In this Ivy illustration.

In this band.

On this glove.

On these hunting buttons.

In Anquetil forever.

In this combination.

On his shoulder.

Inside this book.

In this picture of Dioni Tabber.

In this toy.

On this saint Christopher.

On this skateboard.

In this team.

In Johnny Hallyday forever.

On this painting.

In this large lapels.

Last sunday I had the great opportunity to go to my first Thom Browne fashion show at La Galerie de Minéralogie in Le Jardin des Plantes, a place that I particulary appreciate.

The simple fact that the show takes place here confirmed my feelings about the come back of the semi precious stones in contemporary aesthetic.

It was really interesting to have a ringside seat at this very attempted event. Thom Browne who works for the Brooks Brothers Black Fleece label is today regarded as one of the best menswear designers in the world. His collection’s fashion shows are famous for their originality and their staging as you can see.

The fashion show rolled out in two sequences, the parade of guests (most of them are japanese people) and one for the designer.

Even though the collection looks absolutely crazy, we can find in it many details that match perfectly the current and future trends. Being, the pupil of Ralph Lauren, we can first notice one of Browne's permanent obsessions in the preppy and ivy menswear look.

Here the varsity jacket combined with dog "preppy" pattern and a grey flannel pants.

Here the famous lines that we found on the Ivy lettermans of the champions. These lines appear here on a sweater made with a kind of " Jpress shaggy dog" fabrics, very famous during the 60's.

The lines again but on a cardigan combined with a neck tie.

On the left, a beautiful kind of "go to hell" duck pattern.

A nice superposition of jackets with a classic attaché-case.

Here the inspiration of the american classic "fun shirt"with a smart simmetry of colors.

The trend of sado-masochist aesthetic that we saw a lot these recent times takes a proeminent place in the collection with the studded helmet and jacket, shiny leather etc…

There is also a real inspiration taken from the marine world. The Anchor on the polo neck sweater combinated with a peacoat even if this one has a studded collar.

To finish, there’s a very interesting approach from Thom Browne concerning the shape and the general attitude of his collection. The silhouettes reminds us of US football players wearing perfect protective pads but their allure reminds us of famous monsters in the likes of Frankenstein or Le Bossu.

I particulary enjoy this fashion show, the final was absolutely incredible as you can see during a few seconds here. All the models remained absolutely static during ten minutes, the time for me to take these close up pictures.

I met Jerry Cohen, the president of Ebbets Field Flannels in a small parisian coffee near my place. We spoke about France and our mutual passion for the Basque Country but most of all about sport and clothes. Here is a small extract of spending one hour with a really cool guy.

Jerry Cohen.

What is your favorite sport ?

I’m really about baseball but concerning the clothes I’m interested in every sports.

What’s your favorite team ever ?

The Seals from San Francisco.

And now ?

The Seattle Mariners because I live there but I’m not a big supporter of the contemporary sport finally, I don’t like their style, they look like billboards.

Here is Jerry's New York Cubans Grounds Crew Jacket.

Do you have a sport hero ?

Mickey Mantle. The boy from the farm who became one of the best players ever. He retired in 1970, completely broken.

Is there a piece in your whole brand that makes you particulary proud ?

The american football jerseys that we just made. It was a big challenge to found the old machines to reproduce it perfectly.

Staten Island Stapletons 1929 Football Jersey.

Boston Shamrocks 1937 Football Jersey.

Is it your favorite cloth ?

Just now yes, but next week it will be a cap of the Moultrie Colts .22s that we just made. The number 22 is very special because the ‘’2’’s are different from each other, we don’t know why but we reproduced in exactly the same way. I love it.

The famous Moultrie Colt 22s Cap.

When I say sport and France, what do you immediatly think ?

Zidane and his head on Materazzi. Soccer is getting more and more important in US now, it’s interesting…