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Snowbound: Zermatt
2008-03-20 21:27:00 It’s a real challenge nowadays to find an exciting ski-town, but Zermatt is something of a revelation, boasting the highest verticals in Europe. Horse-drawn carriages and brandy-bearing St. Bernards may still roam Zermatt, but this resort town of 5,500 people has lately schussed its way into a modern era of solar-electric ski buses and expansive, high-tech snowmaking. ... More About: Lifestyle , Travel
How to Wear the Trousers
2008-03-18 23:33:00 It’s a debate that reaches far back into sartorial history, as fierce and informing as any and the cause of just as many bloody noses in the playground as on the catwalk: how should trousers be worn - skinny or baggy? On the one side stand those in favour of the baggy or loose-fit style: see Dolce & Gabbana and Dries van ... More About: Style , Trousers , Wear
Gentry Essentials: Matt Fothergill Washbags
2008-03-15 12:55:00 Hand-made in Shropshire, these tasteful leather washbags offer a touch of period style whether you are continent hopping or having a break in the country. Matt Fothergill specialises in bespoke leather work and the attention to detail and respect for the craft is clear, having studied as a saddler at Cordwainers College London. All Fothergill’s products are of the ... More About: Lifestyle , Travel , Style , Essentials
Bald Ambition
2008-03-13 12:25:00 It’s only when we no longer need someone that we can have a real relationship with them, and so too, with hair and it’s disappearance. Only when a man loses his hair can he truly appreciate it: one of the true and few ironic tragedies of above-brow human geography and an explanation, to some degree, ... More About: Lifestyle , Grooming , Ambition
Sneaker Freaks: Trainers for Spring and Summer 2008
2008-03-11 18:25:00 The foul weather can’t last forever, and soon enough shoes will seem party poopers on the festival of sunshine that will no doubt befall our shores. As everyone knows, with trainers, it’s all about the toe. Shape is everything. Casual footwear has to be adaptable, has to live with whatever you throw at it outfit-wise - ... More About: Lifestyle , Summer , Spring , Style , Freaks
Weekend in Antwerp
2008-03-09 13:21:00 1. Where to Stay At the Floatel Diamond Princess (from £150), a fifties Norwegian mail boat moored near the edge of the Schipperskwartier (red-light district), you can party efficiently. The 42 refurbished cabins are wired, but you can meet the neighbors in the piano bar or the captain?s lounge turned library. Ask for a room toward ... More About: Lifestyle , Travel , Style , Weekend , Antwerp
Sock it to me, Baby
2008-02-28 12:35:00 With the re-re-release of Michael Jackson?s funk-noir masterwork, Thriller, who can forget the perfectly glam-casual attire of Jackson during this period? His white-suit, black-shirt combination on the album cover (oddly a set of polar opposites his life would ultimately pivot around) and the tight black trousers of Billy Jean were a kind of re-awakening of ... More About: Baby , Style
Shops we Like: Swaine Adeney Brigg, St.James London
2008-02-28 12:24:00 There used to be a debate in our home about just how out of fashion Swaine Adeney Brigg really is. I won that debate, as it happens, and the answer is ?exceedingly?, but in the best possible way. It?s not every shop that can resist the lure to ?keep up? and manages to do so ... More About: Lifestyle , London , Style , James , Shops
The Week- Gentry Style
2008-02-25 01:16:00 Gentry offers a week?s worth of interesting diversions in the world of cinema, pop and art & culture… The Film: BLACK WATER Directed by David Nerlich & Andrew Trauki with Diana Glenn, Maeve Dermondy, Andy Rodoreda Every once in a while Australia produces a particularly nasty little film. In 2000 in was the slash-happy Chopper, in 2005 we ... More About: Style , Week
Smile, you?re on CCTV
2008-02-25 01:05:00 A smile is a beautiful thing - an unconscious burp from your soul’s inner depths, an escaped dream pleasantly parting with fantasy, breaking onto the surface of reality. A grin is a reminder of the relationship between the physical and emotional world that a human being (yes, you!) wobbles constantly between. Like it or not, ... More About: Style , Smile , Grooming
Top 5 Worst Best Picture Oscar Winners:
2008-02-25 00:50:00 5. Gladiator (2000) The only thing ?epic? about this venture is the vastness of its preposterousness. Russell Crowe grins and gurns his way through an array of bad accents and lurid emotional churning. Both less exciting than Ben Hur and less impressive than Spartacus, Crowe is somewhat out of his depth and even his commendable, natural ... More About: Film , Picture , Oscar , Winners , Best Picture
Stylish Men in Film
2008-02-07 12:53:00 Film has always been attracted by the possibilities of its own image, defining and re-defining moods and modes, styles and fashions in a playful, unusually discursive way. The overriding texture and impression of an era is often synonymous with the icons of the period. Think of Rudolph Valentino and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in the 1920s, ... More About: Film , Stylish , Style , Grooming
A Twist of Lime
2008-02-07 12:29:00 Inspired by the film classic The Third Man, Caron?s titular fragrance also goes by the names ?Number 3? and ?Le 3me?. Drawing upon the unpredictable and irrepressible, avant-garde flair of Orson Welles, Caron?s 1985 elegant, smooth aroma has been blended in the flickering magic of the movie beam. The cinema screen is a projection of ... More About: Film , Style , Lime , Twist
A Close Thing
2008-02-07 12:13:00 ?If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas.? ? Benjamin Franklin Hair grows out of your face, so persistently that you have to scythe it off with something sharp enough to slit ... More About: Film , Close , Grooming , Thing
Shoes We Like: Bontoni
2008-01-26 00:24:00 Finding good shoes ? that is, classic but stylish, in fine leather with high quality dyes and an artisan?s details ? is harder than it ought to be. In these days when most high-end designers reckon they?re also shoemakers (pointless buckles all over the place, endless amounts of rubber, intentionally distressed features) it?s important to ... More About: Shoes , Style
Weekend Away: Cowley Manor
2008-01-24 00:33:00 Since Cowley Manor launched as a chic country house hotel and spa, it has been Gentrystyle?s preferred detox getaway. As we all know, there are two trends in recent years that we all ought to be wary of ? the rise of pseudo-fashionable boutique hotels the world over and the return of the chintzy country ... More About: Lifestyle , Travel , Weekend
Bespoke Men?s Tailoring goes Online
2008-01-19 14:18:00 The rarified art of bespoke men?s tailoring, epitomised by Savile Row, is popular again ? on the internet. Vegard in Norway is looking for a suitable jacket to hunt in: would an Ulster be appropriate? An anonymous correspondent has a pressing need for a knitted silk tie with a pointed rather than straight-ended blade: where ... More About: Style , Online , Tailoring , Grooming
Has Money Ruined Art?
2008-01-19 14:01:00 Or is the hype about the hype keeping us from seeing the real picture? The collateral benefits of this loopy, vulgar, and altogether overheated New York & London art moment. I love art and the art world, but lately, I can see why the Gavin Brown gallery has a new Website called NewYorkIsDead.biz. The site?s creators ... More About: Culture , Money
The Dapper Mr. Browne
2008-01-19 13:12:00 Last year Gentrystyle heralded the arrival of Thom Browne ’s collection ‘The Black Fleece’ at Brookes Bros. What we really admire Thom for is his reinterpretation of the suit. Thom dresses like an insurance adjuster circa 1957, eats the same breakfast every day, and wears pants that are way too short. He?s also an award-winning, cutting-edge ... More About: Style , Dapper
The Tribes of Art Basel Miami
2007-11-26 12:25:00 As the Art World winds down for this year, there is one last week of parties before going into hibernation. We certainly enjoy a party and there is nothing better that observing these various social groups bathing in the hedonistic waters of Miami . Here is our guide to the subcultures of the sixth annual art bacchanal. TRIBE: THE COLLECTOR HQ: The ... More About: Culture , Basel
Grow a beard this November
2007-11-13 15:31:00 November is ‘National Beard Month’. Now there are many reasons to grow a beard?curiosity, whimsy, lowness of character among them?but once the decision to grow has been brooked, one must choose from a dizzying variety of styles. Nonetheless, fear not! As a comfort to the boggled, and following the scientific and philosophic rule that entities ... More About: Style , Grooming , November , Grow
Top 5 Dystopian Movies
2007-10-29 10:14:00 5. THX?1138 Before George Lucas became a juvenile baboon, he forged this cold, stark, strangely convincing vision of the future. Heavily indebted to Yevgeny Zamyatin?s novel We, THX-1138 reveals the sterile nightmare of emotional suppression, where sex and love are only a brief indulgence permitted to the doomed and insane. There is something seductively plausible about ... More About: Movies
Modern Masters in Naples
2007-10-20 21:41:00 When my parents went to Naples , Italy, 15 years ago, a taxi driver told my mother to hide her Mandarina Duck handbag under the back seat, the better to elude the city’s notorious thieves. If the image brings to mind an out-of-towner’s visit to New York during that same time, be assured that Naples is ... More About: Culture , Modern , Masters , Aster
The 10-Point Escape Plan: Zanzibar
2007-10-20 20:39:00 Swahili. Taarab. Bandas. A trip to the Tanzanian island isn?t your everyday beach getaway. A sexy beach vacation in Africa is nothing new. But prices in Cape Town have soared, and the once-pristine Kenyan coast has evolved into an African Cancún lined with high-rise hotels for the package-tour set. So where to now? Zanzibar . Go for ... More About: Travel , Point , Plan , Escape
Things We Like Autumn 07
2007-10-03 00:32:00 There was no such thing as summer this year in London, so we have high hopes for autumn. If the rain stays away, allowing for crisp afternoons, we may even see autumnal shades on the leaves in the Royal parks. That?s likely being overly optimistic. Still, now that temperatures have dropped and the evenings are gradually closing ... More About: Lifestyle , Style , Things , Grooming , Autumn
10 Point Escape Plan to Taipei
2007-09-10 22:56:00 New high-tech wealth and a flurry of upscale shops, clubs, and restaurants that have opened in the capital city are sparking a ?Taipei is the next Shanghai? buzz. It?s not quite there?yet?but visitors will appreciate a more reliable transportation system as well as friendly locals who speak better English than their mainland counterparts. After winter?s ... More About: Travel , Point , Plan , Escape
Gentry?s Favourite Weekend Bags
2007-09-02 00:01:00 It?s harder than you might think, finding a really good weekend bag. It?s not that there aren?t lots on the market. On the contrary, every designer and high street whore tries to cash in on the men?s bag market with cheap nylon duffles, tacky sports bags emblazoned with logos, and cheap leatherette carry-ons. Avoid all ... More About: Travel , Bags , Style , Weekend , Gent
Our Favourite Men?s Stores: J.Press
2007-08-14 14:43:00 The recent opening of the new flagship J.Press store in Manhattan gives us a welcome reason to write about this quiet, unassuming, even dusty men?s clothier. If you don?t know about J.Press, it?s high-time you did. If you do know about J.Press, you?ll be annoyed at me for telling everyone else about it. Like so many ... More About: Style , Stores , Grooming
Top 5: Movies set in Tokyo by Paolo Cabrelli
2007-07-31 16:56:00 5. Godzilla (1954) Ishiro Honda?s Gojira is a snarling dystopia of the present, pre-occupied by Japan?s legitimate anxiety over the nuclear capabilities of the USA. The mutant terrorist lays waste to the towering structures and, in doing so, stems the post-war economic resurrection of the city. Acting almost as an agent for Western forces, Godzilla has ... More About: Movies , Film , Tokyo , Paolo
The Perils of Facial Hair
More articles from this author:2007-07-26 15:43:00 There are certain steadfast rules which I think ought to guide a man safely through the perilous Scylla and Charybdis that are Fashion and Fad. They?re all pretty obvious, but still bear repeating, even in our enlightened times: 1) Don?t wear linen or white before the end of May (t-shirts excepted). 2) Be sure the ... More About: Style , Facial Hair , Hair , Facial , Peri 1, 2, 3 |
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