The first personal Dutch menswear blog
The bygone weeks I have read Primo Levi ‘if this is a man’, known for his absolute expressive account of life in Auschwitz. While the things he has to go through are really inhumane he also shows us that there is some kind of humanity even in the darkest of circumstances. While Auschwitz is not…
This is the first post of my ‘future of tailoring’ series. The basic idea: I want to highlight tailors that are young and have a passion for tailoring. They are the future of tailoring. I would like to make sure that they get some more coverage. We will start with the first tailor: Julian Weyand….
When I started this blog I didn’t expect anyone to read it… Well, my recent blog post showed me that a lot of people read my scribbles… I didn’t expect that at all. So this time I want to give the pen to one of my readers that has definitely something interesting to write! Maybe…
It’s always a lot of work to store your winter clothes and get the summer linens out. It’s even harder to get confronted with all the clothing you didn’t wear that fall/winter. What a shame that I didn’t get to wear my beloved rollneck sweaters. Then comes the real hassle, how do you store your…
A few weeks ago I got the opportunity to talk to an Italian follower. He voiced his biggest ‘pet-peeve’: long sweaters. This is only a problem when you like to wear high-rise trousers. Because you have to incorporat the rest of your outfit with it. Sweaters are the hardest to match with high-rise trousers. Why?…
Not full leather heel caps I may be opening the box of Pandora here, but I wanted you to know what I found out when I send my Alden shoes to my cobbler for a resole. What did I discover? Well, in short, my cobbler found out that Alden used compressed ‘leather’ for the midsole…
In this day and age, a lot of people want to develop their own sense of style. Yet almost no one really achieves it. A lot of people blame social media. Is that fair? Impart I think it’s true because of social media we are getting really self-conscious and we are desperately looking for positive…
I got a lot of positive comments on my last blog post. Thank you! Today we dive deeper into wide trouser territory. We will look at fabric and pleats. Especially the fabric has an incredible big impact on the way your trousers are perceived. Pleats are an indispensable detail because they will get rid of…
A couple of weeks ago I posted some photos of my new bespoke trousers. I got some private messages telling me to ditch them and give the slim-fit look a try. One guy went even so far as to tell me: ‘you are soo young and already wearing clothing designed for old men…I cannot bear…
A lot of bloggers write about stylish men. Most of the time they talk about Hollywood-stars or other artists. Politicians don’t get a lot of attention, why would they? Most of the time they dress conservatively. Today we look at another snappy dresser and he was a politician that also got voted ‘best-dressed man in…