15/02/2021
Garmology is now launching “Fun with outerwear” as a companion to the Garmology podcast. A wide range of outerwear will be presented, reviewed and inspected, with opinions and historical facts. Subscribe now, and you might also like to check out the Garmology podcast and the WellDressedDad Instagram.
07/07/2019
If you read my recent review of the Taktonik messenger bag, you’ll have noticed that the inside of the lid was lined with a silk escape map. This was a type of map provided during WW2 to servicemen that risked being stranded behind enemy lines and might need guidance to find their way home. The history of the silk escape…
28/06/2019
The summer of 2018 in Europe was an absolute disaster for both farmers and garmsmen. Crops failed massively in the dry heat and menswearists that usually can’t stop blathering excitedly about layering their clothing were struggling to cope with the fact that even a single layer was one layer too far. So far it looks like 2019 is a different…
17/12/2018
North Sea Clothing is a company with a strong background in the vintage garment trade. Dealing in classic vintage gave them the idea of have small runs of their own designs, improving and modernising vintage garments. Initially, this meant knitwear, like their great remake of the Royal Navy Submariner sweater, but increasing in range over time to result in some…
23/01/2018
When I first came across the Ebbelsen trekking jacket I was at a loss. I realised I had no idea what “trekking” meant, or what a “trekking jacket” was, yet it was supposedly a totally Scandinavian concept. It took a while before I realised that trekking is really what we call going for a walk in the woods, or somewhere else,…
22/01/2018
Many a moon has waxed and waned since I last touched upon the topic of bicycle helmets. This is not to imply that my quest for a helmet that didn’t make me look like a, well, helmet, ever stopped. Ever vigilant could be my superhero name, always with an eye open for the new and different, or old and different,…
01/12/2017
Sometimes really good things can come from places where you might not suspect they would come from. Take rugged leather boots, your mind probably goes to American made workwear makers like Red Wing or Thorogood. Or take quality Goodyear welted shoes and you might naturally think traditional makers in Northampton. If your thoughts then take a turn towards more reasonably…
30/11/2017
Another classic jacket on the review bench today, the Cordings x Grenfell Shooter, a design first available in the 1940’s. For reasons that will become clear, I have divided this post into 4 parts. Let us proceed. The history of Grenfell and Cordings There is a lot of history combined in one jacket here. The maker, Grenfell, has it’s…
24/11/2017
As confidently predicted a year ago by yours truly, corduroy is a thing this season. I’ll confidently double down on my predictions and predict it will be a thing next year as well. And the year after, and then again. You get the picture, right? In the world of unfashion everything good is perpetually a good thing. Be it tweed,…
18/09/2017
With Autumn sneaking in to replace those slow Summer days, it’s natural for those of us with a penchant for carrying an assortment of goods around us may start thinking of backpacks, or rucksacks, if you like, again. As all sensible gentlemen know, the backpack is the best way of carrying items of volume or weight. A tote bag may…