THE UK RALPH LAUREN? :MORRIS STOCKHELM.......

AS ALL OF YOU KNOW I AM A TRUE LO-HEAD(A FAN OF RALPH LAUREN CLOTHING), BUT LATELY I HAVE REALLY BUCKLE DOWN MY STUDYING ON THE UK PREPSTERS OVER AT MORRIS STOCKHELM. I MUST SAY THAT I REALLY LIKE WHERE THEY ARE GOING. MANY WOULD SAY THAT THERE JUST KOPYING RALPH LAUREN, BUT LETS STEP BACK AND THINK ABOUT IT. RALPH GOT SOME OF HIS INSPIRATION FROM HIS DAYS AT BROOKS BROTHERS AND SAVILE ROW. IN OTHER WORDS IF YOUR GOING TO COPY SOMEONE COPY THE BEST. THATS HOW I FEEL AND I REALLY THINK THAT THERE ISNT ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT. IF YOU LOOK BACK THROUGHOUT MENSWEAR OR FASHION FOR THAT FACT, EVERYONE HAS TAKEN SOMETHING FROM A DESIGNER AND MADE IT THEIR OWN.IT KOULD BE THE TAILORING OF THE ITALIANS OR THE SHURNKEN SUIT OF TOM BROWNE,ITS ABOUT FINDING WHAT INSPIRES U AND JUST TWEAK IT TO FIT YOUR VISION. ITS KINDA LIKE THE FASHION CIRCLE OF LIFE,SOMEONE HAS TO DIE IN ORDER FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO LIVE........

CHAMBARY AND RED'S........

DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS IN THE SOUTHERN REGION,IT KAN BE PRETTY HARD TO MANAGE THROUGH OUT THE DAY IN A SUIT AND STILL REMAIN A TRUE GENT. THIS IS WHERE YOUR NANTUCKET REDS AND CHAMBARYS SHIRTS COME INTO PLAY.JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW ITS DONE,I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD POST A KOULPE OF PIKS FROM MY WEEKEND IN HOTLANTA(ATLANTA).....

PHINEAS COLE F/W 2010

A KOUPLE OF MY FAVES FROM PAUL STUART'S PHINEAS COLE FALL KOLLECTION........

THE VINTAGE UNKNOWN.......

I HAVE LATELY BEEN ON A SERIOUS DEMIN KRAZS AND ITS STARTING TO GET GOOD. WHILE EVERYBODY WAS LOOK FOR THE INFAMOUS VINTAGE LEVI'S DENIM JACKET, I WAS TRYING TO FIND DEMIN OUTERWEAR IN ANOTHER FORM. THANKS TO SMART SHOPPING,I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH TWO BEAUTIES:A BLUE DENIM PEAKOAT AND A BLUE DENIM BLAZER.THE KRAZY THING IS THAT THEIR FROM THE SAME 1980S SOMETHING POLO BY RALPH LAUREN KOLLECTION AND I KANT FIND NOTHING ON THEM.NOT EVEN PICS FROM RUNWAY SHOWS ,CATALOGUES,THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE KOLLECTION OR NOTHING,WHICH STRONGLY BOTHERS ME! I DID GET CONFORMATION THAT THE BLAZERS WHERE FROM THE 1980S BY THE LABELS(HORSE IN THE MIDDLE OF RALPH AND LAUREN,PIC BELOW).SO I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD GIVE THE WORLD A GLIMPSE AT MY NEW TREASURES TO MY RALPH LAUREN KOLLECTION....

POCKET SQUARE PATCH POCKET,ONE OF MY FAVORITE DETAILS

FUNCTIONAL BUTTON HOLES ON SLEEVE

1980S LABEL

NAVY BLUE ANCHOR BUTTONS

1980S LABEL

I BELIEVE I KAN FLY....

Brogues, often known as wingtips in the United States, are low-heeled shoes made of heavy leather, originating in Scotland and Ireland as a coarse, usually untanned leather shoe. The term wingtip derives from the toe cap pattern, which forms a W and resembles the profile of spreading bird wings.Through out my life i have ran away from the wing tip for various reason. I thought the shoe was very outside the box and somewhat a shoe that pretty much stands on its own, which means i kouldnt wear what i wanted to. But, through the years and me coming into my love for italian fashion, i have grown to love the style of shoe. It also has become the second group of shoes that i have more than two colors of. The tradition brogue only came in cordovan and black,but thanks to a kouple of well known shoe designers, the wingtip is presented in worlds of kolors,which gets the young gents into a past times favorite.I usually wear mines with shorts or jeans rolled up and no socks of course!

DUCKIE BROWN COLLAB WITH FLORSHEIM

CHOCOLATE NUBUCK JOHNSTON AND MURPHY

TAN SUEDE J.CREW

CORDOVAN ALLEN EDMONDS

WALKING A WHITE CHALK LINE........

THE DOUBLE BREASTED WOOL CHARCOAL CHALK PINSTRIPE SUIT HAS BEEN KNOW AS  A TRUE GENTS PAST TIME FAVORITE. FROM ITS 6 ON 2 BUTTONS TO THE HIGH RISE SIDE VENT,THIS IS TRULY "A SUIT OF CHAMPIONS". MY GRANDPA LOVE TO KALL IT, "THE SUIT OF A MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS OUT OF LIFE". THE BEAUTIFUL GARMENT WAS ACTULLY GIVEN TO ME BY A WELL KNOWN WEALTHY OLDER COUPLE IN ALABAMA ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND IT HAS JUST SAT IN MY KLOSET.I GUESS I WAS SCARED OF WEARING IT AND THE FEAR OF LOOKING LIKE A MOBSTER CONTINUE TO RUN THROUGH MY MIND.BUT AS I CONTINUE TO FIND MYSELF, I'VE NOTICE THE NEED FOR STEPPING OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE HAS GROWN ALSO. SO TODAY IT WAS PACKED UP AND IS NOW OFF TO MY TAILOR,JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE A COUPLE OF PICS BEFORE IT WAS PACKED UP....

HIGH SIDE VENTS(BRITISH KUT)

YOU KNOW I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THIS.....

SLIGHTLY SLANTED BREAST POCKET

PURPLE THREAD USED FOR BUTTONS

BEAUTIFUL TORTOISE SHELL BUTTONS

KANNON........STEP BACK!!!!!

WHILE WATCHING AMERICA'S GOT TALENT THIS EVENING I NOTICE THAT NICK CANNON HAS REALLY STEP UP HIS GAME IN THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT. MOST WOULD REMEMBER HIM WITH THE BRAIDS, HUGH SUITS AND THE TACKY YELLOW TV APPEARANCE.BUT,IM GUESSING BEING MARRIED TO A HOT KOUGAR LIKE MARIAH CAREY AND HER DIVA WAYS WOULD MAKE ANY MAN INVEST IN A TAILOR.

PICS FROM WEB