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...

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.]

dream vs. reality

The dream:
The reality:

what's good for the goose

already having come across the pearson from canada goose (look at it - you want one, don't you?), which i might be able to afford oh, when hell freezes over (or when i win the lottery, whichever comes first), i was pleased to also discover the constable parka. now, there's a bit of outerwear a little bit less, shall we say, pedestrian than the standard - which may be a fourth of the price, but sadly i must say looks about a fourth as nice. (i think that the draw is, it's more appropriate for wearing over a suit. a goose down parka isn't going to afford that much breathing room, unless i'm mistaken. of course i won't know until i try one - hint hint!!)

i also am rather fond of the herringbone shirt jacket. it reminds me of something one used to get from pendleton back in the day. those ones were red, i believe.

in any case, for the price of a couple of these of these i could very nearly pay my mortgage.......and at my current rate of pay it would take me nearly a month to make the money to buy either one.

so i am hoping somehow to weasel a comp in exchange for writing a favorable review. hear that designers/retailers? i will write reviews of your products in exchange for freebies!

hello? anyone out there listening?