The Balance of Summer and City Cool. Brown never in town. An expression dating back to the Victorian into Edwardian era pertaining to the mix and match of country versus city attire and not confusing the two; essentially brown (earthy) shoes for the country, black for the city. This, in turn, extended to the fabric and colour of apparel worn, with black in the City conservatively teamed with a light wool navy or grey suit (not forgetting the pinstripes) and a white or light blue shirt, with possibly a little personality offered by the tie and pocket square. Hence the traditional look of the city, banker gent. The country of course was about your Tweeds. Today with the City encompassing more than just banking and...
Dapper with a smile. An essential for any jacket pocket, no matter what the occasion. For many, and as it should be, a jacket is incomplete without a pocket square being worn in some fashion. There is a wealth of pocket square designs ranging from paisley's, dots and geometrics, to inspired coloured patterns, themes, and also tasteful fun. The fun element can add a new dimension to a pocket square collection, offering something just a little different and even more personal; for dressing on those occasions when perhaps you wish to show your attachment to a certain subject or simply just be a little more flamboyant and playful. In the first instance such a pattern can be worn scrunched or folded, where the...
July 2nd see's the start of 103rd Tour De France in Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy. 21 stages covering 3,535km (equal to 2,197 miles) leading to Chantilly and the climatic Champs-Élysées sprint in Paris on the July 24th. 22 teams will participate, with Sky's Chris Froome and Tinkoff's Alberto Contador each competing for his third Tour title respectively. A win for either will place them alongside luminaries such as Thys, Bobet & LeMond and is a truly staggering feat. That said, they would need to pedal a little further to catch the Tour greats such Anquetil, Merckx, Hinault & Indurain who each have 5 wins respectively; Indurain taking his consecutively between 1991-95. While each and more are undoubted legends and have their stories, here we pay tribute to three that we have shortlisted in our countdown that hold...
