Archive for the ‘Trousers’ Category

Blue and green should be seen

Sunday around dusk, north of Copenhagen at Skovshoved harbour. Nowegians, wool socks, cords, oxford buttondown shirt, lambswool pullover, tweed jacket, raglan, neckerchief in silk, and an English cap in loden. Photo: The Journal of Style

The short trousers from Bermuda

On Bermuda Bermuda shorts aren’t just for the holidays. Businessmen, although mostly of the older generation, wear them on a daily basis teamed with a navy blazer, shirt, tie, long socks and loafers. The English introduced them to Bermuda close to a hundred years ago. The army needed a tropical uniform for the hottest colonies [...]

When the English ruled

Traditional men’s wear is closely connected to the old English upper class. It was the merchant class, of which several were landowners in the south of England, who created the universe of the suit after the French Revolution. The only people above them were the British King and the Crown Prince. All this was retold [...]

Paisley trousers in Florence

Like many others interested in classic dressing and style, I spent a couple of days in Florence this week visiting Pitti Uomo. I didn’t have much time for taking photos but I managed to get one of Nicola Ricci from Sciamat in a fabulous pair of go-to-hell pants. Photo: The Journal of Style