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Milan Fashion Week Etro SS 2015

Sorry for the lack of updates. I have been away for awhile but the good news is that I’m Back!!!z I’m starting off with the latest from the SS 2015 collection of Etro Simar – SPI

The top 5 brands on Instagram this week

Are you on Instagram? have you been following these accounts?. If the answer is no then you need to be. The following brands take fashion to the next level in addition to being works of art on their own. So without further delay here our SPI’s top 5 brands for the week.   @thesartorialist One of our […]

The Great Gatsby Suiting

By Aleksandar Cvetkovic Mens Flair Last week I bought the DVD of the recently released Baz Luhrmann adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the film that caused such a stir earlier this year. Regardless of what you may have thought of it, you’ll have to agree that its aesthetics, and particularly the tailoring, made for […]

Paris Fashion Week

  Valentino Men F/W 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9iW2ytlKqo       Lanvin Men Fall/Winter 2014-15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_nIgD4Ugys        HERMES  Full Show Autumn Winter 2014 2015  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9TxFj2KYEQ  

Fashion these days seems to be very cookie-cutter like…

In our final piece on Muslim women and fashion we have Wafa Aouchiche, a local resident of the Toronto area she describes herself as: My name is Wafa Aouchiche, I was born and raised in northern Africa, Algeria. When I was 9 years old, my family left Algeria because of a civil war. We first spent […]

Your image lets people understand you’re worth opening doors for

Our continuing Feature on Muslim women and fashion we have  Fatima Sheikh, principal stylist and founder of FS Charlie, comes from a long line of celebrated film and television actors. Instead of following in their footsteps, Fatima found a different way to express her creative heritage: through hair and makeup. A native Californian, Fatima’s love […]

See the spring/summer ’15 schedule for London Collections: Men

It seems only yesterday that we were reporting the first-ever line-up for London Collections: Men, but here we are already with the fifth schedule for the British biannual menswear extravaganza. Once again it’s a strong showing with a mix of heavy-hitters (Burberry Prorsum, Tom Ford, Alexander McQueen) and London labels (Agi & Sam, Lou Dalton, Casely-Hayford), as […]

The Benefits of a Linen-Cotton Blend

I don’t know about you, but I find spring and summer the trickiest seasons to dress for affordably. I can never quite stomach spending the same amount of cash that I do on autumnal and winter tailoring, because in our climate, most mid-weight garments can be worn a solid eight to nine months of the […]