
Monthly Archives: June 2017


Diplomatic Ties 403: Tom Ford
More brown. Suit from Orazio Luciano, Emma Willis shirt, Tom Ford tie, ps from Poszetka and Allen Edmonds shoes. Click on the headline for more pics.

Ivory, white and brown
Still murderously hot in Geneva. Light colours, light fabrics. Jacket from Isaia, Finamore shirt, tie from Errico Formicola, Viola Milano ps, Brioni chinos, Di Mella mocs and shades from Oliver Peoples. Click on the headline for more pics.

Close-up from Summer Suit
Light wool fabric in the suit. linen shirt and ps and a silk grenadine tie.

Summer Suit
Canali suit, Finamore shirt, tie from Drake’s, Cucinelli ps and shoes from Allen Edmonds.

Bäckebölja
Unfortunately I missed national seersucker day (June 8th), but this weekend at the Geneva Street Food Festival I could at least break out a seersucker tie. The Panama was necessary given that it’s really hot here now. Filed under the category of useless knowledge is the fact that seersucker, a Indian fabric introduced in Europe through British Colonial trade, became popular in Sweden early on and was common already in the 19th century. We even have our own word for this fabric and it’s called “bäckebölja”, which is a really weird word even for Swedish standards and to my knowledge

Diplomatic Ties 402: Drake’s.
Shantung tie and denim shirt. Canali jacket, shirt, tie and ps from Drake’s, Berg & Berg pants and shoes from Allen Edmonds. Click on the headline for more pics.