CHAD @ JACKET REQUIRED, LONDON

Jacket Required @ Truman Brewery

Scott NYC

Lfant NYC, Penfield & Didriksons 1913

Barbour X Deus

Deus

Poler Outdoor gear

Dickies Work Clothes

Buddy Lee & Eat Dust

The Duffer of St. George

Mark McNairy & The Polo Bar

The Earth

The Critical Slide Society

Last Wednesday, I visited the Jacket Required Show in London. I had the first flight of the

day from Amsterdam to London. We took off at 7 o'clock and arrived at 7 local time at Gatwick.

Time enough to enjoy a real English breakfast, this meal last for a day. The Tradeshow was in the Old Truman Brewery, a great selection of brands presented their Spring/Summer 2015.

CHAD GOES TO PARIS

When everyone returns from the Pitti Uomo and the Bread & Butter, it's my turn to go on

an inspiration trip. Tomorrow I set sail to Paris to visit Capsule Show & Tranoi Homme.

I'm really looking forward to see what Fall/Winter 2014 will bring and of course I keep you in the loop!

FILSON @ BREAD & BUTTER, BERLIN

I think you all know by now, that I'm a sucker for Filson. I really get a smile on my face when I see

a Filson bag! On the booth in Berlin they didn't just showed the Spring/Summer 2014 collection but also a wall filled with vintage bags. These vintage bags are send back by customers for repair or even as a complaint. The company sent those customers free of charge a new bag, repair the old ones and sell these to guys who can't wait to break down there own bag. Filson bags are like a great denim

you have to break it down yourself. I do like the wool baseball cap with the "F" made in the USA that's for sure.

WHAT I SAW TODAY - PREMIERE VISION, PARIS

Today, I visted Premiere Vision, the clothing fabric show in Paris. This fair is hugh over 700 weavers from 28 countries presenting their products in 6 gigantic halls. They present the new colors for Spring/summer 2014 but not just the colors also new washings, prints etc. Next to the weavers you can find manufacturers of zippers, buttons, labels, trims etc. to much to tell and to see. The hardest part is to take some pictures, but above you can see some sneak peeks I was able to make with my iPhone.

A PITTI FLASHBACK

Spring '13 is all about color, colors from top to toe. Above you see some examples from the collections showed at Pitti Uomo s/s 2013 from Mason's, Hackett, Gant, Hartford etc., but also the visitors wear their colors with pride. Thanks to Olaf van Baal, I can share these images with you.