I am (lucky enough to be) young and my style in recent years has been very much in line with the ‘heritage’ trend that has been revelatory in menswear. Brogues, tough and classic jeans in slim/skinny indigo, Oxford shirts, knitwear like Fairisle jumpers and shawl cardigans. There is no way I’m ditching that style completely: just that I want to bring a new twist to it. I know how to dress in both the ‘heritage’ and ‘workwear’ look in (what I think is) a very confident manner. This year’s about going a little beyond that. In the past I’ve been about exploring colour and print. This year I think I’m going to shift from a rainbow palette to a dark or stormier sky: greys, black/monochrome, inky navy, with colour where I wish to inject it like rays of light.
Beginning
Unlike so many menswear blogs, this isn’t a veiled presentation of how cool and awesome I think I am*. I can’t compete with the magazine style or quality of output of large menswear blogs. 24 Pinfold Street is my own perspective, my thoughts about clothes, their style and design. I can’t pretend to speak to […]