CKCloseup: Viyella by Gant tartan tie 

Today at the Thrift - 10 Ties

Today at the Thrift - Gant Vintage Doeskin

Wish List - Gant

I'm over navy double-breasted blazers. Take me straight to glen plaid.

CKC Shoppe Spring Preview

Patch madras, courtesy of Corbin, accompanied by a lavender Turnbull & Asser shirt and grape cotton knit tie

Colorful coral blazer, played up by a pink striped Polo oxford and vintage Gant plaid tie

Wish List - Gant Black Watch Gloves

Hey Black Watch fans, here's something new for your collections.

Gant Gone Wrong

So many things are so very wrong with Gant's new campaign. Aside from ridiculous prices, the clothing itself isn't bad. However, what the **** is unkempt sprezzatura? A connection to the passion of food making and fashion? A denim apron?

Clearly, unkempt sprezzatura is achieved when a hipster chef wears a denim apron and fully buttons his shirt yet doesn't wear a tie. Maybe his shirt is buttoned to keep a stray chest hair from falling on to his authentic artisan pizza? No, that would be too practical and not the least bit unkempt sprezzatura... especially given the mop on top. Perhaps its the superfluous waistcoat worn with the apron that unleash the unkempt sprezzatura-ness? Sure.


That's unkempt sprezzatura.



*YWP, I'm sure you'll have something to add here. 

For the Good of Gant

 

(left) Old. (above) New. You pick.

The old menswear shops in town used to sell Gant - sack suits, repp ties, oxfords and more. This is Gant before my time, yet the Gant I've come to love via thrift shops. Even if most of the shirts were a cotton/polyester blend, the quality was there. Today's Gant is made overseas and yet ever so expensive. It's more J. Crew than J. Press, more Rugby than Polo. Christopher Bastin and Michael Bastian may have brought the brand back to prominence, but I'll take the old over new any day.