Text Holly Shakleton
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Keep up to date with the latest trends and news from the world of fashion
On yer bike
Chanel has come up with the perfect gift for eco-conscious fashion-lovers this Christmas. Created in homage to Coco Chanel’s love of sport, the Chanel bicycle boasts eight speeds and comes adorned with the fashion house’s signature quilted black leather panels and double-C logo. It’s available in Chanel boutiques this month and costs €9,000, so write your letter to Santa and start being very good indeed. With jewel-encrusted bicycle clips as an extra, you may be able to negotiate a couple of stocking fillers too.
www.chanel.com
Look a billion dollars
The brainchild of music producer Pharrell Williams and designer Nigo (founder of A Bathing Ape), clothes range Billionaire Boys Club and its younger brother Ice Cream provide limited edition high-end luxury sportswear with which to treat yourself this Christmas. Only available in a splattering of shops across the globe to retain its exclusivity, BBC (as its affectionately known) is accredited with introducing the ‘all-over print’, its colourful graphics splashing everything from T-shirts to sweats and denim. There’s also a trainer range to ensure billionaire boys are as well-shod as they are dressed.
www.bbcicecream.com
Skindulgence
Every modern man knows skin needs a little pick-me-up at this time of year. If the cold winds and last-minute Christmas shopping don’t get you, all that late-night revelry will. Gentlemen’s Tonic is the perfect antidote to these rigours and stresses. The London establishment in the heart of Mayfair is the best place in town to get a haircut (you can watch TV while having a trim in your own private cutting station) and has now launched a product range for skin and hair, in smart, stylish and understated packaging. The products are made from naturally based plant-derived materials from sustained and renewable sources, and have a clean, fresh and sophisticated smell.
www.gentlemenstonic.com
BIG KNITS FOR BIG BOYS
Fashion has taken a practical turn and catered for the cold weather this winter. It has gone gaga for big-knit men’s sweaters and cardigans, such as this thick-knit white cardigan from Gucci (left). Chunky and rough-hewn, there’s no better way to keep snug as the temperature drops. Just watch out your girlfriend doesn’t love it as much as you do, or you’ll stay cold this winter.
www.gucci.com
DAKS Black Trench Coat
Stay as dashing as you do warm this season in an elegant, black wool trench coat from Daks, an established English heritage brand renowned for its exquisitely tailored formal wear. At €908, treat yourself and see it as an investment.
www.daks.com
SPLURGE
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SAVE
COS
Get the Daks’ super-lithe silhouette with this €225 black wool trench coat from high-street fave COS.
At only a fraction of the price, you can afford to splash out on a hat and matching gloves as well.
www.cosstores.com
NATAN AU NATUREL
Don’t miss the new line of accessories launched this winter by Natan. The collection features natural fabrics in unexpected combinations – think leather cuffs with pearl detailing, necklaces of polished wooden beads in muted greys, and belts bedecked with satin and velour ribbons in soft ochres and faded pinks.
www.natan-fashion.com
Russia ♥ Moschino
Moschino is the latest fashion house to open a boutique in St Petersburg (now considered a luxury hot spot), just in time for Christmas. In partnership with luxury clothing brand Bosco di Ciliegi, the exquisite boutique features heart-shaped handles, heart-shaped lights and chairs, a handbag sofa and fairytale clothing racks designed to look like trees.
Situated over two floors and spanning 270m2, it stocks Moschino’s many collections including Moschino Cheap and Chic, Moschino Jeans and Moschino Uomo, alongside ready-to-wear ranges and accessories. Shopping just got a whole lot more magical.
www.moschino.com
These heels were made for licking
You’ve got a knockout body and the underwear to match, but what do you wear on your feet? Agent Provocateur, master of seductive lingerie, has stepped to the rescue and teamed up with Kurt Geiger to produce the perfect heels to complement your bedroom attire. Entitled Pure Sex, the eight-piece range includes sky-high stilettos, patent black stripper shoes and over-the-knee boots. With names such as Misty, Belle and Peep, black leather lacing and gravity-defying arches, these are – as the range’s tag line suggests – ‘shoes good enough to lick’. Make this Christmas one to remember. Prices start at €364.
www.agentprovocateur.com
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