Findings - John Lobb Aston Martin Leather Sneakers

Aston Martin Leather Sneakers from John Lobb

WHY: Summer calls for colors, fun and adventures time....and These shoes is all you need to walk  safe yet with full speed through the season. The ultimate summer shoes to style with white shorts and a chambray shirt for an easy Sunday stroll, or with rolled hem chinos and a classic blue gingham shirt for afternoon drinks on the beach or even with your seersucker suit, a classic white shirt, and a colored belt and socks for a summer work day in the office.....What ever your style and mood is, you can count that on this collaborative product between two brands that are leaders in their fields will always deliver! Keep the rest of your look understand and let these shoes do the walking....
John Lobb is shoemaker brand that's been making fine shoes since 1849 (all shoes are still handmade the traditional way, with 190 steps and several weeks involved in the production of each pair) and Aston Martin is the ultimate name in performance sports cars....as i said beauty, quality and speed...every man's dream!
INFO: Expertly crafted from smooth leather and punctuated with streamlined, engineered, colored rubber soles and padded ankle supports to ensure supreme comfort and a sleek fit, leather lining. Featuring engraved eyelets that reference Aston Martin's timeless flair. Available is 4 color ways: blue/red soles, Green/Red soles, Yellow/white soles and Brown/white soles, comes with a branded dust bag, box and spare laces.
PRICE: $965.00

WHERE: Mr Porter

A touch of color in every step

By now you all know that I like colors and encourage them, but since I'm aware that some of you might be a little more hesitant, i suggest we start with small steps, how about colored shoelaces???
Stolen Riches is a Canadian company that's been producing shoelaces for over 4 generations. After almost 100 years of making only black and brown even they they decided to change things up - Colorful shoelaces!  Thank to them now you can easily add a touch of individuality and a stroke of fun to your business suit or your working boots and all for less than $20.

The summer sport jacket!

Gant at Barney's

Sport jacket is usually defined as NOT being a suit jacket, meaning not having a matching pair of pants. That same fact allows the sport jacket to be more bold in fabrics, colors and patterns.....
Going back in history into the roots of the sport jacket will take us to the mid-nineteenth century where men started to look into more comfort and less formality in their jackets, Over time out of the sport jacket we got the blazer....what's the difference?  well its most historically.... the sport jacket has its roots in sports and more specifically as the hunting jacket known mostly in tweeds with elbow patches and flap pockets, while the blazer has a nautical roots with a club's patch on the left chest pocket, patch pockets and metal buttons.
So since we are talking summer let's make room for bright colors, bold patterns and fun textures....wear you sport jacket with jeans Chino or even shorts, pair it with T for a casual feel or dress it up with a shirt, a tie and  for fun add a colored pocket square.... 
As always i recommend a well fitted jacket, make sure that the shoulders fit you well and are not too big cause that will make it look frumpy and cheap, nice fitted shoulders like in the red jacket below from Devon Scott will make you look like a million dollar whether you wear it with a T or a Tux shirt...

 Below fitted red jacket from Devon Scott and striped from Polo

 Below bold pattern in Comme Des Garcons and Green jacket from Jil Sander

The polo shirt

Thom Browne

What is a polo shirt - Just in case someone doesn't know here is a piece of history:
The polo shirt is a knitted T shaped shirt with a collar and short buttoned placket (usually 3-4 buttons) also known as a golf shirt or tennis shirt. It all started when Rene Lacoste - A french tennis player (who was a 7-time Grand Slam champion), got fed up with the traditional and uncomfortable tennis uniform  and wore for the 1926 US Open a white, short-sleeved, loosely-knit piqué cotton shirt, with an unstarched, flat collar, a buttoned placket, and a longer shirt-tail in back than in front! A year later he added the Crocodile (his american nickname) emblem on the left breast of his shirts and in 1933 he took the shirt globally when he started his own brand  Chemise Lacoste. Polo players wore a similar long sleeve style shirt that was not as comfortable and ended up adopting Lacoste's design while over time and especially after that in 1972 Ralph Lauren included the polo shirt in his collection the tennis shirt became the POLO SHIRT!

When i was a teen in the early eighties, in Israel it was still known as the Lacoste shirt and me and my friends had about every color that was available in this shirt but for some reason in the last 25 years i cant remember if i ever owned or wore a polo shirt. I think the fact that it became so popular and has its own clothing category, and every major brand has some version of it or even more so it became a go to item for uniform - just killed it for me!
You are probably asking yourself why am i dedicating a post to the polo shirt than? Well, first of all this Blog is not about me but you, and since probably 90% (if not more) of you own at list one polo shirt it makes sense to throw in my 2 cents! Therefore my thought is that if you were to wear something that is so popular you should look for ones that are more unique to set you apart, and when i was looking through the endless options and versions of the polo shirts out there i found some that can add to any man of style out there as long as you keep it snug and slim in the body and especially the sleeves.... Take a look at my choices and let me know what you think... 

 Below: Jil Sander and Kitsune Contrast Tip