For the country gent....

Every country gentleman needs a tweed or tweed look jacket, possibly with a pocket square/elbow patches. These few we have in stock to show you would be perfect. Plus as a bonus some are even designer!

All of these jackets are a size 44 (X Large) unless stated.

1. This is a wool check jacket from Aquascutum. Size 42. £45

2. This herringbone style in country green tones is Italian wool/cashmere mix with a silk lining. And it comes with a pocket square! Bonus. £45

3. This is another jacket from Aquascutum. Cashmere, with a polyester cream lining. £55

4. Finally we have this Cashmere/wool herringbone jacket by Caruso. £45

We suggest to team any of these jackets with jeans or cream chinos for a smart casual look.

Bye for now
BG

Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino Mens Jackets

We love getting items from our regulars. It means we are doing something right when they come in to donate and end up buying things on their way out! Today a gift aided customer brought in many bags of men's clothing and there were these lovely Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) Jackets, and a couple of Valentino double breasted Jackets.
(There was also some tweedy/country gent jackets, as we call them, so pop back tomorrow for those...)

Lets start with the YSL ones - All are hardly worn and have no issues with them at all. Even the linings are perfect!
1. This one is a size 40 chest.

Made from 100% Wool and lined with grey rayon, this is £50

2. This one is also a size 40 chest.

The buttons and the lining have the YSL logo on them. Nice.
And again this is £50

3. The third one is this green jacket of silk and wool mix.

Size 42 chest and £40. The lining is rayon and has a green/red tinge.
The sleeves are slightly shorter than the other jackets.

4. Finally this is slightly country gent, but feels absolutely lovely, and when we checked the label it is no surprise it is a wool and cashmere mix.

Size 42 chest. £60

Now we come to the Valentino Jackets.
These are both a size 46 chest.
1. A small catch on the back of the jacket (see photo) 

Double breasted jacket with a fine white pinstripe.
£40

2. This is also pinstriped, but with a fine red stripe too.

Wool mix fabric and fully lined.
£40

So pop on in and get suited up!
No excuses!



Bye for now
BG

Party Dresses (with added glitter)

So this is Christmas, as the song goes, and what have you done? Although I think John Lennon was going for something a little deeper than making sure you have some decorations up, we have Xmas'd the shop ready for the coming weeks to put customers in a festive mood.

We have dug out all our party wear and ballgowns from the treasure trove in our back room, primped and pressed them and with some added feathers/sequins are trying to glam up the window.

Showing you the night view...

 From left to right - 
(Plunging dark green cocktail dress, just seen behind window dummy, £16)
Green ombre sequin dress £40 
Gold glitter Zara shoes £12 
Black Jaeger dress with neck detailing £40
Black ASOS heels £10  
Sequin bolero £4 
White vintage Harrods dress £45 
Black Zara shoes £10 
Black and White sequined French Connection dress £18 
Grey buckled Zara heels £12 

The beautiful detailing on the 'mermaid' dress

The Christmas tree in the window isn't for sale, but we have many others in store for sale from £3. (Sadly no real ones, but we do have some Pine forest air spritz...)

We shall be updating the window as often as possible, and of course when things get sold, so the ballgowns, cocktail dresses and party wear will keep being refreshed until Jan and all those Christmas/New Year parties are over!
So please pop in and ask if you don't see anything you like on the shop floor as we may have something in the back and we want to make our customers happy, and glam.

Men's suits and shoes are also available, so men you have no excuse to wear jeans and trainers this year!

Bye for now
BG 

Valentino Jacket

So here we are, first we had the Dior Jacket blog post, and now we have the Valentino jacket. (But don't forget we have various mens jackets from £8 from Marks and Spencer, Zara man, Gant, etc..)

This Valentino one is slightly more summery than the navy Dior one, but just as swish.

This Wool, linen, silk mix jacket is fully lined in silk, again embellished with the little V logo.
Single breasted jacket, a size 40 - M/L, has a small tiny tiny mark on the lapels (see photo)

Not as thick as the Dior one, but would look just as good, if not better, over cream chinos we think. (sadly we do not have any cream chinos in stock, but we do have jeans and black tailored trousers instead!)
Yours for £75

Bye for now
BG

Mens Dior Jacket

A lovely pile of men's jackets came in today, mainly from Zara man and Gant, but there were two which interested us most....

The first one was this navy, double breasted, Christian Dior blazer.

A beautiful feeling fabric of 100% Pure New Wool, lined in silk emblazoned with the CD logo.
We have measured it as a 48 UK size - XL
Embellished with amazing gold Dior buttons on the sleeves, it is missing one from the front of the jacket though.

Other than the missing button, all is well.
£95
Dry Clean only!

Over a pair of cream chinos, we think this would look great.

Bye for now
BG

Dries Van Noten suit

Born in Antwerp in 1958, Dries Van Noten is the third generation in a family of tailors. His work in womenswear, menswear and accessories is highly acclaimed and much sort after. Find it here at Brook Green this week!

This men's suit is BEAUTIFUL! Dries Van Noten has created a lovely tailored 2 piece here in 100% wool, and fully lined.

Size 52 eur chest, about a 42 UK men size.
38 waist with a 32 leg length
£180

Dress to impress!

Bye for now
BG

Armand Basi Mens Suit

Here we go again. Another lovely mans suit to show to you.
More men should wear suits. Not just so they can buy it from us, but because a good suit looks amazing. We all decided. (Well the female volunteers....)

This suit is by Armand Basi, a Spainsh designer and now brand.

A lush navy colour with a paint fine pin stripe, the Jacket and Trouser suit is fully lined.

£140

Wool mix
Jacket size 34
Trousers size 32
Regular leg length
Even the buttons are branded

Just a super smart suit

Bye for now
BG

Oh! Suits you! J Crew, Ohh!

More details of the wonderful suits donated (and Gift Aided!)
First up, 2 J Crew suits for your eyes to have a gander at....

The American brand is rather popular around Brook Green and we see the label a lot. Although it is normally woman's wear. Now we have 2 men's two piece suits for sale.

J Crew just have a lovely quality to their garments, and these suits are no exception.
The light cream suit is Linen, the brown pin stripe one is Wool mix.

Cream Linen is a size 40 Jacket and a size 36 Trouser
Fully lined
Regular leg length
£60

 

Brown pin stripe is 40 Jacket and the trousers say size 33
Again this is fully lined and Regular leg length
£70

Cream suit, white shirt, sun hat. Ta da, dressed for summer fun
Brown suit, Light blue shirt, smart tie (of which we have many to choose from instore £3 each unless it is priced) and some lovely brown brogues. Work suited and booted.

Bye for now
BG

Time to Suit up!

Now it is the men to get a blog post just for them, as it is not just designer womanswear we get in.

Today one bag of tricks was full of designer suits!
We like this.

We don't normally get a lot of mens clothing donations, and when we do it is either been loved to death and so we have to rag it (but we still get money for it, so it is all good) or it is brand new! The two extremes.

The suits today are in great condition, unless stated and will hopefully raise lots of money for Trinity Hospice.

The 'star' suit is Dries Van Noten Jacket & Trouser 2 piece suit, but we also have some J Crew, and Hugo Boss and Armand Basi suits.

Futher posts about them later avec photos.

Come on Men. Get suited and booted Brook Green Styleeee!

Bye for now
BG

Comic Book Store

We haven't turned into one, but we have taken a bit of comic influence for our latest 'MEN' display.

Superman tshirt £4
(we also have 2 others in black and blue, and a Batman one)
A-Team 1987 annual £3
Sin City DVD £3
Other DVDs shown £2. 
Our DVDs are all priced at £2 - unless it is a boxset when they are priced individually. (and for the record our CDs are £1 each unless priced) Bargainous.


So now, the all important question....

Who would win in a fight between Superman and Batman?!?

Bye for now
BG

Various Versace

Good afternoon to you all. Just a quick note that we have had some Versace items donated.

All are mens, sized Medium and Large and some are Brand New with Tags on!

2 Black shirts £20 each
1 Tropical print shirt £20
Various t-shirts in black or cream £10 - £20 each
Jeans £20
'Combat' trousers £12
and 4 Belts £18 each

Where are the lovely photos?, you ask and cry at the computer screen....

Well the camera is on holiday, so you just have to guess what they look like. So you HAVE to pop in store to see the Versace in person.
But here to help are some similar if not the same product pics/links from the depths of the internet.

Won't let me show the pic, so click and voila, there it will be. We have this one!

Bye for now
BG

Just Cavalli, Just In

We have more lovely men's donations. (I said we would do some 'man' blogs didn't I?)

Navy Jacket by Just Cavalli. £55

 Along with some 2 piece suits (priced from £10) we found this lovely navy jacket by Roberto Cavalli's range Just Cavalli, still in it's garment bag.

The youth orientated label, launched in 1998, still has beautiful detailing and is well cut and tailored.


Even the buttons are tagged with the name. And I love that.

I do love a navy jacket, teamed with a crisp white shirt and camel trousers for a smart casual look, or add the navy trousers and brown (yes brown!) brogues. Whoever said navy suits and brown shoes are rubbish, obviously do not understand.

Size 40 (Med/Large)
For sale for £55

Bye for now
BG