My latest purchase: Sharp Suits

Dear readers,

as I'm very interested in books about fashion (as you know), Sharp Suits by Eric Musgrave was on my list for some time. So then yesterday I got a call from my local bookstore, that my order had arrived.

I must confess that this book offers so much more than I expected. It features a lot of very cool photos and tells the story of the suit through the ages.

If you're interested in fashion and would like to learn how to dress well, this book might not be the best choice to start. But if you like to know more about the centerpiece of man's clothing than this book is mandatory!

This is one of the books a welldressed gentleman must own!

Go and buy! Now!








The chapters:

Chapter One:
Convention or Fashion?
The single-breasted suit

Chapter Two:
A Question of Balance
The double-breasted suit

Chapter Three:
Princes Among Men
The striped suit

Chapter Four:
The Italian Job
The checked suit

Chapter Five:
US Male
The white suit

Chapter Six:
Passion from Paris
The Dormeuil suits

Chapter Seven:
Lost In Music
The Bowie suits

Chapter Eight:
The Magic of the Movies

Books to the rules of style, fashion and elegance

Dear Readers,

what's the story about fashion? This was my first question I asked myself quite a long time ago. The first book to answer that question was "The Gentleman" by German author Bernhard Roetzel. Without that book, my whole life regarding to style would have gone in a totaly different direction.

Here's a list of my books starting with the trio that every man must own:

-Bernhard Roetzel - The Gentleman (I like the first red edition much more than the re-issue)
-Alan Flusser - Dressing The Man
-Esquire: The Handbook Of Style

Here's the rest - in order to how they are set in my bookshelf right now:
-Jim Heiman - 50's Fashion
-Esquire - The Rules
-Bernhard Roetzel - The Style Guide
-James Sherwood - The London Cut
-Daniel Peres - Details / Men's Style Manual
-Scott Schuman - The Sartorialist
-Enitan O. Bereola II - Bereolaesque
-Richard Torregrossa- Gary Grant / A Celebration Of Style
-László Vass & Magda Monár - Handmade Shoes For Men

What's missing in my bookshelf? Any recommendations or suggestions?

On the street: New residents.

The gentleman on the right will be a D-Town resident soon. And as he's about to start his fashion design studies in our city, we'll have an eye on him :-)

Welcome to the city!

Ignition!

Mesdames et messieurs,

welcome to just another fashion blog.

Inner City Style will be about clothes people wear with style in Düsseldorf, primarily my interpretation of style. In addition I will publish stories and interesting shots taken by myself, my friends or even you.

I must confess I wanted to write some more, but right now I'll rather watch Carry Grant on TV. The alltime icon of fashion. Sorry for that.

Cheers
Mike