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Baracuta Blazers – Cool and Clean Outerwear

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With the sudden blast of summer heat this past week, we think it’s not too late to whip out a couple of summer outfits before the autumn season well and truly begins. And one brand that has you covered for such an event is Baracuta, with their cool and casual summer blazers.

Baracuta’s Tenby Summer Blazer is the ideal lightweight jacket for an evening stroll whilst on a tropical holiday or simply to one’s local beer garden. The contemporary striped blazer is made from stretch cotton with 3-button fastening. Available in a versatile ‘Stone’ beige, the blazer includes two chest pockets and two large bellowed pockets with button-down flaps for functionality, i.e lots of pockets to carry stuff in. The blazer also features a light blue inner lining in melange blended cotton.BRMOW0173FSH01_7025_0

 

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Ally Capellino x Norwegian Rain – Premium Stylish Backpacks

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London based international design label Ally Capellino have collaborated with Bergen’s Norwegian Rain to produce a new backpack for Autumn 16.

Using Norwegian Rain’s signature high-tech PET recycled fabric from Japan, and with sealed seams and waterproof zips, Ally Capellino have arrived at a design that compliments the ethos of both brands; waterproof, lightweight, Mac compatible and with Italian bridle leather straps and trims, this collaboration is a suitably cool classic.

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Retailing at £295 / €400 they will be available from August at a selection of international stockists as well as Ally Capellino’s three London shops and website and Norwegian Rains’s Bergen and Oslo shop and website.

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AVI-8 Hawker Hurricane MK1 – Classic Watch Design made for the Modern Man

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By: Keanu Adorable

AVI-8, a watch brand based in Hong Kong launching into the UK is releasing a special edition of their Hawker Hurricane watch series. AVI-8’s main customer base in HK are your modern-day sneaker-heads, and we think it’s a good fit for our Clothes Make The Man readers.

True to form of the Hawker Hurricane chronographs, the Spinning roundel editions are similarly rounded and hint at a vintage influenced design, with historically correct font and numerical representations. The construction, design and layout of the Spinning roundel editions however represent a far more sophisticated level of design, and watch making prowess from AVI-8.

The highlight of this watch must be the quite remarkable layout of the chronograph sub-dial eye at the 12 o’clock position as it zips by to count off tenths of a second. The Roundels themselves are layered in different colours of painted film in the historic representations of roundel markings of Hurricanes that served in WW2. The various layers are then carefully assembled inside the dial to be, on one hand visible yet subtle in use.

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Powered with absolute precision by a customized Japanese made Seiko TMI chronograph this unique modification of the traditional chronograph sports watch is no less accurate, or exacting in its performance. The Solid Marine Grade stainless steel is all the more rounded with a domed hardened sapphire coated lens assembled flush to the case for durability and visibility.

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AVI-8 Hawker Hurricane Spinning Roundel MK 1 is soon to launch online, priced at £195

 

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PREVIEW OF BEST OF THE HIGH STREET FOR AUTUMN 2016

Need a pairs of swim shorts, a T-shirt, some flip flops ? Forget it !  It’s August, the height of Summer, so that can mean only one thing, yes as certain as you will pay tax, the clothing retailers up and down the country will have started to get their Autumnal stock in. Yes that means, knitwear, Jackets(even coats) and of course boots.

Yeah we might not be quite ready to purchase our Winter coats just yet, that doesn’t stop the apparel stores from tempting us with their fine wares and if that wasn’t rather enough of wishing time away, I thought I’d join in and add to the temptation by highlighting what they have on offer for Autumn 2016. Enjoy.

H&M

H&M

John Lewis

John Lewis

Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer

River Island

River Island

New Look

New Look

Debenhams

Debenhams

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22 Top Style Tips for Stylish Men’s Fashion

We love a good informative infographic, here at Clothes-Make-the-Man, some might even say we’re a bit of a sucker for this. But when this cracker landed in our in-box from stand-out.net we couldn’t resist. Take a look for yourselves.

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