Union Jack the Lad style at Lambretta Clothing

With the Diamond Jubilee celebrations and the forthcoming Olympics, this is the best time to show off your patriotic colours.

The Carnaby Street based brand Lambretta Clothing is going all out with their Union Jack fine gauge sweater. 100% cotton price £60 www.lambrettaclothing.co.uk

Definitely not giving the elbow to the celebrations is this Lambretta Union Jack elbow fine gauge sweater. Available in navy, light blue and grey. Price £60.  

Don’t carry the world on your shoulders, just Great Britain with Lambretta’s polo shirts. From the front they are plain white or navy, but turn around and you’ll make a patriotic impact. 100% cotton Price £35 

Don’t worry if this is all too bright and bold, turn off the colour and go monochrome with:

Lambretta‘s grey version of their Union Jack fine gauge sweater. Price £60

All available via  www.lambrettaclothing.co.uk  .

 

Acqua di Parma on the scent trail of Mille Miglia Car Race

Mille Miglia, "the most beautiful race in the world", kicked off on 17^th May in Brescia, Italy.  The Acqua di Parma team is racing the Brescia-Rome route in number 313, a beautiful Maserati 150s. 

Mille Miglia, the annual Italian car race, sees 375 cars race a historic route from Brescia to Rome and back. This enthralling competition now in its 85^th year, has made champions such as Tazio Nuvolari and Achille Varzi immortal, writing the first pages of car racing history. Enzo Ferrari, who used the Mille Miglia to test the early capabilities of his “shooting star” Ferraris, called it “the world’s greatest road race”.

This is the second year Acqua di Parma has sponsored the Mille Miglia event and will also organise the evening activities,and  touri the most inspiring locations through which the teams will drive over 3 days; enchanting villages and beautiful Italian landscapes. As at past events, the winners of Mille Miglia 2012 will receive unique prizes designed by Acqua di Parma especially for the event which will be presented during the final awards ceremony on 20^th May at Teatro Grande in Brescia.

Follow Acqua di Parma via www.scentofmillemiglia.com

Topman Menswear Rules Britannia with NewGen Designers

Topman launches a t-shirt collection to celebrate and support home-grown British talent.
Five NewGen designers were asked to create a t-shirt designed around the title ‘Menswear Rules Britannia’. Their take on this title was then produced on premium white roll-sleeved cotton tee, prices start at £18
Here's their designs: 

Katie Eary

 

Describing herself as a true British patriot,  'Menswear Rules Britannia' means everything to her, she thinks her design sums this up perfectly. The print derives from two of her favourite things, the screaming cheetah (she loves anything from the feline family) and British military - in this case a Queen’s guards hat.
 
Sibling

 The newly recruited NewGen Men collective Sibling (Sid Bryan, Joe Bates and Cozette McCreery) designed a print that is reminiscent of a souvenir from a weekend away or a fun day out. It is a knitted twist on a celebratory, quintessentially English memento of youthful camaraderie. In the synonymously British colours of red, white, and blue this t-shirt screams ‘Menswear Rules Britannia’.

 James Long

 The Fashion Forward 2012 winner designed a print based around all the different layers and history of being British. On close inspection you can see that Long has subtlety worked the Union Jack flag into his print.(better seen in the lifestyle image -check out the first straight line after the zig zags)

 Lou Dalton

Dalton commissioned Alex Walker to hand draw faces of British Icons for her quirky design, sketches include: Elton John, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie among a few, all whom she felt have influenced British popular culture over the years.

and Christopher Shannon. 

  

 Renowned for re-working sportswear, Shannon has designed a t-shirt using his trademark all-over print design. This design uses a powerful ‘ MAN UP’ slogan.

£5 from the sale of each t-shirt will go to The British Fashion Council Princess of Wales Charitable Trust to support young designers.          

. The project will launch on the 7th June 2012, and will be available in selected stores worldwide and on-line www.topman.com

 

Images provided by Topman