“Tradition of excellence” Two more F/W ´13 collection reviews from Pitti Uomo 83 left before starting to get ready for the next fair in June and collections for next spring and summer. The first one of these two left is Swedish Eton shirts. Eton is probably one of the best known shirt brands in Finland and in the whole Scandinavia. This is easily explained by the fact that there are very many retailers that have Eton in their selection but also by the reason that there’s not many Scandinavian manufacturers in the menswear-scene that could really compete with the brands coming from Italy, Great-Britain, US or Japan for example. However Eton is one of them. If I need to find one...
In January during Pitti Uomo I had a pleasure to meet with Gianni Cerutti , a young man from Robbio, Italy. Gianni is a guy with a truly passion for ties and he is also the man behind the bespoke tie company “Passaggio Cravatte”. Gianni says he finds his inspiration from the past and old archives and describes his own style to be much of a dandy-like; elegant and classic but with a touch of “funny and perceptible” elements included. It’s noteworthy that when we met with Gianni and his partner Marta, Gianni was wearing matching tie and pocket square. Something many would consider being a “serious” misstep that should never be done. But this more or less this is the personality of...
How to find a decent weekender bag? I recently got the following question and will now take a loot at some options to consider. "Hi A! Any recommendation for the weekend bag for men? Brown, and leather one would be the ideal what I'm looking for - but also Mismo's weekender bag seems to be interesting. Do you have any experience of example Suitsupply, Meermin bags? Bag need to be longlasting, and preferable under 1k‚€." First I need to say that I have no personal experience of Suitsupply or Meermin bags. Might have seen some while visiting at SS but haven't done any closer research. Hopefully I will see some of Meermin bags at their trunk show soon in Stockholm...
During my last visit in London I finally made it to Trunk Clothiers which had been in my “to visit”-list for quite a while. Even though the shop, which was launched in 2010 itself is pretty small (on two floors) they’ve got themselves a selection that can satisfy all your need no matter are looking for something tailored or more casual and “street style” stuff. Suits and blazers by Boglioli, Caruso, more casual sport coats by Beams+, Barena and Aspesi, Outerwear from Macintosh, Barbour, Battenwear and Nigel Cabourn, trousers from Incotex and Massimo Alba, shirts by Salvatore Piccolo, Gitman Vintage and Glanshirt, denim from Edwin, accessories from Drake’s and bags from WANT les essentiels and a lot more… They also...
In January, before traveling to Pitti Uomo I got an invite from Luca to come and visit his showroom while staying in Florence. Even though the days there are pretty busy and mostly dedicated to going around the fair I was more than happy to take the chance and opportunity and pay Giusto Bespoke a visit. The company run by Luca (who can be said has learned from the best as he worked years for Liverano before starting a business) has been going now for a bit more than three years. It is mainly concentrated on ties and shirts (both handmade) but offers as well an exclusive bespoke tailoring services for private clients. Most of the ties are seven-folds but they also...
