Florence, generally, part II.

 

 

 

General Pitti Theory #1: If you stand around and talk on your phone long enough, then some guys will take your picture.

Our Legacy knit caps.

One of the best new lines I saw all show was AR, the new house line from Aloha Rag. All made in Japan, basic but tweaked shapes and fabrics. And a Tsubouchi collaboration, exclusive to AR.

Joao of (top Portugal shop) Wrongweather and Stephanie and Fok of Styleforum.

Yuki Matsuda and colleague from Monitaly/Yuketen sporting a new wool fabric patterned after a briefly used Marine Corps fabric from the late 1930s.

Want Les Essentials De La Vie made-in-Japan wallet and notebook.

Welcome to the Styleforum blog.

Pete (left), and Fok (right), being all editorially at Leffot with Steven Taffel (center). Photo credit: Albert Thomas.

Styleforum thrives because of the contributions of its community of members. The editorial team at Styleforum, namely Fok (LA guy on the forum) and Pete (shoreman1782 on the forum), felt that a good way to complement member contributions and leverage Styleforum’s collective sartorial knowhow would be through an easily updated, simply designed blog where we can more easily feature focused, original content that we develop. Basically, since we started writing original editorial content a few years ago, we’ve been trying to figure out the best place to put our stuff. And hey, this looks like a nice property. Could use a little sprucing up, but it has potential.

Look for contributions from Styleforum members like Nick V. and despos, writers like Derek Guy of Die, Workwear! and Put This On, and of course, your humble hosts. The space is currently in transition, so we’ll have a few bugs to work out; don’t hesitate to leave a comment and let us know if you encounter any. We’re also still feeling out exactly what goes where, so you’ll still see forum posts of editorial content, depending on the nature of what we’re writing.

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Pitti preview.

Master of mild, PBS-approved travel Rick Steves advises his readers to “avoid Florence during the big events that bring enormous crowds. A huge fashion convention jam-packs the city twice a year.” This year, we are the rabble Rick Steves warned you about. Intrepid Styleforum editorial team Pete (shoreman1782) and Fok (LA guy) are winging their way across the Atlantic to preview fall/winter 2012 at Pitti Uomo, rub elbow patches with Florence’s finest, and bring back some tales from the shadow of the Duomo. We’ve got a room with a view (not shown), we’re skipping the Uffizi in favor of Tie Your Tie, and we have no interest in David, unless someone slips some soft Italian tailoring on his glorious shoulders. It will be difficult, but we’ll be on the grind for Styleforum’s sake.

Just a few of the lines and designers who will be present at Pitti this year:

  • Barena
  • Camoshita United Arrows
  • Paraboot
  • Luciano Barbera
  • L.B.M. 1911
  • Trickers
  • Jun Hashimoto
  • G.R.P.
  • Barba Napoli
  • Chester Barrie
  • Brunello Cucinelli
  • Joseph Cheaney and Sons
  • Drakes
  • Eton Shirts
  • Hentsch Man
  • Lidfort
  • Mackintosh
  • Valstar
  • Finamore Napoli
  • Il Bisonte
  • Isaia
  • Kiton
  • Luigi Borelli
  • Schneiders
  • Sciamat
  • Holubar
  • Nepenthes/Needles
  • Our Legacy
  • Rocky Mountain Featherbed
  • TS(S)
  • The Superior Labor
  • Bill Amberg

Duomo photo credit: Chris Yunker, flickr. All other photos by Pete Anderson.