Double RL Forestry Overshirt.

Having spent the best part of the past week in Manchester I finally got to visit Oi Polloi, after many orders from the online store with impeccable service it had been on my list of shops to pay a visit to for a long time. The best thing about visiting the boutique was that I got to check out some of the new Double RL stuff the shop had just got in, specifically the Forestry Overshirt, although the price seems high at first the quality and design is amazing and I’d be happy to pay the price for such an amazing piece of clothing.

Double RL Forestry Overshirt Multi Navajo Print


Sam Sherwood.

WANT - YUKETEN

Yuketen Spring/Summer 2010.

All in all a nice looking collection and perfect for the summer months.

The ones above are particular favourites.

Available in part at PRESENT and Oi Polloi in the coming months.

William Fox.

My New Look

Slowly but surely I am moving away from hypebeast-y Japanese and American brands and these two newest purchases are definitely signaling the direction in which this is going to go.

1. I have continued my Albam theme with these cords. With a simple combination of a white tee and trainers they should look cracking in the summer.

2. In an attempt to alter the balance of my footwear collection from sneakers to shoes I have invested in a pair of Clarks Desert Khans. With them only being at Oi Polloi for a limited run until their wider release later this year I did not want to miss out. I can see myself in the summer pairing these with dark shorts or a pair of rolled up raw denim.

William Fox.

WANT - NIGEL CABOURN DUFFLE

For years I have been toying with the idea of a duffle coat for those frosty winters. Maybe with my imminent move to university a duffle coat is the perfect item of clothing to purchase. It conjures up images of 1968, picketing out side a student union in deep December organising wild-cat student strikes. Anyway I came across this beauty at Present. Its a pretty hefty investment at around £650 and it would take quite a lot of will power to cop but as a garment its beautiful, and ticks all the boxes of what a duffle should do. The colour is fantastically autumnal, and its just about thick enough to keep one warm when it's chilly, but not so much as to make it too heavy, thus making it a burden to wear. The wool is made by those purveyors of fine upholstery, Fox Brothers and Co. England., which again only adds to the quality It is also available at Oi Polloi in a blue, but I feel the other colour-way is much more apt.

The Beetham Jacket, as it is known, is just one of several fantastic Cabourn pieces in the winter collection. The re-issue of the everest jacket, which I am lucky enough to have access to the original of, and the cameraman parka are both outstandingly well designed, and thought-through pieces which do well in reflecting British heritage and design. Cabourn's recent revival, thanks in part to his resurgence in Japan, has produced an exciting collection and he shall be one of the designers I look forward to seeing collections by in the near future.