Besides menswear and clothing sports has always played a big role in my life. During my life I’ve played ice-hockey, soccer, floorball and many other sports. Almost as much as playing myself, I also like watching following different games such as the Olympics going on at the moment. In 2008 I was lucky to get a chance to be in Beijing watching games and still remember pretty well sitting in the stand and watching Usain Bolt breaking the world record (also remember the women’s beach volley matches pretty good). Today is 13. day of the London Olympics and at the moment it seems that Finnish athletes are not going to make it to the podium even once and at...
For the third time it’s a pleasure to welcome Mr. Chay Cooper, the product director of Alfred Sargent, “shoe wizard” and most of all a great guy for a visit to Helsinki in the end of August.
If you want to enjoy great looking shoes and few drinks in a good company, make sure that you don’t miss this!
Place: Punavuoren Ahven (Punavuorenkatu 12)
Date: 31.08.2012
Time: 18.00-22.00
Be there!
Borgioli Fratelli was the first stand I actually stopped to check out and to take some pictures during our visit at Pitti. A brand and shoemaker from Tuscany that is not that well-known for many but which has been making beautiful and personal handcrafted shoes for its customers since 1946. In these shoes traditional constructions are combined with high-quality materials and attention to detail. In the collection there are many eye catching details such as interchangeable buckles with matching belts, unusual shapes with unusual colors and soft oxfords made of drum-dyed calfskin, decorated with the Fratelli Borgioli fleur-de-lis in natural leather. S/S ´13 collection includes following 6 different lines. 1) MICRO ONDA Derby/blucher model with an edgy, youthful look. Made of natural white calfskin and patent leather in...
Refined classics for a vibrant lifestyle since 2006. According to Adam Alexander Bach, the CEO and co-founder of Mismo, what they’ve wanted from the very beginning of the brand is their products to be top-notch. No compromises but the best in everything, aiming to create instant classics that will last for years in terms of design and durability. And if you ask me, they’ve succeed perfectly. Mismo combines premium construction, high quality materials, great and versatile choices in colors, carefully designed details and inspirational styling. Mismo bags are made in Turkey from custom developed leathers exclusively dyed and treated for Mismo. The designs of the bags on one hand are pretty simple and elegant, on the other hand very functional and versatile....
Founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi, Lubiam (that actually stands for LUigi BIAnchi Mantova) is one one of the oldest clothing companies in Italy. The company that manufactured clothing for both men and women until the 1920s (when it decided to drop the women line) is still controlled and run by the fourth generation of the Bianchi family. As expected the Lubiam stand at this summer Pitti Uomo was absolutely one of my favorites. It was the last day we went to see it (quiet, not that much people around, so we got all the time we wanted to see through the collection) and I have to admit that I really enjoyed just to walk around the stand looking at the set...
