A couple of months back I had a chat with Julian Nelson, the co-founder of A Fine Pair of Shoes who runs the shop with his wife Sarah. I had a little experience of their business, I had read about their shop and I had talked with people who knew them and I’d got the picture that they are offering nothing less than some high quality products with extremely fine and well customer service. After chats and changing emails I’m happy to have AFPOS as the first official “supporter” of DressLikeA. To start this joint journey I will share with you some thoughts by Julian about the business, shoes and above all how to take care of them. 1) Tell a bit of your history, how did...
When I saw the first pics and previews of Norwegian based Berg&Berg S/S ´13 collection, I was really impressed and inspired. I’ve had few experiences of their products and so far I’ve been really happy and satisfied with them. A while ago I approached Mathias and Karin to ask their thoughts about the new collection and they were kind to take the time to answer the questions in the middle of all the rush and hurry as they’ve just been launching the collection. And now I’m happy to share the answers with you all. 1) How would you describe the S/S collection? M: It´s classic and colourful, but it´s made with a Scandinavian eye. That means that we have tried to work...
Lardini definitely came up with one of the most interesting and inspiring mixture of patterns and textures presented at Pitti. The collection combines British classic style with Italian lightness, soft shapes and exclusive fabrics inspired by the old archives and a result of a long and multi-stage treatment processes.
Nicely use of muted colors mixed with a bit more bold accents such as yellow ocher and red brick. A lot of layering (I personally like a lot the way Laridini presents its collection) and versatile mix of outerwear, suits and especially jackets that are suitable and editable for various occasions, both formal and casual.
See the “sneak peek” posted earlier here.
In the end of last year as I visited Sauma they told that they had got a new made to measure-option (in addition to Mabro, Sartoria Rossi and Willworst) to their selection, which was basically going to be made under their own name "Sauma private label". I was at the moment in the process of looking for a new suit for work so I decided to give it a try as I also wanted to take a step from of off-the-rack suits which very often gives me problems due to my short arms and a bit problematic body figure to mtm-suits to see what kind of a difference does it make. The process begins... ...By putting on a "trial suit",...
