When you think of handcrafted men’s footwear, you’d be forgiven for  immediately thinking of bespectacled cobbler in a gingham shirt crouched over a table in Florence, sipping an espresso and inhaling the greater part of a packet of cigarettes as he toils over a pair of brogue derbies. How the cigarette smell leaves the shoes remains a mystery, [...]

In the hat world, the fedora has become quite the pariah. Historically, considered elegant headwear favoured by the likes of Humphrey Bogart, overuse by the wrong kind of people has seen its demise: pimps and hookers. Go on—look in the ‘Escort’ section of the Yellow Pages. Guaranteed there’ll be a trampy-looking woman wearing a provocatively placed fedora, possibly holding the [...]

Every gentleman of refinement must own a decent pair of house slippers; and although, for some they might seem like a relic of the past,  memories of being chased down the hallway by one’s elders for not having them on might have taken years of counselling to repress, they’re certainly worth the investment. Typically procrastinating [...]

Dior and Hermès have been at it for years, Gucci and Chanel have recently joined, and now Versace is the latest contender with its latest retail outlet in Milan. Childrenswear for luxury brands is a simple decision: take an itty bitty piece of fabric, fashion it into something for the most entitled of children, say [...]