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Souvenirs

Posted on 11. Juni 201811. Juni 2018 by Dirk

Holiday season is here and big vacations lie ahead. For those who have to stay home, here are some beauty products that come with pleasant sounding destinations. Let your skin do the traveling.

MIN New York „Voodoo“

FriedmanBerlin Face Care

Acqua di Parma „Chinotto di Liguria“

Ligne St. Barth Homme Shower Gel & Body Lotion

4711 Portugal Eau de Cologne

Brooklyn Soap Company Shaving Kit

Mandarina Duck Let’s travel to New York Eau de Toilette

On Father’s Day I had the pleasure to join this Charity Bicycle Rally. A crowd of over 100 people gathered in front of the Le Velo Café, located in the magnificent menswear store Ladage & Oelke to show their passion for vintage handmade quality products, protest for better traffic conditions in Hamburg and raise money for the charity organization Westwind, to supply free bikes for refugees. After a nice ride through town, the tour ended at Jenischpark with a decent picnic. Special thanks go out to Clubkinder e.V. for the organization of this enchanting event. See you all again next year.

All images by Julia Schwendner

© Julia Schwendner, https://www.facebook.com/thisisjuliaphotography/

Outside Ladage&Oelke and the Le Velo Café

Hat by Stetson, seen at Falkenhagen, Shirt by Van Laack

Shoes by Heinrich Dinkelacker, seen at Shoepassion

Spring Break

Posted on 11. Mai 2018 by Dirk

Just in time for the long weekend here in Germany, spring decided to take a break and send some stormy clouds. Here are some coat inspirations for this wet interlude.

All images PR

Opening picture by Oliver Zeuke

Location Friends Hotel Düsseldorf

Clean cut

Posted on 7. Mai 20187. Mai 2018 by Dirk

Last week I had the pleasure to be invited to Captain’s Barbershop in Duesseldorf. Shave and haircut turned out to be the best ones I have ever experienced so far. Relaxed atmosphere, nice drinks and very good music made the treatment a fantastic experience. Ahmed and his team really know how to use their scissors-highly recommended.

Captain’s Barbershop

Lorettostr.5

40219 Düsseldorf

info@captains-barbershop.de

All images by Oliver Zeuke

Father’s Day

Posted on 4. Mai 20184. Mai 2018 by Dirk

You should treat your Daddy good throughout the whole year. but there is this one special day, where you can show him some extra love and gratitude. Don’t worry, i will give you some father’s day cocktail recipes in a coupe of days, but today I would like to focus on gifts that might need some days of preparation. So please don’t come up with the excuse, you did not have the time to grab something nice for your old man.

Cufflinks by Tiffany & Co

Cufflinks by Werkstatt München

Automatic watch by Gucci

Men’s Skincare by The Grey

Briefcase by Paul Smith

Belt by Jil Sander

Hunter Flask by Ettinger

Budapester Full Brogue Shoes by Heinrich Dinkelacker

All images PR

Colourblogging

Posted on 3. Mai 2018 by Dirk

Pastels for Springtime

All images PR, Opening Picture: Oliver Zeuke ( Sunglasses by Fhone, Shirt by Original Penguine

My first bespoke suit

Posted on 15. April 2018 by Dirk

Selecting the fabric and lining

Notes for the tailor

Discussing details with a sample piece…

…like size and number of pockets, buttonholes etc…

First fitting after a couple of weeks

Final adjustments

24 hours later the suit is ready for pick-up

All images by Barons & Bastards

In full bloom

Posted on 12. April 2018 by Dirk

This season it is time for you to show your floral side. Colorful blossoms and all over palm leaf prints are essential this spring.

Paul Smith € 1130,-

Levi’s € 59,95

Cinque € 59,95

Hunter € 145,-

Seidensticker € 79,99

Skiny € 39,99

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E(gg)xtreme drinking

Posted on 2. April 2018 by Dirk

Taking a closer look at the quite german habit of drinking „Eierlikör“ during easter holidays. The drink originally was found in the 17th century by European conquerors in basil. The recipe of „Abacate“ contained avocados, sugar and rum and was named „Advocaat“ by the europeans. They brought it back to the old world, where they had to change to main ingredient, due to the lack of avocados. They used yolk and the „Eierlikör“ was born, which is more or les similar to internationally more common eggnog.