An unexpected surprise

Ok I have an admission. I religiously check the mail online show biz site first thing every morning and most evenings. Now this does nothing for my faint image of a manly persona I wish to portray but while I was browsing the site last Monday I had a pleasant surprise. While reading an article that Mr Jamie Redknapp wore the same outfit two days in a row on the Saturday and Sunday Sky live football ( slightly strange but surely there was a reason) I had noticed that the mail online actually quoted myself in one of my first articles. It was from a piece I did a couple of years ago for MFM on Redknapp's formal TV uniform. Ok so I wasn't asked to comment but I'll take it. Everyone's gotta start somewhere right?

How do you wear your Duchamp?

I got asked a couple of weeks ago to take part in a project with Duchamp where they had five fashion writers and bloggers pick out an outfit to be snapped in by the talented Jonathan Daniel-Pryce. I'm not overly confident in the cameras gaze as I'm no David Gandy but I have to say I really enjoyed the morning. So on to my choice and I went for a solid navy. I was eyeing up a grey check but my fellow writer Stephen Kelly had beat me to it, picking out a beautiful three piece in my desired shade. Oh well was happy with the navy peak. It did come with a waist coat but it was quite a high cut which I'm not a fan of so went two piece with a pink spread and picked out a burnt orange print tie with tie clip. In high sight should've gone with a puff or a fold with the hanks but went for a flared positioning. Regardless it injected a bit of va va voom into the ensemble, which translates into flair and eccentricity. Essentially what Duchamp is all about as a brand. 

Another participant in the project was a gent who I have serious beard envy over; Mr Chris Chasseaud. He always looks very debonair and for this shoot it was no different as he adorned a cobalt blue three piece. Really loved the choice of tie. Very daring but it works and that colour isn't the the easiest the combine with. I salute you Chris! 

 Also here is a picture of Mr Stephen Kelly who looks very sharp in that grey check three piece.

Anyway the name of the game is to get as many likes on the Duchamp Facebook page so if you like what you see with myself or any of the other guys please get pressing that "like" button.

Here is the link...

http://www.duchamplondon.com/marcs_blog/

My Adidas rant

Time to talk sneakers. Not saying I'm the biggest sneaker-head around but I do have a few Adidas in the locker (36 pairs to be exact- check my Instagram for reference @danielrhone). Now my problem with Adidas is apart from my undying loyalty to the three stripes which I can't pull away from (don't ask! I think I like the discipline of only being able to purchase from one brand like its a sort of game testing my sense of style choice within the available range). This is where the problem begins. I have a real issue with the lack of competition when going up against the modern tech sports profile of the Nike "Roshe" or "Flyknit". There's no denying especially that the "Roshe" is one of the best looking profiles around with its minimal detail and modern infusion but Adidas as rounded as their originals range is have had no credible answer. Unfortunately for the poor sales assistant working at Adidas no.6 store in Carnaby St she felt the full force of my rant as I picked up the "boost" and "adipure" as examples of Adidas poor competition as they've tried blending modern performance trainers into their originals umbrella. Bless her she didn't really understand but it did feel good to air my frustration! I hope the design boys in Berlin have something in the locker?? To be continued....

     Regardless of leaving empty-handed, the No.6 store is definitely worth a visit you sneaker heads.

                                           The Nike 'Roshe' - Damn you Nike!

                 

The Adidas 'Boost'. Performance runner moved over to the lifestyle range - poor effort I'm afraid

                       Even the Beck's can't make these work. Well ok maybe a little bit..

Meeting Mr Mark Powell

This past week I had the pleasure of meeting with a maverick tailoring hero of mine; Mr Mark Powell. I dropped by his Soho residency to interview him for MFM and had a good old chin wag where he gave his hearty, honest opinion on the industry and a few people in it without holding back! A fair bit of what Mark said will stay just between myself and him lets just say. Thats what I loved about chatting with Mark, he was straight up and told it how it is which is pretty refreshing within this sometimes false men's fashion bubble. He actually told me in no certain terms that a certain fellow who I did admire within the industry was a c... Umm well not a nice chap. Should of taken Mr Powell's word for it as yesterday I received a rather obnoxious, rude reply in an email from the man in question that clarified Mark's character reference! 

Won't say too much about the interview as it's going to be part of the debut digital version of www.mensfashionmagazine.co.uk/ which is due to launch on January 20th. I will of course keep you updated.

Unfortunately due to being too in grossed into what Mark was talking about I forgot to take any stylish snaps inside Marks showroom which was full of amazing pieces from his tailoring examples to his gorgeous bespoke shoe range. Check out these bad boys that Sir Bradley Has just picked up.

Mark is one of the sharpest tailors around. He is a rarity in the sense that he is a stylist with the skills and eye of a tailor and that's his appeal. His creative flair and style with tailoring nowse has got him a client book which has the names Weller, Bowie and Jagger to name only a few! On the day he was rocking a beautiful electric blue three piece with a rounded tab collar, knitted tie with tie pin. Accessoried with a dandy pocket watch and wearing a killer pair of frames I almost had a Wayne and Garth "I'm not worthy" moment! Luckily I kept it cool!