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Sunday, 28 February 2016

Another comfortable pair of warm weather shoes

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I love these pair of loafers from Italian shoemaker Fratelli Rossetti (in English Fratelli means Workshop...so Workshop Rosetti). T...
Wednesday, 27 January 2016

How good things last - 1970s Sterling Silver Parker 75

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This has been with me for about 15 years or so. A circa 1970s Parker 75 fountain pen with a 14k gold nib, cover and body made out of St...
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Wednesday, 13 January 2016

A Useful Little Bag

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This was a present from my better half. It was bought on one of our trips to Singapore. Marked 'Vera Pelle Made In Italy' on th...
Wednesday, 23 December 2015

For the larger men in Malaysia - Largest Ready to Wear sizes out there - UPDATED 13TH JAN 2016

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Someone wrote to me a while ago on where I usually shop for larger size jackets. This is necessary as I am not a skinny chap but one who is...
Tuesday, 8 December 2015

The cycle of suit jacket styles - 1950s, the late 1980s, the early 1990s and today

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The photo above is taken from voxsartoria's fabulous website about style. It is from 1955 and you can see musician Glenn Gould in a ...
Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Neckties that belonged to my dad

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The other day my mum gave me all, or most of my dad's neck ties. This was a collection dating from the 1970s, to the 1990s at th...
Wednesday, 11 November 2015

The shirt is usually outerwear here

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Here in warm, humid Malaysia business wear is usually a long or short sleeved worn with or without a tie. The jacket or suit usually re...