Many years ago (Gary never says exactly when) Mr Eastman dismantled an ancient A2 flying jacket with the intention of finding out how it was made, with the idea of making a copy for himself. A few decades later and Eastman Leather Clothing is one of a select few of go-to brands for the serious connoisseur of replica militaria.
Read MoreGeorge Bernard Shaw’s observation that an Englishman excels on the links but fails in government perhaps tells us more about golf’s association with the upper classes than the skill of the English on the fairways.
Read MoreMen’s File goes back a long way with Jake (pictured here). Back to the early 1990s and a certain Triumph X-75 (Hurricane) that our editor was having trouble getting to fire on all three cylinders.
Read MoreSince the late 1970s, my journey into style through the recording of revival subcultures – first on film and then a digital sensor – could easily be characterised as a hunt for the mood, sentiment and London-ness that Ray Davies evoked with his mythical couple in 1967.
Read MoreSo that painter (and dedicated scooterist) David Hardy might be better understood, it would be instructive to know a little more about the history of London-based artists who have fled the capital in search of tranquillity and meaning.
Read MoreIn 1957 the British Ministry of Defense made their first order and the Rolex MilSub was born.
Read MoreJust 5 years separate the four watches discussed on these pages, and each has their own unique personality and story to tell.
Read MoreNorthern Soul is a dance and music based subculture that flourished in the northwest of England at the end of the 1960s and into the 1970s.
Read MoreWe are in a bar in an unknown time and place.
Read MoreDuring the inter-war years writers like Evelyn Waugh satirised the combination of frenetic indulgence and fading decadence of the English nobility…
Read MoreMen’s File sent photographer Matt Hind to the heart of the Tirol, on the boarder of Germany and Austria, to meet two accomplished alpine climbers for a tweed-clad attempt on the Karwendel mountain in Mittenwald.
Read MorePerhaps Men’s File’s most spectacular and best produced recreation of the America of the 1950s and 60s is Matt Hind’s joint production with Christophe Loiron of the legendary, Hollywood based Mister Freedom.
Read MoreForget the visual cliché of prohibition gangsters and film-noir sleuths.
Read MoreOur editor-in-Chief caught up with the enigmatic stylist extraordinaire in a studio somewhere in East London and asked him to put together some of his everyday threads and give us his take on the subliminal language of male dress.
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