December 2021

Black Ivy - A Revolt in Style: Book Review

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Ivy style is linked to the Ivy League college campuses of the American northeast in the fifties and sixties. Students of these elite institu...
Monday, 6 December 2021

Vogue Paris 100 Years: Thames & Hudson: Book Review

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Vogue Paris was first published in 1920 and this book,  Vogue Paris 100 Years, edited by Sylvie Lécallier and published by Thames & Hud...
Monday, 22 November 2021

The Men's Fashion Book pub. Phaidon: Book Review

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Here's a weighty tome that should grace the bookshelves of anyone interested in contemporary men's fashion and style. The Men's ...
Monday, 20 September 2021

Book Interview: From Tailors with Love - Menswear Through the Bond Films

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I've recently finished reading a fascinating book on the development of the screen style of the world's most famous fictional spy, J...
Friday, 30 July 2021

New book: 'Elegantly Understated: 175 years of the Fears Watch Company'

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I've written several times here on the blog about the Fears Watch Company and its revival over four years ago by Nicholas Bowman-Scargi...
Saturday, 17 June 2017

Book Review: A Gentleman's Look Book by Bernhard Roeztel

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Bernhard Roetzel has written, studied and indulged in classic menswear style for many years. This, his latest work, A Gentleman's Look...
Friday, 13 May 2016

Book review: The Pocket Square by A.C.Phillips, pub. Thames & Hudson

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The Pocket Square  by A.C. Phillips is a nicely designed book presenting 22 essential pocket square folds in a colourful, graphic format wi...
Friday, 6 May 2016

Book review: The Suit, Form, Function & Style by Christopher Breward

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The Suit, Form, Function & Style  is written by Christopher Breward, Principal of Edinburgh College of Art and Professor of Cultural Hi...
Tuesday, 1 March 2016

The With Love Project on Kickstarter: British makers & crafts people

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The With Love Project is launching a £9,000 campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for the print of a book, With Love , which captures mor...
Saturday, 16 January 2016

Menswear reading for 2016: three recently published books

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Books are a rich source of inspiration for a man looking for style. Here are three very different books published recently which I'd re...
Sunday, 8 November 2015

Book review: The Parisian Gentleman, Hugo Jacomet

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This huge and magisterial book is by Hugo Jacomet who founded The Parisian Gentleman* blog which looks at the best of men's style all ...
Friday, 30 October 2015

Book review: Herdwick Common - for all who care about a way of life

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Adam Atkinson is the founder of Cherchbi whose high quality leather goods and bags are bought by those who really appreciate British crafts...
Sunday, 18 October 2015

Book Review: The Finest Menswear in the World, Simon Crompton

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This remarkable book takes a very personal but supremely expert look at the best of high quality menswear. The author, Simon Crompton, is w...
Thursday, 3 September 2015

Book review: The Sartorialist X - celebrating 10 years of street style

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Published today is Scott Schuman's third book, The Sartorialist X , which celebrates the tenth anniversary of his blog, The Sartorialis...
Friday, 19 June 2015

Gentlemen: a new book by Jonathan Daniel Pryce and Penhaligon's

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This week has brought the launch of a book, Gentlemen  celebrating, exploring and recording the contemporary gentleman. A collaboration bet...