CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN

We live in an age of travel being part of our everyday life’s, not only are we talking about our daily comute but as part of our career and social down time, we travel so much more. Whether that be a quick jaunt for a business meeting or a city break or an extended stay for a vacation. Travel and all that comes with it, both good and bad, is so much a part of our modern existence.

We pride ourselves at Clothes-Make-the-Man that we take on the stress and strain so you don’t have to. As part of this and a negative aspect of travelling generally, who wants to carry around full sized versions of their washbag essentials with them every time they need to jump on a plane?

There are numerous reasons for this, when you are off on a short capper, whether for work or pleasure, we want speed to be on our side to maximise on time and minimise time spent at a luggage carousel in some non-descript airport. Plus, increasingly, airlines are becoming tighter and tighter on their baggage allowance so ever precious ounce counts when it come to packing and there is no place for bulky grooming packaging. But, primarily, flight restrictions mean that each liquid you carry within your washbag on planes must be in its own container and no more than 100ml(3.4 ounces). Many holidaymakers will be familiar with the limitations and hassles of organising toiletries that are travel friendly and standing at security check and having to make that heart wrenching decision of which one to dump. Is it a barely opened bottle of fragrance or a jumbo sized tube of toothpaste that was going to do you for the entire duration of your holiday, remember it’s two weeks not two months.

men-ü offer ultra-concentrate products for skin, body, hair and styling. The products are conveniently packaged for the modern man with handy and all important 100ml pucks, tubes and bottles with locking pumps to provide accurate dosage and less leakage.
For the ultimate in compact men-ü offers travel friendly 15ml ‘buddy’ tubes (up to 30 applications) available for all the men-ü shave and facial products as well as its latest hair styling product LIQUIFFLEX.
The products fit neatly in the hand and into a man’s travel bag. These buddy tube sets will travel through customs with ease and cover all your skincare needs.

Also, the iconic Fish Salon in Soho have transformed three of their best selling styling products into handy mini sized versions, perfect for travel. The Fishfingers Shape Defining Wax, Fishshape Texturising Cream and Stonefish Matt Texturising Clay are now all available in flight friendly 25ml sizes. So whatever you’re up to this Summer; flying around the world on business trips, a weekend away with someone special or jetting off to Ibiza with friends, you can now take your favourite Fish styling product with you, without weighing down your suitcase.

OK so that’s your hair, skin and body sorted, but what about smelling sweet, a great number of grooming brands now offer their scents in handy miniature sized versions, specifically for travelling and any globetrotting gent knows that maintaining impeccable style whilst travelling is of the utmost importance. Ted Baker have created to compliment the essence of a man’s jet-set aesthetic, three distinguished Travel Tonics that are inspired by three treasured metals. Fusing style with substance, each sophisticated fragrance ensures he always sparks a reaction, wherever in the world he may be. Available in gold, silver or copper each Travel Tonic is slim line and portable, making for a rare and refined addition to any fragrance collection.

After five years off the shelves, PUMA is welcoming back its iconic sneaker, the PUMA Clyde. The return of this classic is kick started by the release of the Home & Away pack, no it has nothing to do with the Summer Bay Aussie Soap.
Back to business, the PUMA Clyde has been inspired by a milestone in the brands rich sporting heritage and interpreted in a modernised way by new colourways and textures. As testament to its timeless qualities the Clyde was originally created in 1973, some 43 years ago, the PUMA Clyde quickly became the sports sneaker of choice in the 70s.
The story began when basketball Superstar, Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier, asked the brand for a custom-made pair of PUMA Suede’s. The iconic sneakers were reconfigured from the original Suede’s to suit his legendary colourful style. The Clyde was lighter and wider, and had his signature printed in gold on the side of the sneaker.
This limited edition pack, Home and Away, is made in true Clyde form. Crafted using Italian techniques with premium materials, the pack comes in two contrasting colourways – peacoat and white, and white with ‘PUMA’ black hits.
PUMA has created a limited run of 759 pairs to commemorate the number of games Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier played for the heralded New York basketball team. Each pair is numbered from 1 to 759 making this pack a must cop for any true sneaker geek, sorry, collector.

The modern suit, or lounge suit, as we know it today has come along way since its birth in the 19th Century. Prior to this period mens formal wear was of a much more elaborately embroidered and jeweled style of attire. We have the Victorians to thank for modernising this form of menswear but it was post this era that more comfort was sort and we witnessed a loosening of rules which gave rise in the late 19th century to the modern lounge suit.

However, since then and into the 20th Century the suit seems to have been on fast forward and its altered its appearance every decade. From the formality of the start of the century, moving into the looseness of the Zoot suits of the 1930’s, to the dapper Mad Men if the 1950’s right into the flares and wide collars of the 60’s and 70’s. Then into the shoulder pads and sharp angles of the 80’s.

The contemporary lounge or business suit that we rely so much on for male formalwear has had to evolve equally with the styles and trends of today and embrace technology in exactly the same way that we have had to in our everyday life’s.

A perfect example of this integration is the Classic Fit Palmer Suit represents a new concept in tailoring for formalwear specialists Skopes. By adding the latest in textiles and technology to this classic sharkskin wool blend cloth, Skopes have created the ideal everyday Commuter suit in a selection of colours. It`s high wool content, water repellency, stain resistant coating, two way stretch, and its unique odour resist `Fresh Finish` (applied to both outer shell and inside linings) make this suit perfect for everyday use under the most challenging of circumstances. The additional number of internal pockets and elasticated loops for headphones, also gives this suit unbeatable properties for the modern lifestyle.