HOW TO GET THAT WORKWEAR WORKING

We all know a Denim Jacket which is a great workwear piece, but there is more.

A Denim Jacket is a great layering piece, it breaks some rules when you combine it with a dressed up outfit. And it also gives some extra punch to a casual outfit. 

BRUNELLO CUCINELLI FALL/WINTER 2017 LOOKBOOK

No explanation needed just beautiful styled looks from Mr. Brunello Cucinelli for Fall/Winter 2017.

I love the hints of red and yellow, these colors give the looks just that little extra.

MEET MATSUMOTO FROM JAPAN

During my visit to the Modefabriek last weekend, I bumped into the jackets of Matsumoto.

Matsumoto is designed and created in Japan using the latest hi-tech, superb quality materials. Inspired by tradition with innovative design.

Beautiful loden fabrics are used for some of the outerwear pieces and Harris Tweed for their blazer styles, the inner lining is a hand painted camouflage.

My personal favorites are the updated Fireman Jacket and the Harris Tweed blazer

Thanks to Marit from Essential Basics for sending me the look book

CAMPLIN - OUTFITTERS TO THE ROYAL NAVY

The Camplin Family was well known for its Navy supplies and had shops in London and Portsmouth, founded by Edgard Camplin in 1850. Later it was actually Edgard's dynamic son who started supplying uniforms to the Royal Navy in 1888. The Camplin success story really came from the British Colonies, where Charles understood the need for standardization in uniform production. From that moment on he was the one to supply uniforms to the Royal Navy in their most important Colonial Campaign. This was also the reason why he was awarded the Naval General Service medal (a medal with a blue ribbon with green stripes) and to this day the same blue and green tape is used in finishing touches to the Peacoat.

Mr Camplin was well-known for supplying uniforms to the Royal Navy. It was in fact his idea to suggest the use of the Peacoat as part of the Petty Officer's uniform. Up until then Petty Officers had the same uniform as ordinary able seamen. However they needed their own uniform to make the distinction but something that would be more practical than the Great Coat which senior Officers had. Mr Camplin than came up with the idea of a jacket, having the same important style as a coat but the practical ease in movement of a jacket. So the P. Officers got their P.Coat (P for Petty in Petty Officer) which then for phonetic reasons became the word Peacoat. This is the story behind why Mr Camplin is rightly believed by many to be the inventor of the Peacoat.

Typical for a Caplin Peacoat is the use of a Cordage. This is a short length of cord used as an extension for buttoning up the double breasted jacket. The cordage was used in colder climates when the added layers of clothing under the uniform meant that the jacket couldn't be buttoned up by using the buttonhole. Each seaman had his own cordage made to measure for his sea voyages.

DOUBLE RL SPRING 2017 CATALOGUE

The Spring 2017 catalogue of Ralph's Double RL is completely inspired by the Double RL Ranch.

Ralph and his wife, Ricky, bought this breathtaking property in 1982. Parts of the original western classic True Grit, starring John Wayne, were filmed here.

Occupying some 16,000 acres beneath the snowcapped San Juan Mountains is the Double RL Ranch, the Colorado getaway of fashion designer Ralph Lauren and his wife, Ricky. "Colorado was for us an escape," he says. "It wasn't about being in fashion. It wasn't about saying, Wouldn't it be nice to have this cute ranch!' It was about a life that would be different, that would be freer—that would have nature and trees and animals and big sky."