Sharpened Lead
Colin ChapmanMusings on men's fashion & how it intersects with art and culture.
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Frieze 2026: Looking at Art, Looking at People
It’s become something of a truism that Frieze is as much a place to see fashion as it is to see art. Certainly, it’s something I’ve been aware of for as long as I’ve been attending. Perhaps it’s the timing: autumn colours, the first opportu...
Mid-October Zeitgeist: The trouble with nostalgia
I don’t make a habit of commenting on the endless debate around creative directors and the latest round of fashion’s Game of Thrones. There are entire publications dedicated to the business side of fashion, after all. But I was interested t...
October Zeitgeist
This latest fashion month isn’t really a menswear month, but there’s always plenty to look at: scraps of menswear in womenswear shows, transferable styling ideas, and increasingly androgynous fits that make the distinction feel fairly irrel...
Laws of Attraction
Maybe it’s just me — or maybe it’s the men-o-pause talking — but fashion is feeling decidedly horny again.
In New York, Eckhaus Latta showed fitted sheer layers over their signature workwear-ish denims, while Emily Dawn Long — she of the S...
September Zeitgeist
1. The blue chore jacket gets a second chance
Such a menswear staple that The Guardian once commissioned a whole piece on its centrality to a certain type of man’s wardrobe, the blue chore jacket had perhaps become a little too ubiqui...
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