20/02/2015
This weeks instalment of my editorital slash pictorial. I’ll keep it short and sweet, as thanks to the flu, and the ensuing general air of pestilence prevailing throughout the mansion, life has been moving a lot more slowly than usual. I was hoping to complete a stack of posts to bring my two-year production up to a nice round number, but…
13/02/2015
This has truly been a week of ups and downs! It started well with my new specs arriving last Friday. The feedback on these has been pleasing, though this isn’t the only notable and interesting point about them. Yes, they fit fine and it’s wonderful to have fresh and unscratched lenses, but they are also the result of doing some…
06/02/2015
Missed out on last weeks editorial and Instagram pictorial update, sorry! Headed to Bergen for a weekend of debauchery and mental goings on. Or maybe just a little shopping (Lot 333 is the only Norwegian stockist of Hansen Garments) and relaxation. I have an image to uphold, dontchanow. The much awaited indigo-dyed deadstock cotton shirts are now back from Thailand,…
25/01/2015
One aspect I enjoy of living on the coast of Southern Norway is the mild winters we have. Just enough snow and cold to let you know the season is the cold and white one, but for the most part not bad enough for it to become too unpleasant. A few months of -20C, darkness and heaps of snow may have…
16/01/2015
Getting back into the normal flow of things after a slow period over Xmas. Trouser Tuesdays are back on track with part 1 of a 4-part series of tweed trouser reviews. The idea is to present a mid-range pair, as in this weeks pair of Harris Tweed trousers from Toast, then a more reasonably priced pair, a splendidly exotic pair…
14/01/2015
It is the season for sales, I thought I’d give a few tips for places I tend to browse while mentally squandering the massive inheritance that should be coming any day now from the estate of my unknown uncle in Africa. Seriously though, there are lots of nice things to be had, so if you’re thinking of getting some new…
11/01/2015
Seeing as how part one of my grand collection of highlights from 2014 was well received, I hereby offer up the rest. Not ranked in any way, but these are from the second half of the year. In list form, grouped into somewhat relevant groups, with the original titles untouched and preserved. Once you’ve worked through this lot, the first…
09/01/2015
Another Friday collation of what has passed by way of posts to Instagram. Small outtakes and staged settings to illustrate my existence. Sounds a little more conceptual and serious than it really is though. I just enjoy sharing small collages, and appreciate that people respond to them. Are we not all really hoping to be noticed in some way or…
04/01/2015
Sitting here at the start of a new year, it appears the world at large is more interested in looking back at 2014 than forward to what the new year will bring. So, not wishing to disappoint my dear readers, I will of course also offer an opportunity to revisit some of my more lavishly interesting posts from the past…
20/12/2014
Given my recent activism around the probably bicycle related wear on a pair of my tweed trousers, it may be a little early to go on another disappointed consumer rant. Or is it? Heck, we pay good money for our nice clothes and shoes, so isn’t it reasonable to find they live up to expectations, or even exceed them? Should we…