Archives for January 2012
gibsonssyllabus: From a ‘Time Out’ special on Covent Garden, 16-22 July 1986. “Peripatetic preppies catered for at J Simons.” John Simons is on the stool at the right. It looks as though the old till hadn’t yet arrived, though it’s gratifying to see the legendary J Simons shoe stretcher proudly on … [Read more...] about
gibsonssyllabus: Two studies in Ivy style on two of my oldest friends. Top : Mr Collins in Cambridge Nov 1987 in tartan Baracuta G9 and tortoiseshell Anglo-Americans. Bottom : Mr Isaacs in Paris Sept 1988 in Brooks Brothers blue oxford and Linett Ivy League sports jacket, purchased from … [Read more...] about
gibsonssyllabus: Every time you order some mail order shirts from the wonderful Mercer & Sons in Yarmouth, Maine they send your goods wrapped up in an off-cut of one of their fabrics along with a delightful sprinkling of some of their dinky little swatches. There’ll always be a hand-written … [Read more...] about
Girl wearing penny loafers. December 1944. … [Read more...] about
Paul Newman with ‘Heineken Eyes’. 1967. … [Read more...] about