Affordable and detailed, Clothesville - John Simons' London by Herb Lester Associates is well worth picking up.

An icon of movies as well as style, many want the timeless McQueen look. So here are six style classics as worn by Steve McQueen himself. I could have picked more. But there’s a look that Steve ...

An interesting reissue as part of the Ace 50th anniversary – the return of the Billy Hawks – Heavy Soul! album. It’s an album that loomed large over the 1980s jazz scene, the Acid Jazz scene, and ...

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Ex-Saturday Boy at John Simons’ Ivy Shop, Ivy League menswear consultant and proprietor of Smoking Cat Vintage menswear, Jimmy Frost Mellor is a man to talk Ivy with. Claudio: Does Ivy rhyme more with ...

The Twisted Wheel – Land Of A Thousand Dances 60th anniversary vinyl is a new release from the Charly label. It looks like a good one, too, and a nice thing to own. I don’t think they’re chasing the ...

I featured these in suede a while back, but the 1960s Adidas Tokyo trainers in white leather take things to the next level. (image credit: Size? website) Why? Well just take a look. It is the back end ...

In the first of a new series, we invited top tunesmith Paul Orwell to fill his imaginary Modernist Jukebox with 20 defining tracks. Check them out plus a Spotify playlist of the majority of the tunes ...

A recent broadsheet article (in The Guardian specifically) claims mod bands today aren’t very good. But do they actually exist? Or is it a case of mods finding bands that suit their musical tastes?

Another one from half a century (and more) returns. This time the 1960s Adidas Tokyo trainers in three colour options. (image credit: Hip) Adidas seems to have something of a 1960s thing going on.

Another returning gem from the Immediate catalogue, this time a Chris Farlowe – 14 Things To Think About white vinyl reissue. This is the debut album from Chris Farlowe, returning as a white vinyl ...

1. First off, did you have a background in fashion before you started Dr Watson? Oh yes, I started very young in the fashion world and I was a designer of many well-known shoe brands that manufactured ...