Another month has gone by, and with it, another thousand pages of glossy, gently perfumed menswear journalism has arrived on our doorstep.
Naturally, we’ve got a few opinions.
Here’s everything you need to know from this month’s magazine crop»
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Choosing just the right scent for the season is a tricky business. Sure, you could head to the fragrance department at Barneys.
Or you could go to YouTube and watch what, in our humble opinion, are the “Top 10 YouTube Videos Featuring Random Dudes Offering No One in Particular Their Favorite Fall Fragrances of 2011, Broadcast from What Appear to Be Their Parents’ Basements.”
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There’s a lot to love about modern British style, but somehow the colognes tend to be overlooked. To correct that injustice, we direct you to Burberry’s gift-friendly fragrance, Burberry Brit, which wraps up the whole unpretentious style in a pair of his and hers scents. If you’re into perfume lingo, you’ll be eager to hear about the fresh, woodsy, oriental flavors involved, but mostly it’s every bit as classic as you’d expect from a brand like Burberry—which should be all you need to know.
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This week’s MOTH finds us digging deep into the internet—a German street style blog, to be specific—to find a punk-inflected Berliner named Felix (note the piercings) who has managed to masquerade a respectable member of square society with the help of a modified vintage Burberry trench. As it happens, that’s one of the top brands on eBay and in the vintage hunt in general, and this is a pretty good explanation of why.
Underneath it all, he’s sporting the same gray t-shirt as all the other 21-year-olds in town, but a well-chosen piece of outerwear is enough to elevate the whole thing. And no, that popped collar isn’t fooling anyone.
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The trench coat is already one of the more iconic items in the menswear canon, so it hardly needs the ad treatment—but it couldn’t hurt.
Today, Burberry launched a site called Art of the Trench dedicated to classic outerwear piece in all its forms. You can see street style shots from all over—including this one from Mr. Schuman himself—which should give you some ideas on how to style yourself. We prefer a dark navy or black like the gentleman here, but dig around the site and you’ll find plenty of other ideas.
As for the timing, it might have done us a bit more good a few weeks back…but we’re not complaining.
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Brit music and style icon Bryan Ferry, one of the world’s best-dressed men, wants to try his hand at designing clothes—and why the hell not? Surely being such a lifelong sartorial savant qualifies him more than most. As the man himself tells the London *Times*, “If P. Diddy can do it, why can’t I?” A private label is “something I would really like to do,” Ferry says, noting, “I should have done it years ago.”
After all, last year’s Burberry men’s collection was basically an homage to the Roxy Music frontman’s signature *haute*-lounge lizard look, and he did once collaborate on a collection for Brit retailer Topman. So what would a Bryan Ferry collection look like? Well, he’s partial to bespoke dress shirts from Dunhill these days and suits from Richard Anderson of Savile Row, so that might give you an idea.
Time to brush up on your jai alai skills.
This month’s Esquire features a rundown on the more obscure sports and the Brit-inspired clothes they require. This being Esquire, the labels range from Burberry to Canali to the omni-present Mr. Lauren, but the styles are much more…uniform. White pants, white knits and white sneakers are more or less the uniform from tennis to cricket. Polo isn’t mentioned, but you can probably guess what to wear»
*Photographed by our fearless lensman, Patrick McMullan.*
The admirable cause of saving the High Line on Manhattan’s West Side might have only gotten so far on merit alone; what really put it over the top were all the fabulous fetes and benefits held to raise money for the daunting task of converting it into a public park and promenade (and possibly the only safe vantage point for viewing the Meat Packing District on some nights). High Line booster Bronson van Wyck (as in the Expressway named for his ancestors), is the event planner extraordinaire who donated his serves to the cause.
Hot off of Pitto Uomo, the fashion cognoscenti hustled over the Apennines, landing in Italy’s fashion capitol, Milan. As always, there’s far too much to report on, even from our remote Manhattan perch.
Nonetheless, enjoy these links and highlights after the jump »
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**From the Director of Alien and Themla & Louise: **Ridley Scott to direct the saga of the Gucci family. [SunUK]
**Playing Doctor**: Man of the Hour Patrick Dempsey is the Versace man. [MSNBC]
**Recycling Bags**: Mulberry refocuses on men. [MPDClick]
**Forward Russia!**: Tom Ford to open shop in the city with—after New York, of course—the world’s greatest concentration of high rollers. [Bloomburg/VogueUK]
**On the Barricades**: Plum Sykes fights for her right to earn, rocking the whole “fashion girl meets snowbunny” thing. [NYMag]
**Burberry Check**: An analyst’s view from among the Chavs. [Portfolio: Fashion Inc.]
**LES Speakeasy**: A peek into THECAST on Ludlow. [UrbanDaddy]
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**Eau de Bro**: Dude, Matthew McConaughey will be totally banging his bongos for D&G’s new scent. [FashionWeekDaily]
**Brogue State**: Ex-English PM Tony Blair believes, “Cheap shoes are a false economy.” I guess that means we’re “New Labour” too. [Manolo For Men]
**Stain Fighter**: Michael Bastian’s essentials, from aviators to Spray and Wash. [Men.Style]
**Topshop, Topshop, Topshop**: Because one isn’t enough. [Racked]
**Brit Top**: Christopher Baily for Burberry wins the British Fashion Award for menswear over Alexander McQueen and Cassette Playa. [VogueUK]
**High / Low Tops**: Herringbone and wingtip Chucks? See. Believe. [Uncrate]
**Sites and style that boggle the sartorial mind.**
**Back to The Future:** In the year A.D. 2,000, you’ll carry a phone everywhere you go and your best gal will wear aluminum. [YouTube]
**Silver Sleeper:** Speaking of past futurism… [MagnificentBastard]
**Pokémen:** “For young men, wearing women’s clothes has almost become a status symbol—a confirmation of being slim and pretty and, therefore, desirable.” Oh, those Japanese—always one deeply disturbing step ahead. [International Herald Tribune]
