Posts Tagged ‘topman’
Accessories, Heroes and Celebrities, Trends
By admin on September 2nd, 2008
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It’s time for us all to start dressing like Lightspeed Champion. Seriously. Take a look at any highstreet store and you’re bound to see a mixture of chunky cardigans, clear lens glasses and trapper hats. Add these together and you have Lightspeed Champion’s look. Out of these three defining pieces, the trapper hat is the one that looks to make a big comeback.
As usual, Topman are quickest off the mark, covering all bases of the trapper hat from (fake) fur hats to Number Nine-like knitted ones. ASOS are also stocking up on trapper hats, with three currently in stock; even River Island’s online store – usually pretty threadbare – has a trapper hat available. [You can check these hats for yourself after the jump]
Given that it’s only the start of September, it’s fair to say that this will be a key headpiece for this season. The only question is whether Lightspeed Champion will carry on wearing them when he sees so many people copying his style.
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Tags: asos, Dev Hynes, Lightspeed Champion, river island, russian hat, topman, trapper hat, trend
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Gallery, Jeans & Trousers
By admin on September 1st, 2008
As you can probably tell comments are down on Brandish, so when Nick emailed me asking about grey skinny jeans I clapped my hands together in excitement… A clothing hunt!
I went looking all over the internet for some grey skinny jeans with reasonable success. Hopefully there’s something here for you Nick and if anyone else wants me to don my web-hunting gear or just have a chat about clothes send me an email to isabelle [at] shinymedia.com.
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Tags: All Saints, denim, grey, Raf Simons, sarah coggles, Skinny Jeans, straight leg, topman, uniqlo
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Clothing, Entertainment, Outfit picks
By Will Reid on August 25th, 2008
One of my own punk-inspired ‘sets’ combines Dries Van Noten trousers, a Uniqlo t-shirt, an image of inspiration and a black crayon with Vans for some high fashion-DIY.
Polyvore has long been the talk of fashionistas and our sister site, Catwalk Queen, runs a ‘Style This’ competition based completely around the image-making tool. Whether it’s a Vivienne Westwood tie or a Topman ring, styling outfits has never been easier! Granted, we men have it a bit harder in terms of finding a wide variety of items but just search for ‘man bag’ and you have a good page of man-bags.
And best/worst of all? After you’ve styled your outfits you can even buy everything you’ve included in your image.
Look out for more Brandish outfits or watch the Polyvore tutorials and send your own to isabelle [at] shinymedia.com!
Tags: '80s, 60s, brandish, browns, catwalk queen, competition, Dries Van Noten, fashion, internet, isabelle o'carroll, jason dike, jonathan smith, net-a-porter, outfits, polyvore, rock, shiny media, sid vicious, style this, topman, uniqlo, Vivienne Westwood, web 2.0, will reid
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Clothing, Coats & Jackets, Trends
By admin on August 20th, 2008
Bringing coat styles back from the dead seems to be a favourite of designers at the moment. They did it with the trench coat and they’re trying the same with pea coats, with stores from COS to Liberty stocking updated styles of this classic look.
With an item as classic as a pea coats it’s always possible that you could get a better version from a vintage store. Given the preference for slim fit styling right now, the vintage version could be a bit too outdated, so which do you go for?
While Topman do have a perfectly lovely version on their website, Vintage is the way to go with this one. This pea coat from Rokit is a better shade of navy blue and just has more character than the Topman version. It’s available from Rokit’s site and costs £30.
Tags: cos, liberty, navy, pea coat, revival, rokit, Slim fit, topman, vintage
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Jeans & Trousers, Trends
By admin on August 12th, 2008
Last week we featured Jeremy Scott’s tyre-print pyjama style trousers which is a great way to get into the loungewear trend.
Topman’s comic print bottoms might actually be pyjamas, and garish ones at that but they’re at a much more accessible price than the Jeremy Scott kecks, perfect for trying out something you might only wear once. The Fright Night bottoms are only £12, and they also come in a skeleton print and a snakes and ladders print.
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Tags: bottoms, fright night, jeremy scott, loungewear, Pyjama, topman
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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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Designer Spotlight, Jeans & Trousers, Polls
By Will Reid on August 6th, 2008
We’ve made you endure some pretty terrible things on Brandish (see here and here,) and now I present a sneaky snap of New Look’s new adjust-a-length jeans. The trick is you have to button up each different level of the jean depending on what you’re after; shorts, the semi-crop, full jeans or the button-embellished. Is it just me who gasps at this fashion indictment?
Mr Mills (yes that is the third week running we’ve mentioned him but this is truly relevant,) reported on this trend for the David Cameron-trouser-in-a-sock style only last Sunday and he also came to the conclusion that it was a modern-monstrosity.
What do you think?- tell us in the poll below!
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Tags: brandish, brandish poll, david cameron, edinburgh, feature, features, frock, frock horror, jeans, mc hammer, mr mills, new look, poll, Polls, scotland, Style Magazine, sunday times style, topman, Trends, trouser
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Footwear, News, Trends
By admin on July 30th, 2008
Popsugar reports that GQ writer Glenn O’Brien is not down with flip flops and I’m inclined to agree. They’re great for the beach but for work or social occasions flip flops are just a little too studenty. Unless you’re applying to appear on CH4′s Shipwrecked they shouldn’t really be part of your day-to-day wardrobe.
O’Brien says: “Flip-flops are for the beach or maybe for washing the car or spaniel. They are not the next big thing. They are the last sad thing on the road to stylistic surrender.” Worst of all are the ‘sporty’ or dress flip flop with rugged all-terrain stylings (left), they should never be worn. See after the jump for my pick of the best sandals so you’ll never have to resort to flip flops again.
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Tags: asos, flip flop, glenn o'brien, gq, Sandals, shipwrecked, topman
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Outfit picks, Trends
By admin on July 17th, 2008
The Sartorialist isn’t convinced by shorts suits, but his images of sports jackets worn with shorts does indeed work well for the summer months. If you’re not sold on the idea of a shorts suit but want to look smart this summer see after the jump for my outfit pick which team madras with a pale chambray check and sturdy leather plimsolls. Clubmaster-style sunnies add a dose of bookish retro and the jacket finishes of the smart look.
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Tags: apc, asos, jacket, leather, madras, outfit, plimsoll, sartorialist, short suit, sports, ted baker, topman
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Designer Spotlight, News, Trends
By admin on July 17th, 2008
Pictured, from left: Kaspar Harup-Hansen, Mjolk. Click image to enlarge
Danish designer Kaspar Harup-Hansen is the latest addition to the Topman Lens roster of designers which includes names like Dexter Wong and Carolyn Massey. Topman’s Design Director Gordon Richardson says: “I have admired Kaspar’s use of Japanese fashion combined with Copenhagen street inspiration. He uses twisted well known classics, with special processing and exquisite detailing.” I like the subtle play on silhouette using familiar items like shirts and hoodies.
b Store’s Matthew Murphy helped Richardson pick the designers for the collection, which will be available from 14th September. See after the jump for the rest of the designers.
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Tags: another boy, b Store, Carolyn Massey, Dexter Wong, gordon richardson, kaspar harup hansen, lens, Matthew Murphy, Mjolk, topman
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Accessories, Designer Spotlight
By Will Reid on July 10th, 2008
Now, I’m not really a jewellery kind of guy and apart from my vintage Omega watch and ragged friendship bracelets I really don’t indulge in the decoration of my exterior.
However, I do quite like this signet ring from Topman and the mixture of edgy ‘blue metal’ and classic signet ring is undoubtedly cool. It would require little other jewellery but would work perfectly with silver pieces such as necklaces and mangles (that’s bangles for those less acquainted with strange fashion-lingo.)
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Tags: Accessories, blue, brandish, colour, fashion, Jewellery, online, ring, Seasons, shop, shopping, signet ring, tattoo, topman, trend
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Designer Spotlight, News
By admin on June 19th, 2008
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Love it or hate it, the opening of another Topman in the UK would be met with nothing more than a shrug. In fact, given their ubiquity, it would be met with a half shrug at best. However, news that a Topman will open in New York has created so much attention that Topman started the black trouser project to showcase some up and coming designers.
Featuring designers Patrick Ervell, Tim Hamilton, Aitor Throup, Ann-Sofie Back and Todd Lynn, this is the next logical step from their white shirt project. If you had to compare the two projects, I’d say that this is slightly more daring as there’s less you can do with trousers without making them totally unwearable. They’ll be available from October from $120 in the NY flagship store. I assume they’ll be available from the Oxford Circus branch and online as well from around the same time.
Tags: Aitor Throup, Ann-Sofie Back, Black Trouser Project, New York Topshop opening, Oxford Circus, Patrick Ervell, tim hamilton, Todd Lynn, topman
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Accessories, Designer Spotlight
By Will Reid on May 28th, 2008
This week I happen to be in the rather happening city of Mumbai. This former Bombay is, according to US Vogue, the new “It-City” but after landing yesterday I must admit that the gruelling heat wave soon quashed my hopes of glamour and a jet-set style wardrobe. In my stone grey Topman shorts, white belt, Karate Kid t-shirt and flip-flops I realised I was missing something and as soon as I stepped into the light of Indian sun I realised that what I needed was a hat. In my opinion, the trilby is a classic ruined by our own style icons but Browns is trying to change this and the CA4LA collection they have started to stock has a great variety of classic hats with a modern twist. My fave is this hat above with blue brim, white trim and black crown. With badge and feather included, what’s to stop you from pulling a Geldof and strutting out of airport lounges stealing bottles of wine (that’s an actual observation.)
Trilby, £135, Browns
Tags: Accessories, airports, bob geldof, browns, CA4LA, flying, hat, Pete Doherty, plane, shop, store, topman, topshop, trilby, US Vogue, virgin
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Clothing, Jeans & Trousers, News, Polls
By Will Reid on May 20th, 2008
What a surreal start to the week; trawling Topman for a Monday Morning boost, I was hoping for a few print t-shirts but instead discovered the horror of the new ‘Premium High Waist Slim Jeans.‘ Yes, that’s right; after drop-crotch and MC Hammer (I don’t actually want to touch this) denim, we are being given the chance to try out the latest jean trend. The high waist has failed to get women on side à la skinny jeans simply because they are impossible to wear. In indigo, 100% cotton and selling for £45, I am left wondering if it is really worth the risk. What do you think?
See our poll after the jump!
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Tags: brandish, high street, high waist, jeans, mc hammer, new, poll, Skinny Jeans, topman, topshop, trend
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