Manufacture Bontemps – MBF 302, Narvik Bas
No one will ever prevent me from liking French-made shoes. It is almost like a compulsion to buy them when I see them. Anyway, here are some lovely trotter coverings from the lovely people at Manufacture Bontemps in Nantes. The perfect mix of French worker, military instructor and 1950s basketball player. Disponible ici.
Marks and Spencer – Ginger and White Chocolate cookies
Sure, they may be single-handedly responsible for the downfall of the textile industry* in the UK, but these cookies are really good, and I managed to get them fresh out of the oven, which was nice. Available from your local M&S Foodhall.
Baklava Trail Shorts
I don’t walk around New York tasting food and creating lyrics about Cambodian jerk chicken, but I do like nice shorts, and Action Bronson has designed some and they are lovely. Available here.
L.T Piver – Cuir de Russie Perfume
The box for this is so good, I nearly didn’t open it and find out that it smells like you went back in time to learn about philosophy in the Russian embassy in Paris in about 1856. Smells like a leather sofa, knowledge and pipe smoke. Available from us super soon.
Le Minor – Electric Blue Coach Jacket
I always wanted someone to make a really nice coach jacket in a Milano stitch, and Le Minor have done just that. I look forward to wearing this, picking up a lovely vintage pair of Paraboots at a vide-grenier in the south of France and saying, “Oooh lo lo lo lo laaaa.” Available here.
* M&S helped sustain British clothing manufacturing for decades, then decided the commercial advantages of global sourcing mattered more than sustaining that manufacturing base. Because M&S was so enormous, that decision had consequences far beyond M&S.