Brand We Love Vintage Grapes Clothier

Embodying the pure elegance of the vineyard lifestyle, Vintage Grapes Clothier is a premier "luxury garment brand". They stand for providing quality products, offering an extension of the “vineyard lifestyle”, and inviting true gentleman to share-in "The Vintage Grapes Clothier Experience ".

Founded in 2009, Vintage Grapes Clothier is a premier men’s luxury garment brand based out of Fairfield, Connecticut. Vintage Grapes business office and private showing room are located at Fairfield.

“vineyard lifestyle” is a lifestyle that few people gain the privilege of partaking in. It is a lifestyle lived typically only by the affluent. It is a lifestyle that has long reflected sophistic-ation, great taste, status, ,success and pure elegance and due to these facts, has also long been a place where true gentlemen take refuge to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Vintage Grapes Clothier aims to offer the “vineyard lifestyle” to the broader public.

Vintage Grapes Clothier SS 2011 collection :

Exhibiting a refine grace and dignified property, Vintage Grapes Clothier’s spring / summer 2011 collection is inspired by the unmatched elegance present in the "vineyard lifestyle".

Entitled “Return of the Elegant”, this collection features VGC’s polished woven dress shirts, signature handcrafted neckwear, and classic double pleaded bottoms.

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  "For the true gentleman who enjoys the fruits of his labor"Vintage Grapes

Daphne Guinness: Undressed

Director Brennan Stasiewicz Captures Fashion’s Enigma At Home and On Display

Documentary filmmaker Brennan Stasiewicz infiltrates the cosseted world of Daphne Guinness in Daphne’s Window. Featuring intimate footage of the icon at her Fifth Avenue apartment, the short follows the eccentric fashion patron and socialite as she prepares for her recent installation in the windows of Barneys New York. The storefront showcased her collection of pieces by designer Lee Alexander McQueen and a selection from the archive of fashion editor Isabella Blow, which Guinness purchased in its entirety last year. The display culminated in a performance art piece in which Guinness dressed for the Met ball in one of the flagship’s windows, modeling a lilac feathered gown designed by McQueen’s Sarah Burton. “She appears to me as someone always in a window,” says Stasiewicz. “Someone you can approach and see, but you remain on the other side.” This year brings a multitude of projects for the heiress: her sculptural armored glove collaboration with jeweler Shaun Leane (pictured in today’s film) will be exhibited by Jay Jopling in a private viewing in London later this month; and in September a retrospective at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology will pay homage to her style. “Daphne is someone to take pleasure in, and in many ways, someone who incites moments of wonder,” says Stasiewicz.

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Diamond Soccer Ball Bling

In honor of USA's brilliant World Cup win today, I thought I'd post this little diamond ditty to tickle your football fancy.

South African jeweler, Yair Shimansky, created the world's most brilliant soccer ball to draw attention to his brand during the World Cup festivities, and the result is a black and white dazzler worth a whopping $2.6 million.


The five-pound ball is covered in 6,620 white and 2,640 black round brilliant cut diamonds, all sourced in South Africa, for a grand total of 3,500 carats.

Replicas rendered in crystals will be in Shimansky's seven national stores for the duration of the World Cup and will be auctioned after the festivities, with proceeds going to charity.

In the meantime, that's not the only World Cup winner that's easy on the eyes. I'll be glued to the TV as Team USA enters the next round - the first time we've made it this far since 1930!

USA! USA! USA!