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Really weird colloquialisms abound down under- a week into our first Melbourne winter and we were scrambling around K-mart for a comforter except that they don’t call it a comforter or quilt here, it’s a freaking “dooner” and while I can’t be bothered by the entomology surrounding the word; my interest was piqued when out […]
December 27, 2011
It’s a departure from my usual fashion features but since I have this bike fetish, I tend to indulge everything from Brooks and from this day forth- anything from the fertile imagination of Jérôme Coste. This was a man who got his kicks from motor racing and activities of a “head-cracking” nature, these passions and quite […]
December 23, 2011
Most of you should probably be done with Christmas shopping but if you’ve been remiss like I have, Mr Porter actually has some really great last minute gifts (and even if it doesn’t arrive on time, a late gift is better than no gift at all). This year, I got the wife something we could […]
December 23, 2011
Convoluted header I know but it’s Christmas eve and I’m in “Holy shit I’ve to spend 2 days with my mother” mode (Thank God she’s working on boxing day). I happen to have given this black tie thing a lot of thought because for the Christmas eve dinner, I am really not intending on getting […]
December 21, 2011
I haven’t written in a while and it’s only because year end holiday planning and the clearing of 2011 work for new 2012 projects tends to make quick work of available free time. That said, inspiration interruptus, objects of beauty (women and well designed luxury goods) tend to pull me out of my stupor- today, […]
December 11, 2011
In medieval times, foot coverings were mostly rags and strips of leather, sometimes abetted by a thick wooden overshoe, the patten, which raised the wearer above the mud and muck. With so much else to face — plague, famine, mud — people back then weren’t in the best position to pay attention to their shoes. […]
December 8, 2011
I’m ashamed to admit, I’m a little late to the party. Run Of the Mill stopped taking orders for their shoes on 26 November, but yet here I am with a small write up because I do believe theirs is a shop that is definitely not run of the mill. Beautiful, well crafted and coming […]
December 5, 2011
I’ve yet to see Neal Caffrey in one but for his real life luminaries- Grant, Sinatra and Astaire (this Monsieur was buried in one), it was de riguer attire for upstanding gentlemen. Before you allude the crassness of a velvet blazer to kings of pornographic empires, please remember that Hugh didn’t start the trend, it […]
November 23, 2011
So… Confession: It’s not often that one Monsieur develops a man crush on another. Then you get a prime specimen smartly suited, effortlessly snarky, spectacularly sculpted in the form of Ryan Gosling in his latest film- Crazy.Stupid.Love. Yes, the movie is a departure from brooding independent flick Drive (check out his beautiful Patek Philippe)but steering from […]
November 15, 2011
While Googling “Awesome keyboards” I came across this little tidbit tucked away 6 pages deep in search. I’m pretty sure even as I write this, the steampunked retrotastic data entry device must be rocketing up the search engine. Call me misogynistic, but nothing turns me on more than a babe lady in eyeglasses huddled over typewriter- in […]
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