THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING A LEATHER MAN
Achtung men of style: This weeks writing roster consists of an essay of the utter cruciality of leather coats next season. Also how to spot a non-gentleman through his shoes and other sartorial tells. Plus something more practical/less exciting to do with Boot-Camp on the telly. Almost sounds like am outlining the character attributes of the German commandant of a prisoner of war camp in an American WWII film, nein? Almost, but am not. Regardless, why is leather gonna be so damn important this winter, hm? Is it cos we’re all supposed to buy something that will last well after the EU collapses around us perhaps? I’ll buy into that. Schnell! Schnell!
Valentino
It could be that as the dark smart coat trend and the leather thing converge, thus these two guys are at the zenith of menswear thinking. Could be. Or could they just look a bit smart-agro and chic-sinister and some of us are ready for it?
Hermes
These two are both trenches, obviously, but leather and shearlings and sheepskins abound in all manner of guises. Posting all tailored ones for you chaps at mo’ however. Gotta keep some sort of focus. Do like this overcoat sheepskin below.
Zegna
Aside of pukingly tight deadlines, gotta let the sparks in now as he’s gonna adjust my austerity lighting so can dim to get full austere effect in the evenings. Cant wait for winter; sat about in the gloom in a leather trench coat. Just add Max Reinhardt on Radio 3 in the right mood and will be like something from The Night Porter with similar amounts of cigar smoke, less accordions and bigger breasts.
Stubbs out.
PS. More leather action on its way as I unearth it.
July 4th, 2012 at 2:18 pm
Herr Flicht.
July 4th, 2012 at 10:34 pm
Was going to say I loved the Hermes, minus the pocket (although one shudders to think how much the pocket alone would cost), then became completely distracted by the image of Stubbs sitting in the dark, dressed up in leather, gazing at breasts. Whose breasts are these exactly? Some poor kidnap victim? An ancient copy of Razzle? Or – involuntary shiver – a reflection of himself, post op?
I think at this point I should begin chanting.
July 4th, 2012 at 11:53 pm
I like the Zegna coat. They should call it ‘The Motty’ after John Motson of course. He loves a shearling you know.
July 5th, 2012 at 7:43 am
Siddhartha Gautama was a bit of a lark by all accounts before he invented Buddhism, figures you can express the wild meanderings of your mind brother Ferragamo.