Journal

Another award season has wrapped up for the year, leaving us to reflect on some of our favourite, and some of the more dire, cinematic moments of the past twelve months. As menswear enthusiasts, we pay particularly close attention to movie wardrobes, and given our interests, a special eye is cast over historical film productions. Running the costume department for a period piece of film can be a tricky affair. You need to perform a balancing act of sorts: Firstly you need to portray historical accuracy. This needs to be tempered however with an audience’s preconceptions for clothing of the...

At Bryceland’s, one of the best arrows in our quiver is the conference of both Western and Eastern influence. There is an exchange of stylistic knowledge that mixes the bedrocks of European and Asian tradition and adds a Western “New World’ optimism to the pot, epitomising how cultures have always co-mingled, shared ideas and traded wares. Perhaps, the perfect example of this approach is our Frogged Button. The look of the garment is resolutely Eastern in origin, yet its direct inspiration was from a pair of convalescent pyjamas designed and made for the US Army in the mid 1930s. The...

Denim, there is a lot to choose from. For such a simple, utilitarian item, the choices in denim, cut, fit and wearability are seemingly endless - and to be honest, can be a little intimidating.   Jeans are a personal thing. They should feel like a second skin. Worn carelessly without too much thought, but always look great, as if they are yours and always have been. A well-faded, ‘lived-in’ pair always look right; familiar and relaxed. Our original 133, the first Bryceland’s denim, was made with the mindset of this being the everyday denim which ticks all the boxes,...

“They speak of a man who is content in his own skin, of one who fears no judgement and seeks to make no judgement of others. The male slipper is not just a statement of physical comfort, but of a comfort within oneself. They tell of a man who wishes to be no one but himself.”- Julian Fellowes (as quoted in The Gentleman's Slipper by Fiona Dressman) It was as a result of trade and travel with the East that the Western gentleman started to create a uniform for leisure and personal time as distinct as the codified work clothes he was expected to...