The SLMan Hot List: October
THE COFFEE TABLE BOOK
Marvin E. Newman
This new book from Taschen is the first major career retrospective of remarkable mid-century street photographer Marvin E. Newman. Largely unknown outside a prestigious collector and gallery circle, Newman’s flawless technique and humanist sensibility shone through vivid New York cityscapes, riveting sports shots and other inventive images from across the US. Unlike his predecessors, Newman chose colour photography as the medium for capturing the people and energy of NYC. Almost 200 of his vibrant images, captured between the late 1940s and the early 1980s, have been pulled together in this rich coffee table collection. Newman died last year, aged 92. We think this is a worthy legacy.
Visit Taschen.com
THE FILM
The Apprentice
If you’ve also had Succession withdrawal symptoms, your suffering may soon be at an end. October sees Jeremy Strong (Kendall Roy) return to screens as another man caught up in scandals surrounding family wealth. The family in question? The Trump dynasty. Directed by Ali Abbasi and written by Gabriel Sherman, the film also stars Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and examines the ex-president’s career in New York real estate through the 70s and 80s.
Visit Picturehouses.com
THE DRINKS
The Devonshire X The Newt
Last week saw two UK drinks heavyweights come together for a partnership no one saw coming. For autumn, The Newt in Somerset has joined forces with The Devonshire in Soho to make the estate’s ‘signature blend’ cyder available at London’s most-talked-about pub. The partnership is designed to encourage friendly competition between The Dev’s famous pints of Guinness and The Newt’s award-winning cyder, ‘uniting town and country in celebration of harvest season’. We’ll drink to that.
Visit DevonshireSoho.co.uk
THE INSPO
J. Crew
After some autumn inspiration? Try following @JCrewMens. From archival images to current styling tips, the brand is bringing back its famous catalogue shoots, and will soon have you hankering for a long weekend in New York. This is just the account to liven up your feed – and wardrobe.
Follow @JCrewMens
@JCrewMens
THE STYLE GUIDE
Icons Of Style By Josh Sims
Behind nearly every item in the modern wardrobe is a first of its kind – the definitive item, often designed by a single company or brand for specialist use, on which all subsequent versions have been based (and originals of which are now collector items in the booming vintage market). The T-shirt, for example, may now be an everyday item, but was created by American company Hanes for US Navy personnel at the turn of the 20th century before it was adopted by sportsmen and bikers. Other items have been designed for sport, farm work or protection, and made their way into everyday usage. Icons of Style examines, garment by garment, the most important and famous of these products, and how they have shaped the way we dress today.
Visit Amazon.co.uk
@Gant
THE ANNIVERSARY
Gant
Bernard Gantmacher started his career stitching shirts in New York’s Garment District. He went on to found Gant in 1949. Seventy-five years later, the brand is still loved for the preppy American sportswear style it helped to pioneer. Over the years, its team have gathered vintage Gant pieces from across the globe, curating an archive that reflects its history and the legacy. The brand’s new 75th Anniversary Collection includes a series of replicas based on these old treasures – from varsity jackets and harringtons to rugby shirts, striped ties and oxford shirts.
Visit Gant.co.uk
THE HOMEWARE
Artek Reimagined By Paul Smith
Connected by a commitment to innovation, lasting quality and human-centric design, Paul Smith and Artek have come together to create bold new versions of classic products from the Finnish furniture makers’ iconic line-up. There are three items in the covetable collection: a five-colour, stained room divider, an angular coat rack and – Artek founder Alvar Aalto’s most famous item – the Stool 60. In this refresh, the underneath of the stool has been painted in an ultramarine blue – a nod to the vibrant linings of a Paul Smith suit.
Visit PaulSmith.com
THE CAR
Rolls-Royce Phantom Scintilla
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has unveiled a new model. The Phantom Scintilla’s design is deeply influenced by the marble Nike of Samothrace statue, which has been displayed in the Louvre since 1883 and originally inspired the Spirit of Ecstasy that sits on top of every Rolls-Royce bonnet. Pale blue and with the most intricate interior details Rolls has ever commissioned, it’s a must-see for classic car enthusiasts. Letting you down gently, we should tell you that only ten Scintillas are being made – and they’re all already accounted for
Visit Rolls-RoyceMotorCars.com
@Churchs; @philpoynter; @roblowphoto; @the_oneandonly_radi; @DennisOkwera
THE CAMPAIGN
Church’s Off Town Collection
Classic shoemaker Church’s is focusing on timeless silhouettes for weekends away this season. The ‘Off Town Collection’ features lightweight soles for all-day walking, with the sophisticated finishes you’d expect from the brand. Models also feature storm welting to protect from wet weather and ensure longevity. Check out the new campaign – starring Dennis Okwera, one of our favourite models – for inspiration on how to style them.
Visit Church-Footwear.com
THE COLLABORATION
Montblanc X Zinédine Zidane
Montblanc and French footballing superstar Zinédine Zidane have come together to develop a capsule collection of travel essentials crafted from leather and lightweight fabric. Zidane and Montblanc artistic director Marco Tomasetta have created a set of five elegantly functional pieces in black and a green-hued pewter, each with a pentagon leather label detail referencing the panels of a football. The collection comprises a distinctive duffle bag, a black and pewter cabin trolley with a luggage strap, a leather passport holder, a sling bag designed to carry smaller personal items cross-body, and a carry-on friendly washbag.
Visit Montblanc.com
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