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Keyword results: menswear

Captains of Industry

Article published 10th Dec 09
Product: Fashion
Anatomy: Whole body

Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable; these men, you just know, had a Gentlemen's Outfitter that they frequented. And now, tucked away in Somerset Place, so do I. Thom Grogan and James Roberts have established a haven for men's men. Men who love suits and shoes and coffee, and soon whiskey, and whisky.

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RAF by Raf Simons

Article published 12th Oct 09
Product: Fashion
Theft: Theft is a risk

Lately I've been having trouble prioritising between the buying of necessary things for my survival (ie food), and making important additions to my floor-drobe. In theory one should be able to budget for both. But in practice, not so much. You want Bernhard Willhelm; you're not eating for the week.

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Incu Menswear

Article published 26th Aug 09
Product: Fashion
Anatomy: Ego

Listen up dudes, this one's for you. Twin brothers and former corporate wenches Brian and Vincent Wu are rolling out their Incu league of multi-brand fashion stores to Melbourne, and they're doing it gentlemen first (with a planned femme follow-up coming in the next 6-12 months). Chivalry is dead, and you'll all be better dressed for it.

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Beat Poet ‘Zero Form' residency

Article published 19th Aug 09
Product: Fashion
Theft: Theft is a risk

Ever get the feeling that those Suprematist painters were just plain lazy? That they painted a black square because painting a realistic portrait was way too hard? So in order to justify their ‘work', like filling out those pesky Centrelink forms, they had to publish a manifesto.

Beat Poet's new collection is based on painter Kazimir Malevich's Suprematist manifesto, using the empty circle and his Black Square painting as the symbols that best represent the ‘Zero Form'.

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Suits from Jack London

Article published 4th Dec 08
Product: Clothing
Anatomy: Whole body

Speaking as somebody who is very easily irritated - and when I say 'very' I actually mean 'extremely' - nothing infuriates me more than a man wearing a shitty suit. Know why? Because it smacks of ingratitude. The suit has been designed from the ground up to make even the most slovenly, homely, porcine man have a shot at looking sharp.

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