With 2012 now a month old, it’s probably as good a time as any to start getting used to seeing Olympic themed collaborations, reissues, and special editions all over the blooming place. Adidas Originals have got in on the act early with one of the better throwback items you are likely to see this year. [Read more...]
February 1st, 2012
You’re out of beer. You go to the supermarket to get some more. You bring them home and, understandably, you want a cold one right away as a reward for a job well done. But the beer’s warm! This is when you realise what your life is sadly lacking – a new LG Blast Chiller fridge. [Read more...]
February 1st, 2012
Contemporary bespoke tailor Gresham Blake is gaining something of a cult following with his signature style – British milled materials with jaunty embellishments, bright patterned linings and gold or silver sleeve buttons – and he continues to make sartorial inroads with the opening of a new London boutique. In attendance at the launch of Blake’s flagship Shoreditch store were a number of the tailor’s impeccably-attired clients including Steve Coogan, actor Luke Evans and the inimitable Ray Winstone (who was so excited to be there that he took off his trousers). [Read more...]
February 1st, 2012
Banish tinny PC music from built-in speakers that barely deserve the name. Amphion and NuForce have teamed up to offer one of the best-looking (and sounding) desktop audio solutions around. Simply plug the small, sophisticated NuForce Icon2 Micro DAC amplifier into your home computer and then connect up the Amphion’s two Helium 410 speakers for some serious aural pleasure. What’s more, those speakers come in a variety of colours – so no need for black or silver options. (£970, www.iglooaudio.co.uk)
January 31st, 2012
So long as you take care of them and have them re-soled as regularly as is necessary, a comfortingly expensive, properly made pair of shoes will last you forever (or near enough). [Read more...]
January 31st, 2012
He’s 22. He’s worth close to £50m. He’s among the most recognisable film stars in the world. And this month, with The Woman in Black, he makes his most dramatic bid yet to bury the ghost of Harry Potter. For our March issue, we join him on a stroll through Manhattan’s West Village, where Britain’s most unassuming household name reflects on quitting drink, finally finding a woman of his own age, coming to terms with great wealth and why he still rolls his own. Read the full interview, out Thursday February 2nd. [Read more...]
January 31st, 2012
We’ve teamed up with Orange to offer you the chance to don your dinner jacket and hit the red carpet for the 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards. [Read more...]
January 30th, 2012
There’s been no shortage of well made and wearable US menswear labels but they’ve been hard to get our hands on without paying a handsome customs fee. One such label is The Brooklyn Circus, which has recently found its way to our shores. [Read more...]
January 30th, 2012
