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Current Favourites
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittensBright copper kettles and warm woolen mittensBrown paper packages tied up with stringsThese are a few of my favourite things- Julie Andrews, The Sound Of...
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Movember 2014
I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.- Henry RollinsThe Movember Foundation aims to put a fun twist on a very serious issue - Men's...
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Menswear Mirage
"Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance."- Oscar WildeThe most common thing that readers say when they meet me in the flesh is, "you look a lot taller in your pictures". I promise...
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Bonjour Paris, First Stop
To live without loving is to not really live. - MolièreI was recently looking back on my European posts and realised that I never wrote about my time in France. Better late than never, I thought I'd...
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Rock Fuel
For successful living - Renzo Rosso (Diesel)Last friday night Patron tequila invited me to the launch of the new Diesel store on Flinders Lane. I know that some of you may think that Diesel's a little...
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Sunday Social
I drink to make other people more interesting.― Ernest HemingwayThere's nothing better than kicking back with some friends on a rooftop bar in the city on a sunny afternoon. It's almost a 'must do' for...
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Decembeard
Growing a beard is a habit most natural, scriptural, manly and beneficial - C.H.SpurgeonBeard on or beard off? It's generally a pretty tough choice for this Melbourne guy, but when it's all for a good...
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Survival Style
Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or goldBob MarleyI get a lot of people asking me for advice on what to wear and I always struggle to think of a creative way to...
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Roll out the Lapel!
The lapel of a well-styled suit should extend to just a fraction less than the halfway mark between the collar and shoulder line. In general, this size means a width of approximately 3 1/2 inches, thus...
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A Suitable Ride
I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream- Bill WaltonThe other day I took my bike out, something that I haven't done in a very long time.Although riding a bike whilst...
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Collar Non-Fiction
Here's the thing about dress shirts. You need white, and you need black. Have you ever seen Cary Grant in a blue dress shirt?- Tom FordIt's time for another knowledge bomb and this time I welcome you...
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Pitti Uomo 87, I.M.O
Its funny how the beauty of art has so much more to do with the frame than the artwork itself - Chuck PalahniukIt's Pitti Uomo (87) time and as always, the event has been plastered all over my social...
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Sandal Style?
Any man who is going to be wearing any type of open-toed footwear needs to attend to his feetGregg Andrews (creative director of fashion, Nordstrom's)Yes they've turned into a bit of a fashion 'don't',...
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E poi c'è Napoli ( And then there was Naples)
Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable- Charles BaudelaireNaples, ItalyI've just had the pleasure of...
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Rise from Below.
Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral- Lapo Elkann Lapo ElkannIn part three of my series on clothing proportions I wanted to take a look at the lower half of our bodies and the most...
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What suits you?
I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me- Warren BuffetIt may have taken me a long time to bring this topic to light, but there's no easy "just buy this" solution to this particular...
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Everything has its place
No one's ever really Given me any style advice. I wear what I want, and it does not matter what other people think - David BeckhamThese days, men have so many different fashion avenues available to...
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Unholy Luxury - Fortis Green
You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their colour - Gary OldmanI may not...
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Straight in the pocket. Give Away!
He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed- Benjamin FranklinThey started out by designing an amazing 'man bag' (if you pardon the expression) of...
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Pattern Marriage
They will never tell a man that something doesn’t suit him, that two things don’t go together. That’s one of the privileges of custom clothing, such as we operate here: we have no particular prejudice...
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