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Sebago & Drake’s New Footwear Collaboration

Sebago, the legendary New England shoemaker, has collaborated with Drake’s. Beginning with the Docksides, the boat shoe that helped to define 20th century university campus culture — worn by Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Pharrell Williams and countless other individuals of style and influence — the Drake’s for SebagoDockside is available in both navy and white leather with paracord laces, and patchwork navy, red and white leather with leather laces. Other special details include contrast hand-stitching, white eyelets, a green and white side tab, inspired by the awning outside of Drake’s shops, and embossed co-branding on the shoe’s insole.  “I have a deep affinity for Sebago,” says Drake’s Creative Director Michael Hill. “In fact, the Dockside is the first shoe that I remember...

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Marc Jacobs Introduces The New St. Marc Bag

Marc Jacobs making a statement with the revealing of their much-awaited St. Marc bag. Supported by some of the most celebrated figures from music, film, and fashion circles. The campaign features 80s legend Debbie Harry from Blondie, rapper BK the Rula, imaginative designer Mowalola, fashion model Lottie Moss and actress Ever Anderson. This dynamic cast was shot by renowned photographer Chris Rhodes and styled by Sydney Rose Thomas. But what about the bag? AVAILABLE IN THREE SILHOUETTES – The top-handle has a classic elegance, while the convertible clutch gives versatility. The mini top handle has functionality with its style.

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M.C. Overalls England’s Oldest Workwear Brand Celebrates its Community Of Crafters

Established in 1908, England’s oldest workwear brand, M.C.Overalls believe in the power of self-expression, nurturing creativity and the value of working hard. Creating durable, gender-neutral and versatile daily staples. Clothes to work hard for the hard-working. Their latest campaign combines the values of the past to champion its current community of creators. The creative explores the brand’s mission statement of ‘We Work Hard’ through a literal interpretation of the product being a blank canvas, combining this with analogue photography techniques and using subjects close to the brand and its values. The brand’s distinctive style of heritage workwear staples with a modern twist is just as at home adorning a model on the catwalk in Paris as it is on the back of a brewer...

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Thomas Pink Releases Resort Shirt 2023 Collection

Thomas Pink is pleased to announce the launch of its brand-new Resort Shirt 2023 Collection. Available in a range of vibrant block colours and graphic prints, the Resort Shirt’s silhouette takes inspiration from the classic cabana shirts of the 1950s, with a relaxed open collar, single pocket and short sleeves. The “Safari” version of the Resort Shirt features two statement pockets with matching buttons for a vintage safari feel. A contemporary twist ona retro favourite, Thomas Pink has reimagined the resort shirt for the stylish modern traveller. The new Resort Shirts are made from 100% linen, using a quality fabric woven in Italy that’s soft and comfortable against the skin. Linen’s unique lightweight and breathable qualities make it the perfect holiday shirt for travel and...

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Tried & Tested Thameen London Bohemian Infusion Fragrance

Inspired by the stories of the Piazza at Covent Garden in the 19th and early 20th centuries when it was a playground for sinful and decadent pleasures, Thameen London, under the “artistic residency” of Christopher Chong, focuses on the lifestyles of the dandies and literati intoxicated with substances for hallucinatory carnal pleasures, immersing into a perversive playground at the cafés and pubs with other social underlings, like the thespians of the nearby Drury Lane and West End theatres. Remembering anecdotes and historical stories from his PhD research on Subversive Fashion, Sexuality and Semiotics, Chong reminisces, “I’ve always been drawn to the psychoanalytical angle of the subculture and underworld of the dandies and flâneur. I invited world renowned Master Perfumer, Maurice...

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The Best Sneakers For Sports

From Dunks to Dad shoes, there’s something for everyone. The longstanding influence of sport on fashion has dominated past and present trends and can be seen in collaborations between sportswear brands and designers. From Martine Rose and Nike to Balenciaga’s collaboration with adidas, the appeal of athleticism is everywhere. Beyond their fashionable attraction, sneakers have a practical use, from supportive basketball high-tops to low-profile football trainers. Read on to see our roundup of the best sneakers for sports.For Basketball When it comes to basketball, look no further than the Michael Jordan-approved Nike Air Jordan. Start off where it all began with the Air Jordan 1. Paying homage to the legend, this timeless silhouette features a padded collar for support, a perforated...

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Tried & Tested Curaprox Hydrosonic Pro Toothbrush & Toothpaste

The Swiss oral health care brand Curaprox’s Hydrosonic Pro electric toothbrush contains three gentle power levels that can be changed with a touch of a button and can take your brush rotations from 44,000 to 84,000 per minute and will remove biofilm and discolouration whilst being gentle to your teeth and gums. Just to give you an idea of how incredible this toothbrush is, the Philips Sonicare DiamondClean 9000 only has vibrations pulse 31,000 times every minute. It has a battery power life of more than 60 minutes which aims to last the user up to two weeks and will allow for four minutes of brushing daily. Left – Curaprox HYDROSONIC PRO Toothbrush – £175 TheChicGeek says “I like how this went straight in with confidence and said it was better than Philips...

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Tried & Tested The Hair Consult

Hoping to offering some clarity through the walls and walls of haircare products available out there, The Hair Consult was founded by Stephen Rowe, Photographer Cara Johnson and hairdresser and colourist Edward James. They say, the sheer volume of hair products available on the market mean that many people struggle to understand the best haircare regime for their lifestyle and hair needs. The Hair Consult offers a paid-for ‘Consult Concierge’ service with one of their in-house haircare experts and then sends a bespoke prescription recommending products featured on The Hair Consult website. TheChicGeek says “I told them my hair was short and is thin and balding – nothing a trip to Istanbul wouldn’t sort out! – and conditioner makes my hair greasy. This was The Hair Consult...

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Umbro X MTV

Umbro has teamed up with MTV. Tracing a path back to Umbro’s home city of Manchester, the Umbro X MTV collaboration celebrates a time when working class kids, football fans, and students came together in disused warehouses, abandoned office blocks and country fields to rave together. For Spring Summer ’23, Umbro and MTV revisit the Second Summer of Love with a collection that combines casual sports-inspired silhouettes with a range of graphic prints and colours inspired by the ‘80’s and ‘90’s rave scene. 1990’s visual markers include a fusion logo, intertwining the Umbro and MTV brandmarks alongside a warped all-over checkerboard print. Fabrics too nod to the ‘90’s with a shell suit inspired nylon crinkle plus a polyester micro-let fabric which has been a long-time go-to for Umbro kits...

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Label To Know Perte D’ego

Lose the ego, or meaning ‘ego loss’, Perte D’ego is a new Indian brand using the best skills of Indian craftsman and creating pieces rather than collections. The website is a scroll of colourful and often embroidered men’s and women’s items, some matching, some not. Cameron from White Lotus was wearing a Perte D’ego pattern shirt in the latest series. Left – Saw this amazing dandelion jacket by Perte D’ego on Instagram, but can’t see it on the website Founded by designer Utkarsh Mithas, it has two core principles, create one of a kind, ‘Euphoria’ inducing pieces in a sustainable and ethical manner and preserve traditional techniques and craftsmanship and promote them globally to provide them a secure future. You’ll already know how much I love Indian embroidery...

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Tried & Tested Calecim Professional Serum & Cream

Calecim Professional is a stem cell skin and haircare specialist developed by scientists to rapidly increase the growth of skin cells, dramatically improving elastin and density. The hero ingredient, PTT-6, is ethically derived from the growth factors, protein and cytokines of red deer’s umbilical cord lining stem cells. They have the patent on using stem cells taken from umbilical cords for beauty products. TheChicGeek says, “I was given a box of the range to try and opted for the pink serum – it’s pink because it contains phenolsulfonphthalein (a pH indicator) which is reddish/dark pink – said to have the highest concentration of stem cell derived growth factors and proteins, and the Multi-Action Cream, which I thought I’d use as a standard moisturiser over the serum. I stopped...

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Retail – The Best Changing Room In The World!

Changing rooms, remember those? Those badly lit places that saved us from ordering online, trying things on at home and putting any returns in the post. Well, on my recent trip to Antwerp, I stumbled across, what could be, the best changing room in the world. A literally breath of fresh air, and who cares it’s the middle of January and freezing with the door open when you’re looking out onto this. It was other worldly.  You had to remind yourself that this was real and you were looking at it. How very un-Web 3.0. The Ann Demeulemeester – I always have to look up the spelling – store in Antwerp, her home town, is a strict 90s monochrome palette until you get to the changing room, where the greatest of nature is laid out like a picture before you. What could easily be a nothing...

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