Head Porter x Margaret Howell (Again)
I don’t know what it is about this combination. For one it seems like an odd mix of a well established, yet mellow fashion designer, and a more conceptual, interesting luggage company. Yet we keep seeing the two come together to create something quite good. This is the second version of a messenger bag from the Margaret Howell and Porter collections. The use of what appears to be a corduroy material, along with a more technical messenger strap makes for an easy to wear, practical piece. It’s not particularly great, but it is good. I personally preferred the last messenger due to the color use and more contemporary details. It is interesting to see the relationship develop between creatives and how they either seem to find an easy progression of consistent improvement, or, in other cases, they just get tired.
Gray on Gray
A lot of people have a lot of different theories on color combinations and the traditional No-No’s. I’ve heard not to wear blue with black or brown with black, different shades of blues or reds at the same time, or patterns with patterns. Everyday these ‘rules’ are broken. Some people can just make it work, and with the right eye can pretty much pull off anything. I don’t know if other people have a hard time wearing a lot of the same color, but I don’t, and one of my favorite shade on shade colors to play with is gray. There are a lot of options with the heather grays, charcoals, flat tones, light grays. The color also works in almost any material so it’s available to a lot of options. I have always loved grays and now more than ever I’m liking the gray on gray look. These shots are from Margaret Howell’s fall line which is full of modern basics. I’d personally slim down the fits a little, but I really like the way the grays work together. If you want to see more, look for me this fall.
Porter x Margaret Howell
We gave you a look at a nice collaboration between Porter and Margaret Howell a couple months back, now there seems to be another part to the collection. There are some tote bags, and what seem to be small hand bags in a couple sizes, and some leather shaving kit sized bags. The solid colored totes are definitely a different look from what we saw a few months back. The extremely simple, and oddly branded bags would be easy to carry around little things in your daily adventures, although I can’t tell what they are made from, so it’s tough to say the durability. Usually I don’t like any exterior branding, but since most people wouldn’t know what the MHL would stand for, and since it’s Porter, I’m letting this one slide.
Margaret Howell Sack
After seeing the Porter x Margaret Howell bag collection that recently dropped I got more interested in her work, and specifically her bags. Margaret Howell has been around for about three decades, designing timeless, classic, wearable menswear since leaving art school. Her collections are consistently packed with strong pieces, but I never noticed any bags before. Most likely I just hadn’t been paying as much attention to bags, as I kind of do now, if you hadn’t noticed. After searching around the Internet a bit, I came across this MH ruc sack/backpack on a forum. This is pretty much the perfect style duel shoulder-strap bag for right now. I don’t know if it’s available or even which season it’s from, but I do know I like it and it’s dope. Oliver Spencer is the only retailer I could find in North America, so your going to have to make it out to the UK or Japan for an extensive scope of the spring line.
Porter ‘Margaret Howell’
Porter has put together another really nice package under the Margaret Howell name. This shoulder bag is my favorite from the collection with room for your camera, passport, iPod, optimal cushioning, and three nice colors. Yellow definitely is one of my favorite colors this season so I’m going to have to go with that for the best option. I also really like the second color used on the bottom of the bag. The design is fairly unique on this bag with a large storage unit placed on top of the bag flap. I’m not generally a fan of smallish shoulder bags due to the abuse they have taken over the past few years by uber chotchskis. However the design is interesting and unique enough with this Porter piece to warrant an approval.
