The Fisherman Knit

The Fisherman Knit - Next

Anyone that knows me will have seen I've been wearing this cable knit Fisherman style jumper a heck of a lot over the past few months. In fact I think it was in November when Next asked me if I'd like to choose an item to try out from their A/W collection, having seen this jumper a few weeks previous I headed straight for it. I addressed my circulation problem a couple of posts back so you can imagine that heavy layers like this one do wonders for me (I even unsophisticatedly wore it to one of my Christmas nights out). Next isn't somewhere I regularly shop but I have to admit that the quality of this piece is far superior to most of its competitors. The general fit was spot on for me too; I did go a size down from usual so it wasn't too long but then the fit was perfect. The traditional higher neckline is defiantly one of the highlights of the piece, which looks pretty nifty simply worn over a plain oxford.

As I said I've been wearing this every week for the past few months and it's been hard to pick a fault with it. But I did try though so here's a quick summery:

Pros - Wool blend construction // Nice fit // Interesting weave // Minimal bobbling // Very versatile

Cons - Can only been worn a couple of months a year // Wool % could have been slightly higher

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Hard At Work

Prisoners on treadmills

London & North Western Railway engineers

I'm really into photographs of old workers at the moment, in a variety of noble industries like fishermen, railway engineers, miners, farmers, oil riggers, soldiers and even prison workers. It's hard not to be influenced by such images if you're even remotely into menswear. This and the fact that I was down a mine last week! Seriously though, you can really see where the workwear influences come from, which are always seen in some form on the catwalk to the high street and everything in between.

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Clearing Up My Desktop

I tend to use my blog as a big of a personal archive/scrapbook, for the main reason being that all the images don't clog up my hard drive. Also when I'm looking for something I know exactly where it is. My desktop was slowly starting to get busy so I'm popping all the images in a blog post, I will post likely be doing this once a month. 

Here's what I'm sharing;

Dr Martens Hiking Advert 

The Selby

Lego Advert

Rene Magritte - Sailboat and Sirens

Yum

David Hockney cira 65'

Chaps in the 30s - The Sartorialist

Images without credits, I am unsure where they are from. If you know or they are yours please tell me and I will link through. None of the images are mine.