Tweed Run – the ladies
Not to be outdone, the ladies donned their tweed accessorising with vintage pieces, fur, hats and scarfs Erin O’Connor The ladies from the Vintage Mafia Jenny Dyson of Rubbish Magazine
Tweed Run – the gentlemen
Sport coats, blazers, waistcoats, fairisle sweaters, vests, bowties, tweed ties, plus fours, flat caps, baker-boy hats, tartan scarves, collegiate scarves, you name it, all manner of preppy, tweedy items were on show. Arguably the men, for once, had turned the sartorial tables on the women, with a wider range of tweed in their arsenal both [...]
Tweed Run 2011 – part 1
The Tweed run is a ‘metropolitan bicycle ride with a bit of style’ and was founded in 2009 as an outlet for those with a love of vintage bicycles and tweed in all its varieties. This year’s Run was sponsored by Rugby Ralph Lauren who kindly provided me with my outfit for the day. This [...]
Attire 10 – Tweed Run
Last night I walked over to the Rugby Ralph Lauren store in Covent Garden’s Piazza to pick up some pieces to wear in this weekend’s Tweed Run (Saturday 26th November, 2011). Past the glowing Christmas trees that flank the entrance lay a warm, labyrinthine store full of preppy wonders. The brief for my outfit for [...]
Murdock barbers
Murdock London is a small chain of boutique barbers established in 2006 by Brendan Murdock (see our interview here). Starting with their first shop in Shoreditch there are now four in total, each preserving the unique feel of barbers in days gone by. Service is key, and each customer is treated with care and attention [...]
Brendan Murdock interview
I caught up with Brendan Murdock, founder of Murdock London – official moustache keepers of the Rugby Ralph Lauren Tweed Run, to find out what inspired him to start the traditional barbers and why he thinks they’re more relevant now than ever. What inspired you to start Murdock in 2006? How do you feel [...]
Bean Boots on the Heath
The autumn leaves took a while to appear this year. Normally they start to turn from green to brown around September, but only now in mid November are those reds, yellows and browns really starting to show. I pulled on my Bean Boots and headed for a walk on Hampstead Heath on a wet and [...]
Gant Rugger SS12 launch event
Tonight Gant Rugger hosted an event at the Elms Lesters Paintings Rooms here in London to show off their Spring/Summer ’12 collection. The Painting Rooms are historic studios, aged over the past hundred years, thick with paint-flecked walls, a setting perfectly in keeping with the Gant Rugger brand. On display, hooked on walls and hanging [...]
Movember update
Well, we’re now just over halfway through the month of Movember and my moustache is well on its way. For the uninitiated, Movember is an annual charity event that takes place during the month of November. It aims to forever change the face of menʼs health through the power of the moustache, by raising awareness [...]
Ben L’oncle Soul
This weekend past I went to see French soul sensation Ben L’oncle Soul and his band play at the Queen Elizabeth Halls on London’s Southbank. I first discovered Ben when he appeared on Jools Holland’s Later programme in October. Signed to Motown records, Ben sounds like a modern day Otis Redding or Wilson Pickett with [...]
