Clothsurgeon- more jackets than Spud-U-Like

I can only think of one good thing about winter- outerwear. Like the majority of people I find it hard to part with my hard earned dollar bill$ on a jacket unless it is a special piece. Clothsurgeon has answered my prayers to the God of Garmz and created some next level unique pieces. Clothsurgeon's approach to design and creating clothing is unique as he can create anything you're after, and he has done just that for the likes of A$AP Rocky, Nas and The Teflon Don aka Ricky Rozay and Rosè aka Rick Ross.  The current and past collections mainly compromise of jackets, everything from bombers to MA-1 and other overly steezy jackets in exotic materials and amazing attention to detail. Some stand out pieces for me include a coach jacket in leopard print (oh jheeze), a digital marble silk print bomber and a Nappa red suede and leather combo bomber. Check out Clothsurgeon to buy.

A silk jacket that has a marble print, can you think of anything sicker than that? Didn't  think so smart arse. Go and buy it here to try and improve your life and have your $WVG levels go through the roof. the jacket was created through a process of photographing marble, printing that image onto silk then stitching that bad boy together. The finished product looks amazing. hashtag need. 

The above jacket has zips the same name as the baddest bitch in the game- RiRi. GAME OVER. Buy here

I want this coach jacket so much as it has leopard print on the body and black nappa leather on the wrist and under the collar. So fine, like wine, I want to make it mine. You can buy it over here

Gitman Vintage Have put leopard print on their leopard print

Leopard print. With leopards in. Leopard heads anyway. This shirt is by those fine purveyors of men's shirts Gitman Vintage. With typically high price points - $180 - but typically well thought out design, even if it is a tad tongue in cheek, and no doubt a beautiful quality of cloth that the leopard heads are printed on to we're talking about a fucking welllllllllll good shirt. And yes that's a technical industry term. It means that we fucks with it and that we bout it.

http://gitmanvintage.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/snow-leopard-print-white

Dries Van Noten AW13

It has arrived. The only brand I could wear head to toe all day everyday (even when doing those aforementioned Aldi grocery shops) DRIES VAN NOTEN.

I'm going to guess the Belgian designer has taken inspiration from Disney hit cartoon Alladin, Moroccan markets and other middle eastern and asian inspired next level stuff that us mere mortals have no idea about. Deep reds, yellows, blues and black are the key colours used throughout the collection on OTT luxe balling materials such as nappa leather, shearling, silk and cashmere.  Not too sure about the whole leather trouser thing but apart from that the collection looks fantastic.

Check parts of the collection out at Selfridges and Autograph Menswear

View the SS runway show and the entire collection AW collection at Dries Van Noten

Dita x Thom Browne sunglasses aka hater blockers

I know the #menswear and #fashion world are gearing up for AW13 but if the sun is bright your eyes need to be protected form those harmful UV rays, bruh. (also hater blockers make me look at least 64.7% more attractive)

I'm a massive fan of tortoise shell frame and came across Dita glasses in Seen, a boutique opticians in Manchester.

After doing a quick Google I came across a Thom Browne collaboration. They're currently going for £540 (five hundred and forty British Pounds) over on Mr Porter

Worth every penny, if you have enough pennies.

Beams Plus and Uniqlo check on check on red on red

You remember that one time you looked through your sister's/mum's/girlfriend's 50p magazine and it had the one Chanel dress and 5 other shitter dresses from high street stores that were actually affordable? Well this is sort of like that except this absolute fire from the tasteful Japanese brand Beams Plus and those other more affordable but still tasteful Japanese brand Uniqlo. Two takes on the same concept that are nearly as good as each other; you know that Beams shirt will have a nicer quality of both cloth and manufacture. Or at least you'd expect it what with it being eight times the price.

I actually have the Uniqlo one in a dark green colour way and the flannel isn't bad at all and has survived umpteen washes. This is a shirt that has its roots with Comme des Garçons and the few English brands that have tried the same thing don't quite hit it off like this. Not sure why that is though.  I feel like there are some things that should be straightforward enough to copy or even reinterpret. 

Seth