Oliver Spencer

While shopping for groceries yesterday at Harrods, I fell in love. Well I already love the Harrods foodhalls so that wasn't it. No yesterday I fell in love with this:

I had never heard of Oliver Spencer till I walked through the British Designer section of the menswear department at Harrods. Well besides the rest of the line which is amazing and can be viewed at

www.oliverspencer.co.uk

this tweed bomber jacket jumped out at me and said 'buy me, buy me ,buy me' and so I did.

Not only do I love the tweed fabric, but I also love that it is kept modern by applying it to a bomber jacket with a biker collar. How swish. Then Mr. Spencer decided to add a mackintosh-like breast flap that just plays with sartorial British tailoring even more. British with a twist? Oh please how could I not. The remainder of the collection which you can see at the website above is just as good. The same bomber is available in other tweeds, and is also available in 3/4 length overcoats with impeccable detailing on the back.

Basically, men in Britain simply have a greater understanding of dressing as a man. Back home in the US, men tend to just roll out of bed into whatever is most comfortable. In Britain, they might still roll out of bed but at least its done with style and flair. Amazing.

Alexander