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Clothing, Designer Spotlight, Entertainment, Polls
By Will Reid on September 23rd, 2008
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American Apparel, the brand synonymous with androgyny and men in skintight jeans, has just launched their Unisex Oxford Shirt. I have three sisters and I’m no stranger to borrowing the odd jumper (actually, that would be reclaiming,) and I have in past borrowed Ralph Lauren shirts and vintage blazers for a better fit and a slimmer silhouette. Russell Brand, a man who walks on to a talk-show in a jersey tunic dress and girl’s jeans from Topshop but still manages to be a sex god, would be a great example of unisex dressing at its best but what do you think? Is it worth the sartorial risk when you might see a girl in the same tee as you?
Would you go Unisex- vote in our poll after the jump!
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Tags: american apparel, brandish, brandish poll, clothes, Clothing, denim, fashion, jeans, Kate Moss, poll, Polls, Ralph Lauren, russell brand, shirt, Skinny Jeans, style, tailoring, topman, topshop, unisex, will reid
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Clothing, Designer Spotlight, News, Trends
By Will Reid on September 23rd, 2008
Read on for the rest of this trend report- including The Sartorialist and the full explanation for this image!
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Tags: brandish, Clothing, colour, day wear, Designer Spotlight, Entertainment, fashion, isabelle o'carroll, jeremy scott, nightwear, pjs, polka dot, print, Pyjama, Pyjamas, scott schuman, style, the sartorialist, trend, Trends, waffle, will reid
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News
By admin on September 11th, 2008
Now is a great time for menswear, everyone from designer to high street is paying more attention to men’s clothing and it seems like the bar has been well and truly raised. The Style Salvage duo kicked off their Men Represent scheme a while back, and now they’re dusting it off and want you involved. They want stylish men to email in their five essential wardrobe items, show off their outfits or just have a chat.
It’s an admirable idea, and I love anything which increases the profile of stylish men around the world. So if you want to become part of an international community of fashionistos get thee to Style Salvage!
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Clothing, Entertainment
By admin on September 9th, 2008
In addition to GQ’s well dressed rebel series, they are also hosting a fashion intervention for six men. Realizing there is a world of men who don’t pay any attention to their daily outfits, GQ sent out their fashion editors to upgrade the participant’s style.
The good thing about this article was that it didn’t attempt to change the person’s style, simply upgrading the look with similar clothes, colours and patterns in a much better fit. The bad side was that the ‘after’ looks could have been done just as well with more mid-range items, seeing as a 19 year old estimating contractor isn’t going to buy a Dolce & Gabbana blazer any time soon.
Tags: Dolce & Gabbana, fashion, gq, intervention, style, Well dressed rebel
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Designer Spotlight, Entertainment, Heroes and Celebrities
By Will Reid on September 9th, 2008
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Condé Nast’s fifth Fashion Rocks event was hardly devoid of well-dressed men: Valentino, Justin Timberlake (who’s fashion-savvy has become a matter of debate…well, for me anyway,) Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford (who’s rumoured to have scored an up-coming VMAN cover.) My point is that, for a menswear designer, Michael Bastian more than held his own in this pantheon of celebs.
I love his vintage-looking blazer as well as his loafers and with an open shirt and a pair of well-tailored grey shorts, he is a vision of relaxed but high-fashion cool.
Notice the subtle pocket-square (an emblem of any well-dressed male) and devour this style inspiration.
(Image: Sherly Rabbani and Josephine Solimene from Style.com)
Tags: brandish, celeb, celebrity, chace crawford, chase crawford, concert, conde nast, designer, Designer Spotlight, event, fashion, fashion rocks, festival, Justin Timberlake, Michael Bastian, pocket square, style, tailoring, vintage, VMAN, vman 11, vogue, william rast
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Entertainment, Heroes and Celebrities
By admin on September 4th, 2008
What do you do after you’ve had Lucas Ossendrijver, Consuelo Castilglioni and Michael Bastian giving out rules of style? If you’re Details, you get Victoria Beckham. Unsurprisingly, one of her rules is men shouldn’t wear skinny jeans (as she’s said before).
Her other rules are that style isn’t about money (as countless footballers demonstrate daily) and that men shouldn’t try too hard. The latter rule seems to be a recurring theme lately, but it’s a very vague rule which ultimately comes down to being comfortable in your own skin. Read the rest of Mrs Beckham’s rules after the jump.
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Tags: Consuelo Castiglioni, david beckham, dVb, lanvin, Lucas Ossendrijver, Michael Bastian, Skinny Jeans, style, Victoria Beckham
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Clothing, Entertainment, Heroes and Celebrities
By Will Reid on September 4th, 2008
This week’s ‘Love The Look’ sees Joshua Jackson, and boyfriend of Diane Kruger, looking incredibly dapper in a Hollywood screen-star suit. I’m guessing that, by the waistcoat, details and fact that just about every Hollywood man at the moment is hooked, that the suit is by Tom Ford but who care’s about a lack of originality when you’ve made this much effort!
The details are the key: the perfect black buttons, the patent glint of the shoes, the bold bow-tie and silk (yet classy) lapel of the jacket. Joshua was attending the Jaeger-Le Coultre Gala at the 65th Venice Film Festival and while most men would look a bit pants next to a Chanel muse and seasoned-wearer of Dior, Elie Saab and Prada, Jackson proves he’s a worthy sartorial opponent.
(Image: Olycom SPA/ Rex Features)
Tags: 65th venice film festival, brandish, cannes, celeb, Celebrities, Chanel, dawson's creek, diane kruger, elie saab, Entertainment, feature, festival, film, Film festival, hero, josh jackson, joshua jackson, Karl Lagerfeld, love the look, movie, prada, style, style icon, Tom Ford, venice film festival
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Accessories, Clothing, Designer Spotlight
By Will Reid on September 3rd, 2008
My style pick for this week is this gorgeous Comme Des Garcons wallet from Start London. Mr Start, a past columnist for Brandish, has a great look and I can imagine this item slotting into his vintage chic and classic cool wardrobe quite nicely. The embossed leather is a great cerulean blue, made famous by the brilliant film ‘The Devil Wears Prada.’ The wallet has a zip around two sides and an “internal pocket to hold either coins, cards or bills.”
CDG Wallet, £45, Start London
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Designer Spotlight, Entertainment, Heroes and Celebrities
By Will Reid on September 2nd, 2008
“Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them”
For a man who claims to not only feel no human emotion but to want no possessions, memories or immortilisation, Karl Lagerfeld sure likes to have his bedazzled fingers in a lot of different pies. After Grand Theft Auto, the Kaiser has collaborated with the German toy manufacturer Steiff on a Karl Lagerfeld teddy bear. That means a bear decked out in all the maestro’s signature pieces; the sunglasses, the rings, the high-collared shirt, skinny trousers, statement belt and skinny tie.
See after the jump for a full-detail picture and all the information!
Tags: american, bears, Chanel, collaboration, design, designer, Designer Spotlight, fashion, germany, gift, grand theft auto, Karl Lagerfeld, neiman marcus, quote, steiff, style, teddy bear, toy, w magazine
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Jeans & Trousers, Polls, Trends
By Will Reid on August 22nd, 2008
Drop-crotch jeans have been dubbed the ‘future of denim’ and ‘the next skinny jean.’ I am an unbelievable skinny devotee (yes, I am scarred after wearing them in Summer-heat London and not even joking) and for this reason, I decided to road-test an exclusive pre-production sample pair from Trousers London. I ventured into Covent Garden to get the public opinion on whether the jeans were ‘(Drop-)HOT!’ or ‘PANTS!’ Pitying glances, envious looks, angry words and self-styling monologues; the Drop-Crotch jeans certainly attracted attention-but was it praise or pity? Read on for the full report with street-style pics, interviews, comments and product details.
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Tags: australia, brandish, catwalk, COVENT GARDEN, denim, drop-crotch, european, fashion, fashion show, jeans, london, season, street, street style, style, summer, trend, Trends, trouser, trouser london, weather
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Designer Spotlight, Heroes and Celebrities, News
By Will Reid on August 22nd, 2008
I’ve just caught up on the contents of the September 2008 issue of the newly Fabien Baron-designed Interview magazine (we featured Marc Jacob’s cover a few months back) and found these pictures of Stefano Pilati, the YSL designer and all-round sartorial inspiration.
I can’t even write about them except to just point out the obvious: they’re jaw-droppingly brilliant.
See after the jump for more!
(Source: Fashion Week Daily)
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Tags: Andy Warhol, clothes, Designer Spotlight, Entertainment, fabien baron, fashion, harvey weinstein, interview, interview magazine, Marc Jacobs, sartorial, stefano pilati, Stephanie Seymour, style, Trends, YSL, Yves Saint Laurent
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Clothing, Coats & Jackets, Designer Spotlight, Suits & Tailoring
By Will Reid on August 22nd, 2008
While potentially worrying and probably not at all a good sign, Andy Warhol’s ‘Death Scenes’ have always interested me. His principle was that by repeating the same image of a man impaled on a lamp-post (that’s just one of the prints,) death became strangely banal. This blazer might not be all blood ‘n’ guts (which with McQueen’s history is rather surprising,) but it is undeniably interesting. With city scenes and a fitted shape, this jacket could be worn at work, in the park, at a party and even to a music festival. I like that Matches put it with jeans for a modern edge and if I could afford the £258 price tag, I would go for a crisp white shirt and an Alber Elbaz-style floppy bow-tie. In faded, purple velvet. *Sigh*
Blazer, £258, Matches.com
Tags: Alber Elbaz, alexander mcqueen, Andy Warhol, blazer, city, fashion, jackets, lanvin, matches, Matches fashion, Outfit picks, style, suit, suits, tailor, tailoring, Trends, wearable
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Entertainment, Polls, Trends
By Will Reid on August 21st, 2008
Forgive that awful title but let me explain; Executive Item Execution (EIE) is the official ruin of an ever-so-stylish item as the result of a figure of authority telling you they have the same piece (and no, this has nothing to do with the fetish trend.)
To paraphrase and avoid any further confusion, I will put it into the context of my own life. Yesterday, a figure of authority commented on how “insane” my shoes were.This person went on to reveal that they actually had and often wore my shoes and broke into hysterical laughter as I stuttered and muttered a response that attempted to convey my anguish.
Call me vain, on a high-horse or simply unrealistic but how many names have been ruined for you by the child who used to pick their nose and eat it or mutter to themselves as they drew pictures of dead people? Sadly, the same applies to Margiela as it did to McDonalds (thanks, Morgan Spurlock.)
Feel the same? Vote in our poll below.
(Image: Dean Chalkley/ PYMCA/ Rex Features)
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Tags: american, boss, brandish, brandish poll, executive, executive item execution, fashion, margiela, martin margiela, mcdonalds, morgan spurlock, poll, Polls, school, style, super size me, trend, Trends, wikipedia
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Clothing, Outfit picks, Trends
By Jonathan Smith on August 11th, 2008
Do you have thousands of pounds or dollars burning a hole in your pocket? Do you also feel it is time for a complete wardrobe change? But do you have no clue about what’s hot or not in the fast paced world of fashion? Well then it’s your lucky day because those bloody helpful chaps over at men.style.com have gotten “14 of menswear’s top tastemakers [to] name their favourite pieces of the season”. As if this wasn’t enough I’m here on hand naming my top 3 picks from the list, so click through on the jump to see how badly I lack any imagination.
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Tags: A/W 08, A/W 2008, autumn, buyer's guide, grunge, men's, plaid, shirt, style, winter
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Designer Spotlight, Entertainment, Gallery
By Will Reid on August 8th, 2008
Here on Brandish we love a bit of sartorial realism. While Jason deals with cool buys and indie-labels, I tend to veer towards the bright lights of magazines and the high-octane glamour of ridiculously expensive items (WISHLIST anyone?) and the glossy adverts they inhabit.
I do love the high-street and so, with editor’s camera in hand and a trusty phone in the other (who knows what pickle one could get into asking for photos on the streets of Camden?) I set off to find London’s fashionistos.
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Tags: boulevard, brandish, brandish poll, camden, Designer Spotlight, editor, Entertainment, fashion, Gallery, images, iphone, jason dike, london, neal's yard, pictures, street, street style, style, topman, will reid, Wishlist
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