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Back to The Future: In the year A.D. 2,000, you’ll carry a phone everywhere you go and your best gal will wear aluminum. [YouTube]
Silver Sleeper: Speaking of past futurism… [MagnificentBastard]
Pokémen: “For young men, wearing women’s clothes has almost become a status symbol—a confirmation of being slim and pretty and, therefore, desirable.” Oh, those Japanese—always one deeply disturbing step ahead. [International Herald Tribune]
Eau de Bro: Dude, Matthew McConaughey will be totally banging his bongos for D&G’s new scent. [FashionWeekDaily]
Brogue State: Ex-English PM Tony Blair believes, “Cheap shoes are a false economy.” I guess that means we’re “New Labour” too. [Manolo For Men]
Stain Fighter: Michael Bastian’s essentials, from aviators to Spray and Wash. [Men.Style]
Topshop, Topshop, Topshop: Because one isn’t enough. [Racked]
Brit Top: Christopher Baily for Burberry wins the British Fashion Award for menswear over Alexander McQueen and Cassette Playa. [VogueUK]
High / Low Tops: Herringbone and wingtip Chucks? See. Believe. [Uncrate]
*From the Director of Alien and Themla & Louise: *Ridley Scott to direct the saga of the Gucci family. [SunUK]
Playing Doctor: Man of the Hour Patrick Dempsey is the Versace man. [MSNBC]
Recycling Bags: Mulberry refocuses on men. [MPDClick]
Forward Russia!: Tom Ford to open shop in the city with—after New York, of course—the world’s greatest concentration of high rollers. [Bloomburg/VogueUK]
On the Barricades: Plum Sykes fights for her right to earn, rocking the whole “fashion girl meets snowbunny” thing. [NYMag]
Burberry Check: An analyst’s view from among the Chavs. [Portfolio: Fashion Inc.]
LES Speakeasy: A peek into THECAST on Ludlow. [UrbanDaddy]
Hot off of Pitto Uomo, the fashion cognoscenti hustled over the Apennines, landing in Italy’s fashion capitol, Milan. As always, there’s far too much to report on, even from our remote Manhattan perch.
Nonetheless, enjoy these links and highlights after the jump »
Photographed by our fearless lensman, Patrick McMullan.
The admirable cause of saving the High Line on Manhattan’s West Side might have only gotten so far on merit alone; what really put it over the top were all the fabulous fetes and benefits held to raise money for the daunting task of converting it into a public park and promenade (and possibly the only safe vantage point for viewing the Meat Packing District on some nights). High Line booster Bronson van Wyck (as in the Expressway named for his ancestors), is the event planner extraordinaire who donated his serves to the cause.
Time to brush up on your jai alai skills.
This month’s Esquire features a rundown on the more obscure sports and the Brit-inspired clothes they require. This being Esquire, the labels range from Burberry to Canali to the omni-present Mr. Lauren, but the styles are much more…uniform. White pants, white knits and white sneakers are more or less the uniform from tennis to cricket. Polo isn’t mentioned, but you can probably guess what to wear»
It seems that Burberry’s “just us blokes” creative director Christopher Bailey was as impressed with Anton Corbijn’s Ian Curtis biopic Control as we were.
He’s hired Sam Riley, who played the Joy Division frontman, to star in Burberry’s new Fall/Winter 2008-09 ad campaign shot by Mario Testino — in black-and-white like the movie.
