Prada World

In Prada World women are tough magical creatures (who can also layer clothes and bags masterfully); they are timeless, yet use historial and futuristic accents; they are ladylike even in tough boots and can probably swear like a sailor whilst striding around in heeled sandals.

The glorious mixture of fabrics, textures, proportions and influences suggests a global vision from and for a woman who travels, reads, looks, sees, listens, absorbs and knows herself. 

Prada Fall/Winter 2016 presents a wardrobe for today's woman.

Precision layering

There are a few labels that bring out the nerd in the male clothing consumer. Stone Island springs to mind. Maharishi is another, as is Engineered Garments.

Like Manrepeller-style clothes, this is the sort of stuff that leaves most birds wondering what the hell Him-indoors is wittering on about; three kinds of weave in a wool blazer, single needle stitching on a shirt, special stitches around the neck to stop it from stretching.. Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful thing to hear a dude bang on about threads.

Engineered Garments work with heritage fabrics (Daiki Suzuki has a long standing partnership with Woolrich), heritage and military clothing (Suzuki has a huge vintage collection) with a relevant modern take for Today's Man regardless of age.

I'm digging this collection for FW16. The tones and colours, the textures, the attitude and the beard.

Mr Men shoes

I've always loved the chunkiness of the shoes the Mr Men wear.  The reliability of their brogues make them seem like a friendly uncle - even if they are round and red and shouting at the tops of their voices, or blue and grouchy, or breaking stuff left right and center.  They generally wear a solid shoe.

Grenson shoes have more than a touch of the Mr Man reliability about them. Hand-made and slightly eccentric with a solid sole and some exaggerated details they're dependable and timeless.

Very British stuff.