Collecting, a friend of mine observed, is a pastime of the idle. It is, so they told me, a sign of man’s excessive productivity. Unsurprisingly, my friend and I differ in our opinions regarding man’s wants and needs. Naturally, in a world without the paraphernalia we are surrounded with, I need merely shelter, an animal skin or two to keep warm and perhaps the Promethean luxury of fire. However, man has evolved. We don’t live in that minimalist culture. We live, in the western world, in a time of abundance. Whereas our ancient ancestors might have braved wind and rain for an uncooked bite of deer, we have not only beautifully cooked, and aged, meat, but meat substitute.

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As promised we are unveiling the first of our ‘Guest’ writers, people who are not employed by us but who are either fashion writers or people in the tailoring industry with the aim to help answers questions, give advice and generally create articles worth reading.

The first writer is Winston Chesterfield: Winston is a 25 year old style journalist and blogger. Despite pursuing a legal education, professional music performance and conference production, he gave in to a long held passion for elegant clothing and became a weekly columnist for Mensflair.com also with a strong following on his own blog he is a perfect addition to the writing team. Also recently featuring in Italian vogue as a modern dandy

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