Harry Belafonte in Oxford Cloth Button Down. Yale Joel 1957. My friend the late Tony Scott (Antonio Sciacca) told me he wrote Day-O The Banana Boat Song when working as Belafonte’s music director. Being a serious jazz cat (who also gave Bill Evans his first regular gig) he was too embarassed … [Read more...] about
Vintage Ivy Style Skateboarding. Central Park. 1965. What can you say to that? The great Bill Eppridge again. Courtesy FNB www.theweejun.com … [Read more...] about
The other west coast wearer of Hutton Playboy Chukkas, Mr Jason Robards. From Hollywood & The Ivy Look More at www.theweejun.com … [Read more...] about
The beauty of always buying classic mens clothing is that you can buy anytime, any season, without fear that what you’re buying is ever going to out of style. I won’t even say out of fashion, because that’s irrelevant. It’s only style that matters, regardless of what the … [Read more...] about
An early influence. I picked up a copy of this aged 15 in 1980, just for the cover. For years I tried to find glasses like that. These days it’s easy to find pretty much everything. … [Read more...] about
gibsonssyllabus: Daniel Farson’s book ‘Soho in the Fifties’ is a lousy read. Full of boring tales of drunks in the French House, the Colony Rooms, the Groucho blah blah blah, it is enough to shatter one’s illusions about this still marvellous chunk of the heart of London. And I refuse to have MY … [Read more...] about
Taking care of those Florsheim Imperials … [Read more...] about
Saddle Oxfords, Rollins College 1940 … [Read more...] about