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Oliver Sweeney: et in arcade ego
By The Editors on 13 May 2013
The dapper gents’ shoemaker has set up shop in Princes Arcade, just off Jermyn St
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Putting On The Fitz
By Alex Doak on 30 April 2013
Brooks Brothers, costumier tot the Great Gatsby movie, is enthused with the spirit of the Jazz Age in its latest collection.
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The beard, the bet and the best shave of my life
By Robin Swithinbank on 11 December 2012
Robin Swithinbank bet against The Prodigal Fool and Straight-Six. Normally, that’s a safe thing to do but on this one occasion our two cretinous editors managed to get the upper hand. A gentleman to the last, Robin honours the bet and takes himself down to Savile Row to have his beard shaved off.
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Care to slip into some Matinique outerwear for a little less than everyone else?
By Eric Drosin on 16 October 2012
Matinique and The Prodigal Guide have partnered up for another year of menswear testing and tasting. The latest offering is designed to shield you from the elements and it’s inspired by 1930s steelworker wear. Oh yes….
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High maintenance
By Dunja Knezevic on 22 August 2012
The murky issue of metro-sexual man maintenance is one that will be all too familiar to those ladies who have managed to bag themselves a good man already; or a bad one for that matter. Because her intention for this column is to get men to look nicer or empower women to coax men out of the sheep dip and into the salon, Dunja has some advice…
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Master Ho ensures Serendip Spa lives up to its name
By Eric Drosin on 17 July 2012
With almost two decades of massages under our belt across most of the world’s continents, we’re big fans of the big rub. We thought we’d had some pretty good ones too. Until we came across Master Ho at Brussels’ Serendip Spa.
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We learn how to shave again, thanks to The Bluebeard’s Revenge
By Eric Drosin on 17 April 2012
Men usually approach shaving with the same lack of gusto, exasperation and routine that permeates the wiping of their bottoms. Besides, everyone knows how to shave, right? And nothing could possibly make it interesting. Turns out we were so very wrong…
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