Rest In Peace Mr Mcqueen

4 time British designer of the year

Alexander Mcqueen

Began on Savile Row where he designed a suit for prince Charles and filled the lining with obscenities.

He then had his collection bought out by Gucci and displayed some of the most controversial shows ever seen on the catwalk.

They simply took the concepts of fashion and art to a whole new level, his personal collection was of sheer quality, along with his collaboration with Puma.

He will be greatly missed by all of those in the Fashion world.

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Vans

Half Cab
Era


Chukka Low

Vans are definitely the way forward for when we start entering the summer months (god only knows when that will be). hipster boys and girls are pushing this trend more so than the Emo's did with long fringes.

My personal favourites are the Chukka lows and Era which both look sweet with a pair of slim fit jeans.

The true beauty though is they sit beautifully with a casual pair of trousers, jeans or a tailored pair of shorts "I'm sure ill be able to wear mine at some point in the near future"

For a more current autumn look try the Half cabs with some slim jeans and a trench coat.

personally I think that they are slowly kicking the Converse all star into touch.

Make an older man cool, and make kids seem even cooler. For us guys in the middle their a must.

get on them!

Jog On

Fresh of my trip from London I was inspired by some really cool new trends. I also checked out the new floor in the Topman Oxford Circus store which is really cool. They have squeezed a size? store and a coffee shop, its a M.I.M dream.

Anyway back to the post

23:23 Jogging bottoms, my order is already set.

In one of my earlier issues "casual jog", I mentioned about incorporating joggers into your casual outfit using plaid shirts and military boots.

Topman have a new line of creative jogging bottoms from 23twentythree which feature the drop crotch and carrot fit, they are just sweet.

Before you ask, unless you live in London it's unlikely that you will be able to get your mits on these from you local TMan so check out the World Wide Web,

www.topman.com

or go direct to 23:23

http://www.23twentythree.com/home.html

32inch Carrot Gold

Carrot top jeans get em in as soon as.

I blogged about these a few months back in the high street issue, but for you guys that missed it carrot jeans are denims that are cut as a straight leg or loose fit at waist and taper in to a slim/skinny denim style from the calf.

The beauty of these is that they look brilliant with pretty much any top you have in your wardrobe.

Best footwear for summer would be a pair of Vans Era's or espadrilles for winter keep the militant boots on.

You can even dress them up with Viv Westwoods low crotch trousers

Topman & Zara have a cool pair going around the 40 - £60 mark.

To be different I bought some low crotch 501's and got the jeans tailored to taper at the ankle, they sit sweet with a pair of battered brogues or even some high top sneakers.

My favourites are trousers london Anti fits (pictured above).

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Fourrr!!

Happy New Year People

So looking forward in hope for a warm Summer, one style that was growing last year which will continue this year was the traditional cricket jumper.

Try on with a polo or tee shirt underneath, slim jeans/carrot fit chinos & pair of brogues your good to go.

Personally I feel that wearing brogues can mature your look in an undersired way, but try some warn in brogues and roll up trouser legs with no socks to avoid this.

Alernative would be some slim white pumps.

check out the Gray-nicolls website for a brand new traditional jumper, or hit the vinatage shops to save some cash.

Ralph Lauren have some classic jumpers under their rugby collection.


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Pretty Green Manc

So if you dont know already Liam Gallagher released his clothing label earlier this year called Pretty Green.

The idea was that he has a love for clothing and feels that men should care about what they wear and how they wear it (well said Liam!)

well he has released the new clothing line for A/W 09 and I got to be honest the clothing looks good. His collection of jackets have a real military look with a well tailored finish, however the cost leaves a bitter taste right close to the molar region of the mouth, dont get me wrong the FOOL on the HILL jacket in particular looks the business but for at £675.00?

The are some great investment pieces in the collection as well which is always a winner.

http://www.prettygreen.com/

Slazenger

Yeah the tennis sports label, you know who I mean.

Urban Outfitters have started selling some of their more vintage looking stuff, Ive gotta say its looking pretty cool definatley a competitor for the Lyle and Scott, fred perry ranges.

Link for the range on Urban Outfitters

http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/bin/venda?ex=co_wizr-xapian&bsref=urbanoutfitters&searchfld=&searchpage=0&searchinvt=1&searchstry=0&searchicat=0&searchlike=1&itemsperpage=12&threshold=1&filtercat=shop&carryfields=U%2CV%2CC%2CF%2Ccatname%2Cminprice%2Cmaxprice%2Csortname%2Csortprice%2Csortrelease%3E&xptpl=wz_xapian_advanced&srchopt=U%2CV%2CC%2CF%2Cminprice%2Cmaxprice%2Csortname%2Csortprice%2Csortrelease&U=&V=&C=&F=&ARG_DEFAULTOP=OR&minprice=&maxprice=&bklist=icat%2C5%2Cshop%2Chome%2Chousecollections%2Cgiftshim&searchex=slazenger