What Men Wear (and why): Anecdotal, funny, revealing and surprisingly tender

What Men Wear is the self-explanatory title of a slim volume from the Fantastic Man gang which punches well above its weight.

Containing questionnaires with 50 men on their favourite garments, the book also presents long-form interviews with three of the fashion world’s leading figures: Italian designer Stefano Pilati, British designer Charles Jeffrey and retailer Paul Smith.

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Jasper: Memories of the London fashion label and a Barney Bubbles connection

//But Is It… ART, t-shirt design, Ian Harris for Jasper, 1979//

I’ve dug into collector and graphic artist Ian Harris’s rich archive again and turned up a brace of t-shirts he designed in the late 70s for Jasper, the eponymous London-based fashion label operated by entrepreneur Jasper Hamilton Holmes from showrooms in central London.

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