McNairy delivers a collection of headwear for Autumn 2012 – coming out of his New Amsterdam collection. We see some New Era’s in there against fedoras, stovepipe’s and more – all done with that McNairy steez that blends color against neutral. Worth a look for those in the hat market later in the year.

Photography: WATM

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Following on from our preview chat with its founders, we made our way to  Jacket Required this week, with Victoria House in Bloomsbury playing host. Part 2, The Return, The Sequel, The Arthur 2 : On the Rocks of menswear if you will, its second outing was a sizeable affair in comparison to its debut, with more brands then you can shake a King of Clubs umbrella at. We got a little snap happy so we present to you the first of two servings of Jacket Required Autumn/Winter 2012.

Featuring: London Undercover, Denim Demon, Ma.Strum, Anerkjendt, Brutus, One Nine Zero Six, Filson, Maiden Noir, Brooks, Universal Works, Mark McNairy, Mr Start and Carhartt.

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Photography: Ross Trevail/Selectism.com

This is it, folks. The Mark McNairy / KEDS collaborative collections are bringing closure this Autumn 2012 with this final installment featuring the KEDS Triumph sneaker. A staple as far back as the late 1920’s, the KED Triumph is they say on the comments: “clean.” A solid array of colors make up the collection which includes an off white gem of a Triumph sneaker that will very likely end up on the feet of this writer later in the year.

Most important is that the Triumph is the silhouette that brought the MM/KEDS alliance together. As we have been told, the sneaker holds a special place in McNairy’s world. Seen at PROJECT Las Vegas.

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GQ gets a strong first look at the forthcoming Autumn/Winter 2012 collection from the McNairy mafia. Iranian-American, Hooman Majd, pulls modeling duties on garments that mix one of my favorite McNairy sigs- camo – with an openess to try anything. The collection is the usual wake-up array of prints that resist the market’s pushes. The cow patch on the trousers, my friend…. we dare you to get in there.

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Brogue boots have been practically growing on trees the past few months. This is less a complaint than an observation, and this latest ornamental oddity comes from a tête-a-tête between debonair designer Mark McNairy and Atlanta boutique, Standard.

And an odd trio it is, though in the stop-and-take-a-loving-longer-look way. Two of them walk on leather soles—one of them tan grain leather with red wool flannel and the other brown grain with hunter green—and the third comes in black grain with navy cloth and moves under you on a durable pillow of white Vibram Cristy.

This latter option might be our favorite, thanks to the contrast between the dark leather and the gleaming sole and the more understated upper of black and dark blue. The red and green offerings are tight, no doubt, but could verge on being costume-y. Still, big ups to McNairy and Standard for making something that’s become commonplace look not so common at all.

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To me, the music in the video is not very McNairy. Otherwise, it is a look with a “smile” at the forthcoming collection from the man.

Look who’s in a good mood this season! Mark McNairy delivers his Autumn Winter 2012 collection with a “smile.” The new collection ditches the “Fuck Off” sole for the smiley face. We’re hoping next season we get the “acid house” smiley soon. Fans of McNairy will enjoy new mixed leather wingtip boots, blue commando soles, and more. Dig in.

Photography: Jeff Carvalho/Selectism.com

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Indigo & Cotton, ‘A men’s store in Charleston, SC’ have produced this attractive lookbook for your viewing pleasure. An impressive roster of brands including the likes of S.N.S Herning, Sierra Designs and billykirk shot against a shade of blue we’d quite like to know the name of. Hit here for more.

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It’d be lazy to bring up Elvis but *puts on ‘blue suede shoes’ and yells green over the parts where he says blue* it’s pretty apt right now. It’s rare we see anything entering stores in December, it being the end of the season and all. Despite this, a heap of McNairy custom makeups just come into End – with these green brogues being the pick of the bunch.

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New Jersey’s Two Inch Cuffs have got together with East London store Number Six to create  this smart lookbook. Envisioned as the coming together of ‘British style and functional American sensibility’, we’d quite happily see it described as the reverse as well. With all the cross-pollination, collaborations, mutual admiration and various other words ending in ‘tion’, it’s just one big menswear world these days, all of us spinning around in a haze of togetherness and fancy shoes. The usual style suspects, McNairy, Garbstore, Barbour, Sanders, et al make an appearance in this well put together project.

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