London Collections: Men – the lowdown on the latest menswear trends June 4, 2015 The Breton Stripe is a summer classic. Get the long-sleeved T-shirt from Ralph Lauran at mrporter.com, £110, the chinos from AMI at mrporter.com, £155, the Steve McQueeninspired shades from Persol at davidclulow.com and the “Classic Batchel” shoulder bag from The Cambridge Satchel Company, £130, cambridgesatchel.com Sketches: Emma Hopkins LC:M – aka London’s men’s [...]
Net prophet: Jim Chapman is the biggest star you’ve never heard of June 4, 2015 Photography: Leigh Keily Styling: Ozzy Shah Jim Chapman has the kind of adoring fanbase usually reserved for musicians and sportsmen. He’s a darling of the fashion world, sitting on every designer’s front row. Yet if you’re over 25, chances are you’ve never heard of him. He achieved his fame through vlogging, uploading good-natured clips [...]
These new chronographs aren’t just feats of engineering – they’re also things of beauty June 4, 2015 One of the more remarkable historic watches I’ve come across recently was a svelte pilots’ model with a black enamel dial and large, luminous numerals, that was made precisely a century ago. It still runs perfectly. The firm behind it, Zenith Watch Company, was already 50 years old when it made the watch for a [...]
Patek Philippe’s Grand Exhibition: The greatest watch show on earth is getting ready to launch at the Saatchi Gallery June 4, 2015 In one month’s time Patek Philippe will open its Grand Exhibition, a two-week takeover of the Saatchi Gallery. There will be scores of fabulous historic and modern watches, but perhaps none more beautiful than the new 5370 split-seconds chronograph. It costs the earth (£180,160 to be precise), its dual chronograph mechanism being one of the [...]
Timeless classics: The right watch will never go out of fashion June 4, 2015 You know exactly what period of history someone is talking about if they mention drop waists and Evelyn Waugh, or baggy jeans and grunge. Fashion, literature and music are the cultural touchstones by which we navigate our recent history. This doesn’t really hold true in the world of watches, though; the best ones are timeless. [...]
Ghost in the machine: Rolls-Royce’s new Ghost hits the almost imperceptible sweet spot between manufacturing and art June 4, 2015 Automobiles are no strangers to art galleries. Among the MoMA’s permanent collection in New York is a pristine multi-story car park that includes a scarlet 1946 Cisitalia 202 GT, a matt olive ‘52 VW Beetle, and a blue metallic 1961 Jaguar E-type roadster. For three days in London last Christmas, though, there was a marque [...]
Birthday Bordeaux: In praise of Chateau Lynch-Bages, the quintessential Claret and the best present an oenophile could wish for June 4, 2015 I recently had a Big Birthday, my half century in fact, so you can imagine I took excessive care with the wine list when some old friends came round for dinner. We had a lovely white Monthelie 2008 to start and a 1963 port to round off the evening. But the star of the show [...]
Buyers lured as clubs post record profits June 3, 2015 ENGLAND’S leading football clubs have become the subject of increased interest from potential buyers after entering what industry experts believe is a new era of profit-making. Deloitte’s Sports Business Group, which advises parties looking to acquire and sell teams, said it had noticed the market warming to Premier League sides in response to unprecedented financial [...]
Murray outguns Ferrer to set up Djokovic tussle June 3, 2015 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray side-stepped the disappointment of squandering a third-set match point to dispatch Spain’s David Ferrer yesterday and set up a French Open semi-final clash with world No1 Novak Djokovic. Murray recorded his first ever victory over Ferrer on clay at the fifth attempt, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1, to reach the 16th grand slam semi-final [...]
Blazer reveals Fifa bribe taking in return for World Cup favours June 3, 2015 WHISTLEBLOWER Chuck Blazer last night admitted that he and other Fifa officials accepted bribes in return for voting in favour of South Africa hosting the 2010 World Cup. The revelations, made in a testimony published by the United States Department of Justice, came little more than 24 hours after besieged president Sepp Blatter announced his [...]