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It’s a Goode day when you can wear your favourite shirt from morning til night and get in a quick 3 sets of lawn tennis

 

 

A Life in the Pink: Elegant bespoke shirts matched to the lifestyle of the modern man.

Matthew Goode shows the versatility of the new wardrobe from Pink Shirtmaker London.

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A Life in the Pink; @Pink Shirtmaker London

British actor Matthew Goode was named brand ambassador for Pink Shirtmaker London’s new generation of shirts.

In November 2018 Thomas Pink became Pink Shirtmaker London, unveiling a new brand identity. Continuing to write this new chapter in its history, Pink has revealed an exciting campaign for Autumn-Winter 2019. Titled “A Life in the  Pink”, the first film for the campaign stars Matthew Goode.

The British actor is nown for his roles in Peter Morgan’s series The Crown, Julian Fellowes’ Downtown Abbey and the Woody Allen film Match Point.

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A Life in the Pink; @Pink Shirtmaker London

Matthew Goode is the perfect Pink gentleman

Matthew Goode’s style, class and very importantly, his humor, underline the long-term vision of Pink Shirtmaker London. President and CEO Christopher Zanardi-Landi and Creative Director John Ray chose Goode as the embodiment of the perfect Pink gentleman.

“Matthew embodies not only the Englishness of Pink and the sharpness of our cut, but also the sense of humor that’s deep in our veins,” explained Zanardi-Landi.

This perfect match comes to life in the film for the first campaign since the brand’s rebirth, titled “A Life in the Pink”. Against the backdrop of Cherry Hill, the country estate of the former U.S. ambassador, Matthew Goode is shown wearing shirts from the Pink Shirtmaker London Autumn-Winter 2019 collection.

While the film features a range of Pink’s shirts, the stills focus on a single shirt from the “Smart” collection, styled in three different ways to show the versatility of the new wardrobe from Pink Shirtmaker London. Matthew was living, a life in the Pink.

Shot at a modernist country estate deep in the English countryside, Matthew is tasked with wearing the whole range of Pink shirts – in the shower, to play tennis, in bed, which he achieves with an elegance and wit we all much admire.

Matthew sports the multi-coloured stripe poplin button cuff in slimmer silhouette from Pink’s new Smart Shirt collection, designed to be worn to match his day. He shows off its true versatility, wearing the same shirt in three different ways – tucked in with a tailored suit, over a t-shirt for weekend coffee, and buttoned over crisp cords to go about his day.

Exquisite shirtmaking is brought back to England

Founded in 1984 by three brothers, Peter, James and John Mullen, Thomas Pink disrupted the status quo with a new solution for the professional gentleman’s wardrobe. Now the brand has disrupted again, championing the traditions of English shirtmaking to create elegant bespoke shirts matched to the lifestyle of the modern man.

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A Life in the Pink; @Pink Shirtmaker London

 

Dior artistic director Kim Jones uses past to fuel future

 

 

 

Dior Summer 2020 men’s show
Dior Summer 2020 men’s show; @DIOR

Powered by Guardian.co.ukThis article titled “Dior artistic director Kim Jones uses past to fuel future” was written by Scarlett Conlon, for theguardian.com on Friday 21st June 2019 22.56 UTC

When a fashion designer’s last catwalk show was – by their own admission – their favourite thing they’ve ever done, what do they do six months later when showtime comes around again? If you’re Dior Men’s artistic director Kim Jones, you use the past to fuel the future.

Collaborating with the American contemporary artist Daniel Arsham, Jones took classic Christian Dior items from the archive and projected them into the mid-21st century. He said backstage before the show that it stemmed from him “thinking about the future and imagining a Dior exhibition 50 years from now – it made me think, what have I done that would be in there?”

Arsham – an artist known for depicting the relationship between antiquity and futurism – was chosen by Jones, famed for taking Dior back into a couture direction since his appointment last year, because “he looks at the present and the future”.

A creation presented at the show
A creation presented at the show. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters

Their codes combined made for a couture-focused collection with its roots in architecture. Toile de Jouy shirts were hand-painted by kimono craftsmen in Japan (where Jones held his second show for the house). Embellishment was finely pleated silk-chiffon, worked to appear like a coral and appliquéd on to shirts. Longline leather coats were sculptural and bonded. Transparent outerwear was mirrored in see-through footwear so to see the Dior-motifed socks underneath, evoking the hallmark of couture where what lies beneath is as important as what the eye can see.

Familiar motifs returned in the newspaper print made famous by John Galliano for the 2000 womenswear couture show which was reworded by Arsham for a new audience.

Kim Jones showed his style
Kim Jones showed his style. Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

Jones is widely known for his collaborative nature, and for this he once again assembled his merry band. In addition to Arsham, Yoon Ambush designed the jewellery, which featured floral brooches, long pendants featuring clocks and telephones (pieces from Dior’s personal collection) and a keyring of Jones’ Insta-famous dog Cookie. “Christian Dior had a history with his dog Bobby so I thought it would be nice.”

Bags were a collaboration with fellow LVMH-owned luggage brand Rimowa and comprised baby cases, for credit cards and keys, as well as large picnic vessels. Also in the bag department came more best-selling Saddle bag shapes. Jones incorporated the former womenswear piece into his first collection and they’ve had waiting lists around the world ever since.

The show marked the first anniversary of Jones’ tenure at the house and this is the fourth collection he has delivered in 12 months.

LVMH has made a heavy play for a dominant share of the luxury menswear market in the last year and a half. Along with Jones at Dior, it has appointed some of the most influential designers focusing on menswear – including Virgil Abloh at Louis Vuitton and Clare Waight Keller at Givenchy.

For 2018, it recorded revenue of €46.8 billion, an increase of 10% over the previous year, which it in part attributed to the impact of Jones’ arrival.

Today, Dior CEO, Pietro Beccari – who worked with Jones in his last job at Louis Vuitton and hired him for this one – said backstage that he was “glad [Jones] was a part of my squad”.

“He’s a cultural DJ – he’s mixing all his experiences he has done in his life and travels and gives back something which is very now,” he said.

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