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    Alex is our Cardiff-based menswear writer. Owning a pair of gold Adidas/Star Wars Luke Skywalker hi-tops grants him the authority to freely comment on the clothes you choose to wear. If you live in the Welsh capital and wear clothes, you can safely assume he's judged you in some way.
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I Like: Cheap Monday

  • I Like: Cheap Monday

    Intensive Wikipedia research tells me that Cheap Monday was founded in Stockholm twelve years ago by Örjan Andersson and Adam Friberg, two enterprising young Swedes who wanted to make some money selling clothes to their Scandinavian buddies. The original store was in a suburb of…

  • Alex Trew
  • 23/07/12
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Q: Are Hawaiian Shirts Acceptable Now?

  • Q: Are Hawaiian Shirts Acceptable Now?

    A: A Resounding “Of Course They’re Not. Someone care to explain to me where this bizarre new trend came from? Hawaiian shirts? He’s wearing sunglasses in case he looks directly at it. When you wear a Hawaiian shirt you are effectively using sartorial shorthand. Here’s…

  • Alex Trew
  • 19/06/12
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Cardiff City USA

  • Cardiff City USA

    If you were to judge a city solely on the clothes worn by its young people, you’d be forgiven for thinking Cardiff lay somewhere just west of New York and a little east of Los Angeles. Americana is everywhere here. Flat-peaked snapbacks and baggy basketball…

  • Alex Trew
  • 02/05/12
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Chinos Have Gone Mainstream (And That Shouldn’t Bother You)

  • Chinos Have Gone Mainstream (And That Shouldn’t Bother You)

    Chinos are jeans for people tired of denim, a fresh alternative for those weary of always choosing between the same old ‘dark-blue’ or ‘stonewash’. Casual enough to replace your favourite pair of baggy bootcuts, but with a made-an-effort smartness forever beyond the faithful 501’s, the…

  • Alex Trew
  • 18/04/12
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