19 April, 2025

Random Recs: HommeGirls store, COS fragrance

HommeGirls New York Chinatown store

A few snippets of digital ephemera and recommendations I’ve enjoyed lately…

1/ THAKOON PANICHGUL opens the first HommeGirls store in New York’s Chinatown next week (above). Those dry cleaning racks and infinity mirrors are sure to see plenty of footfall. (And yes, you can buy magazines there.) Read more in Vogue.

2/ COS has launched its first ever fragrance line. Consisting of four ‘unisex’ eau de parfums (£75 for 100ml, £35 for 15ml, or £19 for a discovery set*) ranging from woody, to spicy, to floral, and four candles (£45), the woody Mythe fragrance (green cardamom, ginger and vetiver notes) sounds most appealing. Buy it here*. (more…)

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15 April, 2025

Superfine: Tailoring Black Style by Tyler Mitchell

Superfine Tailoring Black Style by Tyler Mitchell

“From the first conversation to the final frame, it felt like floating.”

The joy in these photos, taken by Tyler Mitchell for the MET’s ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ exhibition catalogue, is palpable. Fabulous finery, impeccable styling, chic shoes (opera pumps!), gentle gestures, it’s all there. Mitchell said he pulled inspo from “Harlem, Atlanta, Lagos, London, and beyond.” The show, a “cultural and historical examination of Black style over three hundred years through the concept of dandyism”, opens on 10th May (preceded by the MET Gala of course) and looks like one of the strongest MET Costume Institute shows in recent years. (more…)

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13 April, 2025

Quote of the day: Ana Gimeno Brugada

Ana Gimeno Brugada - The Sartorialist

“[I] bring everything to be pressed at the dry cleaners. It’s better to use the press machine instead of an iron. It’s much more brutal and becomes much more mechanical … We ask for pieghe sbagliate! I love this! With all of the lines of the press like a grid on your jacket or pants.”

Love this breakdown of Ana Gimeno Brugada’s style by Fiona at Wardrobe Strategy. I’d love to see her on Bella Freud’s couch actually…! (more…)

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12 April, 2025

TNMA LIVE!

TNMA festival

A quick date for your diary! If you’re a long-time follower of this site (thank you!), you should also know That’s Not My Age, aka Alyson Walsh. On Saturday 26 April, she’ll be hosting her first all-day event, TNMA Live!

Taking place at the Fashion & Textile Museum in Bermondsey, it will have a mixture of panels and speakers on the subject of age, life and style (I’m excited to see fashion psychologist Professor Carolyn Mair on a panel), followed by a guided private view of the new Fashion & Textiles Museum exhibition, Textiles, The Art of Mankind. (more…)