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INVICTUS by Paco Rabanne
Men’s fragrance has become all the more a competitive segment with a significant increase in the variety of fragrant options and our (mens) increasing collective understanding of fragrance. Gone are the days where you could categorise the majority of male consumers within the remit of the ten leading scents; todays man is much more selectively…
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Ermenegildo Zegna Spring Summer 2013
Understandably summer collections take inspiration from the style and fabrication of warmer climates, but this season it seems the luxury sector has its eyes firmly focused on one continent – Africa. Ermenegildo Zegna’s Spring Summer collection suggests a yearning for Couture that is reflected by the steadfast mirror of the modern atelier. The confident yet…
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Chivas Regal + Pininfarina: CHIVAS 18
Chivas Regal 18 Year Old and Pininfarina have come together for the first time to create a series of limited editions: Chivas 18 by Pininfarina. Both Chivas and Pininfarina share a rich heritage in crafting, rewarding and stimulating experiences in luxury. Pininfarina has been a crusader in Italian design and engineering since 1930, whilst Chivas Regal…
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Albert Fouquet meets JFK: EIGHT & BOB
As far as heritage and intrigue, Eight & Bob has just about the best background story of any fragrance ever made; French Aristocracy, Hollywood Royalty, a US. President and Nazis – allow us to explain… Albert Fouquet, the son of a Parisian aristocrat, was part of elite French society of the early twentieth century and…
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Louis Vuitton Men’s Spring Summer 2013
This Spring Summer Louis Vuitton shows an aspirational wardrobe based on a seafaring collection for hotter climates. The collections highlights that while fashion is seasonal, there are many garments that transcend the climate to be current all year round; the mac, bomber jacket and DB6 Blazers all feature in this sartorially educative collection. The French…
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HUGO RED by Hugo Boss
In the mid 1990’s the world of men’s fragrance experienced a renaissance, a repositioning of ingredients and notes leading to a more modern, lighter fragrance than men were previously accustomed to wearing. It was during this time – 1995 to be exact – that a modern classic was conceived, HUGO MAN by Hugo Boss. This…
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Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP: Optical Glass House
A lone elegant structure sited between tall monolithic buildings, The Optical Glass House allows for space within the otherwise intimate city of Hiroshima. A project undertaken by Hiroshi Nakamura and his studio NAP, the Optical Glass House reinvents the way we look at modern urbane living and the usage of space. “Although located downtown in…
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retaW Fragrance Fabric Conditioner Evelyn*
The smell of ones clothes is understandably not at the forefront of ones daily thinking; it’s something that we ordinarily leave to ‘chance’, or perhaps a decision simply left to the hands of another. For most, this is probably because you don’t actually care, at the end of the day(s) the garment will return to…
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Mr Porter Paperback – Volume One
Mr Porter arrived at a time when online fashion retail struggled to provide that functional stimulus and emotive connection with male consumer. Now over a year into their carnation Mr Porter continues to examine new ways of catering for those that pine for that aspirational lifestyle; a connection deeper than solely the sartorial, with interests…
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Seiko Astron GPS Solar
The thought of a travelling lifestyle is driven by an inherent desire to explore that exists in all of us, albeit to varying degrees. To cater to these aspirational travellers Seiko have developed their own, patented, low-energy-consumption GPS receiver, which allows a watch that can receive GPS signals and identify time zone, time and date data using…
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The Parajet Paramotor
What do you give a man that has everything…? An apt question, and one no doubt being asked as these very words are being commited to type. The answer is quite simple really – nothing. However for the times when the gift of “nothing” is not permissible in danger of offending without reprieve, it’s good to…
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Rolls-Royce Spirit of Ecstasy
Often mistaken for being angelic in appearance, the story of the Spirit of Ecstasy (formerly The Spirit of Seed) is one of tragedy and romance; befitting of the historic motor it now adorns. The mystical figurine is actuality a tribute to a forbidden love, a romance that, in those times, should have never been allowed…
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