Showing posts from category: exploration
Wednesday, 30 December 2015

Recreating the look: The Twentieth Century Explorer

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I said I'd be taking time off from the blog over Christmas and New Year but, as I was leafing through images of exploration from the l...
Sunday, 11 January 2015

Nigel Cabourn AW15 at London Collections:Men - 60th anniversary of crossing Antarctica

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Nigel Cabourn 's AW15 collection, exhibited at London Collections:Men, celebrates the 60th anniversary of Sir Vivian Fuchs/Sir Edmund H...
Monday, 24 February 2014

Alan Paine - 'English Explorer' Collection

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Alan Paine's  'English Explorer' Collection was inspired by a connection with the eminent British mountaineer, George Mallory w...
Sunday, 6 January 2013

Anoraks - The return of the mountain smock

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A man's tastes in clothes are undoubtedly shaped by the pleasant experiences of life. As a schoolboy I loved mountains (and still do). I...
Thursday, 20 December 2012

Historical knitwear inspiration - the Norwegian jumper

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Continuing this month's chunky knitwear theme, here's some historical inspiration. We've already seen this Antarctic explorer,...
Friday, 7 December 2012

Famous explorer in his Christmas jumper

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This image is from the days when men were men and jumpers were jumpers. If Edmund Hillary could carry it off, so can you. If only modern e...
Friday, 9 November 2012

British weatherproof fabrics 1 - Ventile

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I've mentioned British Millerain (a waxed cotton fabric) and Ventile (a closely woven water resistant cotton) before. No doubt as a ...