Journal
Stealth Wealth Dressing: The Bruce Wayne Rules
No logos, quiet colour, visible quality in cloth and fit. How quiet luxury actually reads, and where people get it wrong.
Black Oxford vs Brown Derby: Which Shoe, and When
Closed lacing versus open lacing, city versus country, suit versus separates — the rule that decides it in one look.
Dress Like It Matters: A Practical Guide to Protective Everyday Style
Cloth weight, layers and shoes you can actually move in — the everyday version of dressing for trouble.
How to Fold a Pocket Square: The Bond (TV Fold) Method, Step by Step
The flat TV fold in four steps, when to wear white linen versus silk, and how much should show above the pocket.
Hannibal Lecter's Suits: Why Perfect Tailoring Reads as Threat
Windowpane checks, high gorge and an unbroken silhouette — how Lecter's wardrobe turns politeness into pressure.
How to Wear a Tuxedo: The Rules That Still Matter
Peak or shawl lapel, black tie versus midnight blue, what to do with the shirt, studs and shoes — a plain checklist.
Dressing Well as You Age: Lessons from the Screen's Older Men
Softer structure, better cloth, fewer pieces — how the best-dressed older characters adjust, and why it works.
Why Film Villains Wear Grey: The Psychology of Suit Colour
What charcoal, navy, grey and black each signal on screen, and how directors use colour to tell you who holds power.
The Prep Bag: How the Oxford Satchel Became a Uniform
Where the prep-school bag came from, what leather and canvas each signal, and how to carry one with tailoring.
The John Wick Style Code: Why the Suit Works as Armour
Black-on-black, a soft Neapolitan shoulder and room to move. The four rules behind John Wick's tactical tailoring, and how to borrow them.
Academic Old Money Style: Tweed, Flannel and Worn-in Quality
What the academic version of old money actually consists of — cloth, colour and the things that must look used.
Valentino Garavani: The Cinema That Taught a Tailor to See
How film shaped Valentino's proportion, colour and drama — and what a man can take from it today.
Surgeon's Cuffs: What Working Buttonholes Really Say
Why a functioning cuff marks a bespoke or made-to-measure jacket, when to leave one undone, and whether it is worth paying for.
The Physics of the John Wick Suit: Neapolitan Cut for Movement
High armholes, a soft shoulder and a light canvas let the jacket move with the body. What tactical tailoring actually borrows from Naples.
Italian Suit Style: Two Buttons, Soft Shoulder, Tapered Fit — Explained
What makes a suit read as Italian: a light shoulder, a two-button front, a shorter jacket and a tapered trouser. How to spot it and how to wear it.
Oxfords, Not Brogues: What Kingsman Really Means (And What to Buy)
An Oxford has closed lacing; brogues are the punched holes, not a shoe type. Here is what Harry Hart's line actually means and which shoe to buy instead.
Kingsman Accessories: The Five Details That Carry the Look
Horn-rimmed glasses, a knitted tie, an umbrella, an Oxford and a white pocket square — what each one signals and how to choose it.
The Architecture of a Suit: Shoulder, Chest, Waist, Line
The four structural decisions that make a suit read as authority, and how each one changes the silhouette.
Is a Bulletproof Suit Real? What Kingsman Gets Wrong (and Right)
Armour panels, weight and movement — why a truly bullet-resistant suit cannot look like tailoring, and what the film gets right about fit.
The Double-Breasted Suit: How It Builds a Wider, Harder Line
Why a double-breasted jacket squares the shoulders, which button stance suits which build, and the one rule about keeping it closed.