Head to Toe.... by Shaun Dangerfield

As the autumn winter season is creeping in slowly and the change in direction of clothing & footwear take's place, this season is harder than ever to pick out all the piece's on offer that deserve to grace the path's and dancefloor's of the uk, while trying to pick out the key bit's and seeing what's on offer in the lookbook's that are out you just can't ignore the thread's and footwear from a certain group of label's, from my own perspective that is, i'm not saying everyone should like these...... just that these piece's & label's deserve recognition, with all the 'net scenester's in supreme & visvim and fashionista's wearing whatever they are told to wear next it make's a refreshing change to see so many good independant's making there own way, some may say certain bit's are part of the workwear and heritage boom etc but nobody can deny the quality and the modern crafted look that's being churned out by these label's, the japanese brand ts(s) redesigned in 2009 and brought up to scratch by Takuji Sazuki are turning out some stunning gear, expensive but you get what you pay for in life, ts(s) focus on the workwear with a sporty military feel to it, it certainly has an edge and get's the juice's flowing, this is the first collection photo for a/w2010 and also a preview of the grey/blue sport overshirt/jacket with slash waist pocket's ....

4 Brand's that are still on my radar, much loved on my part & tick the boxes for obvious reason's of cut quality look's and originality are nigel cabourn, engineered garments albam & garbstore, turning out season after season quality good lookin' clothing, the look's are out and about on the www. so feel free to take a peak into what they are about and see what's out in the coming month's, albam's trail parka looking decidely tasty in the dusty orange with chambray inner, currently owning albam's hill walker in orange with chambray inner im 50/50 on picking it up but keep your eye's fully open for this beauty......
Garbstore's mountain parka being refreshed again (and that's a good thing) in the navy canvas with navy check wool lineing, a fantastic casual parka and my only wish is they release it in a mid-light colour tweed, you have to have dream's right !
The Multi check shirt layered underneath is a very tasty offering also and both on the hitlist.....
After recently picking up the navy cabourn cameraman i could'nt help but be impressed with the a/w beige version, a stunner and look's hard to resist, with some fantastic knitwear to follow it up with including some natty wool hat's from mr Cabourn he is again another firm favourite.
Underneath it all that 2nd layer is just as important in my book, with all the usual suspect's on file making trail vest's and sleeveless knitwear, the like's of haversack, woolrich, post overall's and engineered garments are excelling, some more to keep note of though are spellbound & frost birgens for vests shirts and knitwear, spellbound ahead in my book as birgens only has a few bits i would take but lookswise are quite different, the spellbound brown toggle trail vest first up, they have other mid layer vests out aswell and the bureau in belfast stock a decent range of it all, so check the website for the full range this a/w, the 2nd photo is the s/s yellow otto cardi from frost birgens, they release the darker a/w colourway's but i think this show's it in all it's glory....

Gorgeous no doubt about that, which lead's us firmly onto footwear, the sole of your body and the key in individuality, in my humble opinion these day's it's better to put the extra and get that special pair you really want than 2 or 3 decent pair's, after recent purchase's of mark mcnairy, tricker's & santo domingo boot's i was thinking of where to go next........ for around 5 second's, it's purely justifying the purchase's which when you have a very good collection is hard to do, but with rugged good look's from yuketen, trickers, mark mcnairy, quoddy, and other's it's hard to say no, i am torn between the quoddy grizzly boot and the yuketen hunting boot for the next offering to my feet, but i'm sure ill make the right decision, after that it's a pin the tail on the sole to see what's next on board out of trickers x present dark green brogue boot's with vibram sole, mark mcnairy's navy derby shoe, or yuketen's double ring moc's, everybody will have a different favourite but still great to look at eh.......