Stylish Salute: Mr Jamie Dornan

Always been a fan of the boy Dornan. From his early modelling days I've been keeping tabs. Has this effortless look that is inspiring. Apart from the obvious fact that he is strikingly handsome, he has always carried himself with an effortless stylish manor whether in campaigns or not. Love his latest work with Zegna. Nonchalantly cool!

Anyway back to my salute. Time for a dress down feature. Around London town yesterday Jamie sported a sharp red Lacoste polo shirt with a slick pair of clear framed shades. Controversial point to argue. Collar up. Hit or miss?? Personally it depends on the persons persona and individual style, but I'm a fan. Be careful though boys lets not try to hard with this look. It's definitely a laid back easy wearing deployment. Picturing a Sunday morning coffee run that could turn into brunch.

Lunchtime chat with Mr Powell

So last Friday I jotted on down to Soho to see the boss of Mod tailoring; Mr Mark Powell. Always a pleasure to be in Marks company. Saw on my way through he had a new window display put in. Fantastic self portrait of the main man alongside his signature creations. Love it!

As I was leaving I noticed a pair of bright red dress cords put together with signature MP intialed velvet slippers with sequins. This is what Mark Powell Is all about. Eccentric style mixed with uncomporimised tailoring detailing and design. Class.

What I've been wearing...

Need to do it don't I? If I'm preaching stylish dress on a daily basis then I need to back it up with some #WIWT selfies. In the most tasteful way of course. Don't worry you won't find me over doing it with the self loathing! Not my style though feel I need to profile myself. Any how here's a brief collection of some tailoring outfits that I've pulled on these past few weeks.. 

Trying to keep it limted with overuse of colour. Too much doing the rounds in the sartorial street game at the mo. Seen a few guys go overboard recently that comes across un-natural and false. Love the contrast waist coat right now. Whether it's with a tonal blend or a contrast. Pretty chuffed with last Fridays effort pictured above. Anyway you've provoked something. Be prepared for more consistent tasteful stylish selfies!

Texture and tonal brilliance from Basmajian

Last week popped along down the "Row" to have a up close gander at the forthcoming AW14 collection from Gieves and Hawkes. For those who were at LCM in January for G&H's presentation would testify it was a rather busy affair with not too much space to monouver let alone get close for a cloth inspection. That's all credit to what's been created at Gieves over the past few seasons that a spacious venue like Christies was filled to capacity for the showcase. Lead by the creative genius of Jason Basmajian, his clear and precise vision has given Gieves a modern identity hence the packed out Christies venue back in January. So this was my chance to have a real close look at this amazing collection. Yes amazing. Where do I start? For me the three main factors that stood out from a long list I could've chosen from was the powerful statement outerwear, gorgeous textures within the fabrics and the divine tonal brilliance of the collections colour pallet. 

There was only a small fraction of the collection on display at Gieve's prestigious No.1 Savile Row showroom but that's all that was required to show off the collections pure sartorial beauty. For me Basmajian has infused G&H's traditional heritage with a modern luxury approach. For style and substance this has to be right up there with the likes of Brioni or Mr Tom Ford. 

The colour pallet and tonal masterclass Jason put forward is utter genius and I'd say it's the factor I'm most in ore of. Might be the American influence. National profiling slightly but I do know our Atlantic neighbours are partial to the odd formal tonal ensemble or two. More so than us Brits who tend to keep it traditional. Basmajian I believe has cleverly intertwined the two.

One last thing to note; evening wear texture combos and a pale blue dinner shirt are the way forward. Whatever Jason says I'm listening!

 

My new regimental skincare routine

Working on a rare grooming article for MFM. I know, bit out of comfort zone but hey ho I'm giving a shot. The subject; a morning and night skincare regime. Using products from the acclaimed Kiehl's. I swear by their facial fuel for a moisturiser and when I do scan across grooming segments their products always seem to be there or there abouts. Other than that, don't know too much else if I'm being honest. My usual facial routine consists of a splash of cold water and some imperial leather. Have to say I'm doing rather well with my toning and cleansing. Watch out for my debut grooming piece coming soon.

    Morning & evening

MFM shoot pictures

Had a couple of studio shoots for MFM over the last two months so here's a few raw images that I liked. Had a really strong capsule of brands and designers to pull from. Bit of mod contemp stuff, standard tailoring and a dash of streetwear.

MFM X Zoo Fashions style videos

Alongside the debut digital magazine we've also launched the MFM YouTube channel. Style and mens fashion videos I believe are an untapped source and holds the key to a lot of potential opportunity. Of course barring Mr Porter who's videos are excellent there is little out there that really cuts it to a captivating and consistent standard. We launched a series of interviews with industry style experts and have collaborated with zoofashions.com on a set of videos covering some of the high calibre designers they have within their brand portfolio. Check out the first of which covers the 'designer sneaker' presented by the brilliant Stephen Kelly who we are very fortunate to have fronting the concept. Alongside Stephen in the video is Sohail Rehman who is head of Zoo fashions E-commerce business and buyer. Both him and Mr David Pike who is head buyer for the business have unparalleled knowledge into that luxury menswear business. Being a menswear inthusausiast I'm contstantly taking in information like a sponge whenever I'm in their company. Great blokes as well which is always a bonus. 

Check out the video and the MFM YouTube channel by following the link http://youtu.be/0fQN7E71uLU

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