Journal

Age creeps up on me, days just keep escaping unnoticed and chapters fly by, and before I have a chance to realise, decades go past and the things I thought were a temporary fix become fundamental aspects of my life. Approaching life with intention is an ideal I always strive for - slowing down and making a measured decision to use this thing or learn that skill - but life doesn’t always allow it. I often feel that who I am is a result of every small decision I make, best intentions aside. Investing in the things that make up...

Written by Ethan Newton    When John F Kennedy presented himself, hatless and sack suited, for his inauguration in 1961, a nation of fedora wearing men took note. America had been humbled, had gone to war and had proven themselves mighty next to their allies the British. The 50’s had been an era of almost militant conformism, with many by the early sixties wanting to revolt against the feeling of austere sobriety the last decade had defined. JFK allowed men across America, and consequently the world, to drop hats from their daily wardrobe. The stuffiness of a felt hat was for...

Written by Ethan Newton  It is no secret that I have proportions on the heavier side of the norm, and certainly a lot heavier than the ready-to-wear world would deem worthy of accomodating. I stand a not particularly tall 181cm, my weight fluctuates between 100 to 105 kilograms, and I am usually about a 46" chest on a 39" waist. I tend to be a tailors nightmare, as I have a broad chest and thick arms, but still with a large drop. Only one tailor I know has ever said that my proportions are good for tailoring - Yuhei Yamamoto of...

Written by Ethan Newton    The history of menswear has given us a rule book that borders on the canonical in it’s strict adherence to historical precedent. But unlike its biblical counterpart, the Bible of menswear rewards those that can break it's rules rather than condemning them. There is no rule that cannot be broken, except those that cannot, reinforcing the idea that every rule is proven by its exception.