Book of the week – Rubinacci and the Story of Neapolitan Tailoring
This year has seen the publication of some fine and important books. I’ve spent nine years anticipating Jonathan Frantzen’s Freedom, while others, like Proust’s Overcoat by Lorenza Foschini and The General by Jonathan Fenby rather crept up on me. However, the book of the year, in tailoring terms, is undoubtedly Rubinacci and the Story of Neapolitan Tailoring by Nick Foulkes. [Read more...]
January 4th, 2011
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The Esquire Wish-list – Day Twenty Two
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Visual Editions
It’s a modest little item, but this new edition of Laurence Sterne’s ‘The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman’ published by Visual Editions, makes for more than an interesting read. [Read more...]
December 22nd, 2010
Uomini by Dolce & Gabbana
Just when you thought you could get away with boozing and chuffing mince pies for a month straight, along comes a book packed full of naked men. [Read more...]
December 20th, 2010
Win a Reader from Sony
With the countdown to Christmas well and truly under way, Sony has entered into the spirit of the season by providing one of its latest eBook devices – the Reader Pocket Edition PRS350 – for one lucky Esquire reader. [Read more...]
December 2nd, 2010
“We can’t stop here. This is bat country”
In recent years, public opinion of Hunter S. Thompson has waned; his writing has come to seem clichéd and overexposed, whilst film adaptations of his work, however entertaining, have done little to dispel the notion of Thompson as a farcical, cartoonish character (we’re looking at you Fear And Loathing…). [Read more...]
November 30th, 2010
The sweet scent of Victore
There aren’t many graphic design books that read like a political manifesto, but then James Victore — whose personal mantra is “Mad as hell” — is no ordinary graphic designer, as a new monograph reveals. [Read more...]
November 19th, 2010
The Street Art Stencil Book
Street art. It’s a difficult genre to define, as the latest “street art festival” to hit East London, “Moniker”, made clear. The festival played host to the likes of Polly Morgan and Ben Eine (whose work is currently hanging in the White House), which would suggest that Street art is an area where anyone is welcome, so long as they have youth and an edge. From grafitti to taxidermy and guerilla sculpting to canvas painting, as long as there’s a creative sort with a bit of swagger behind it, it’s street. [Read more...]
November 2nd, 2010
Look Book of the week – Indigenos
As competition continues to heat up between the marketing departments of global fashion brands, it’s a relief to see that – amid the glut of apps, films and special projects – print still has its place. [Read more...]
October 29th, 2010
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