Cheap Monday 2008 Parka

Two years is an eternity in the fashion world. So if y'all have any seconds/leftovers of this line....SENDEMEEEERE.

Want One: The Ben Sherman "Mastermind" Cotton Gingham Blazer

Screen-grabbed from our friends at BenSherman.com

Wait a sec -- mix/match with shorts??!!?? No f?!king way...

Quote for the day

"Never trust a man in a blue trench coat" -- Tom Waits, 'Telephone Call From Istanbul'

today

Spotted tie (white on red), med. width, rayon - Yves Saint Laurent: new, appr. $150 USD; purchased for appr. $5
Tonic blue/violet dress shirt, cotton - Material of London: new, appr. $80 USD; purchased for appr. $8
Brown/blue pinstriped blazer, polyester - 7 Diamonds: new, appr. $150 USD; purchased for $7
Silver trim fit men's dress pants, polyester/wool blend - Donna Karan; new, appr. $80 USD; purchased for appr. $10 USD
Matte brown chisel toe dress oxfords - Sketchers Collection; new, appr. $70 USD; purchased for appr. $9
Total cost of outfit new: appr. $530 USD -- Actual price paid: appr. $39

street sightings

A large grain herringbone tweed wool coat in the current military style with some exaggerated details such as longer collar points, etc. Impossible to find on Google so far.

Dark charcoal gray coat with marching band uniform details on the cuffs, button plackets, collar etc.

I should just start taking people's picture from now on. Of course then there's always release forms etc.

This picture isn't what I was looking for, but it is kind of cool.

Claudio Morelli gray wool blazer (3B)

Today's shoe porn

The Bradley Boot, in tobacco kudu suede. (Apparently the kudu is a type of African antelope - hopefully its end was quick and painless.)

Via Harry's of London; the brand first spotted at 6pm.com.

you need a lot of pretty green to buy a Pretty Green ™

Liam Gallagher of Oasis/"friend of Paul Weller" fame has started his own line of clothing, among which is the Pretty Green Parka, pictured here.



Now, I've been complaining for years about how hard it is to find a decent, well fitted men's parka at trenchcoat length; I've seen plenty of them for women at stores like REI, and they only get nicer every year. However, when it comes to men's outerwear, people think that men are content looking like idiots in waist-length ski parkas. I have said that any designer who comes out with a trenchcoat length parka for men is going to make a killing.

Unfortunately, it seems Liam wants to do more than make a killing, he wants to commit price tag genocide. Do you want to pay $800-$1000 for a parka? The one thing you can say about going to the Army Surplus and getting a fishtail like you wore to the Jam concert in 1983 is that it's affordable, even if it does look rather juvenile for those of us older chaps trying to lean more "ace"-wards.

It exactly fits what I was visualizing though, so if Liam wants to (a) personally apologize for how expensive they are or (b) send me a prototype, a second, or even an off-the-rack piece, I'll take it. Whoever manages Pretty Green should comment or email and I'll give them my postal address. Thanks in advance.

[Thanks to Mod Culture UK for the picture.]