Style & Grooming

Carolyn Massey on screen

Click to playCarolyn Massey on screen

We’ve been talking about Brit designer Carolyn Massey for a while here at Esquire. Despite graduating a mere heartbeat ago – in 2005, to be precise – we were quickly taken with her pared-down, no nonsense approach to menswear. [Read more...]

Books,Design

Fashion gets graphic

Fashion gets graphic

It’s a mix of delight and bemusement we feel, when the biannual pile of fashion week invitations plummets onto our desks. On one hand, the outlandishly expensive summons’ demonstrate a creative flair and playful ingenuity found in few other fields (last season saw a branded board game from Margiela and an engraved brass credit card from Burberry) while on the other, the sheer waste and opulence of the whole affair seems to laugh in the face of, well, everything. [Read more...]

Motoring,The bespokesman

The Bespokeman’s new car

The Bespokeman’s new car

It’s not easy to choose a favourite among supercars, but for today at least it’s Lamborghini’s incredible looking Sesto concept car, which was unveiled at the Paris motor show yesterday. [Read more...]

Style,Where to buy

Get out of town!

Get out of town!

It’s refreshing to note, that despite the rapid upscaling of London’s once grotty East End neighbourhoods, independent industry is still alive and well. From hidden-away speakeasies to 10 person-capacity supperclubs, there’s plenty more than Westfield going on out East. [Read more...]

App of the week,Art

App of the week – Frieze Art Finder

App of the week – Frieze Art Finder

If there’s one thing we know about Frieze Art Fair, we know that it gets busy. Very busy. Between sidestepping gaggles of Japanese tourists and avoiding the jets of flame which shoot from the nostrils of art dealers, it can be a stretch to see any art at all. [Read more...]

Books

“Mentally, I’m a size eight”

“Mentally, I’m a size eight”

Sited as the “modern world’s equivalent of the Japanese Haiku”, the London Review of Books’ infamous lonely hearts ads have, for the past decade, provided an oft intriguing, never boring and always amusing perspective into the lives of those seeking love. [Read more...]

Competitions,Style & Grooming

Party with Esquire and Albam

Party with Esquire and Albam

With the pre-party season now firmly upon us, we felt it would be cruel, ruthless and plain rude to leave you lot out of the action. So, in a bid to share the love, we’re hosting our very own autumnal soiree in the heart of London’s Soho next month. [Read more...]

The fashion cupboard

Our picks from Oi Polloi’s new collection

Our picks from Oi Polloi’s new collection

While our best-dressed tour of the UK supplied us with an array of well-dressed men, it also granted us the opportunity to make contact with some of the most interesting independent retailers around the country. [Read more...]