Author: Tomasso

The keyboards were right up front on the first Style Council single, ‘Speak Like a Child,‘ and on ‘Party Chambers’ on the other side.  A statement was being made.  This was new, this was fresh and it was going to take us on a journey that was different from The Jam.  From the start, rocking […]

Meeting In Progress In a World’s Strongest Man contest, someone has to finish last.  Someone has to be the weakest of the world’s strongest men. I bring this up because all of the times that I caught The Style Council they were great.  But there was one tour when they were less great than others.  […]

It was those Bengal stripes on the latest Pellicano offering that got me.  Broad and bold and bright, I was imagining strolling through St James Park with the sleeves rolled up, or with a navy blazer on top sitting outside in Soho, watching the world go by.  Or even a Paris.  The shirt sent me […]

Why do tennis stars wear polo shirts? In truth, the modern pique polo shirt is a far cry from the rather smarter shirt ‘sported’ by British soldiers in India in the 19th century.  There would never have been ‘branding’ back then and the cut was that of a shirt with a curved hem that could […]

As the weeks pass by and each day merges in to the next, great music is essential to bring life and soul to the party. Friend of Pellicano Menswear and a lover of fine music; Ricardo @Rickafcw – Twitter) has kindly curated an eclectic mix of tunes and beats in our first playlist for these […]

Those who have nipped by the benevolent beak of Pellicano, or brands mining a similar seam, might be termed, in the broadest sense of the world, a movement – or maybe a tendency, a tribe, a group of people for whom one of the quests while we’re passing through this planet is the acquisition of […]

“I’m looking at some photos of The Small Faces as their glorious time together neared its end.  The shoes are still on point.  But the hair is lank and the clothes are very disappointing.  1965 has given way to 1968, and sloppy has replaced sharp. The times had a-changed, and were still changing with bewildering […]

“Pellicano is a celebration of that and the attitude of the common man: to always present yourself with pride, dignity and individuality – keep your head held high,” explains Mick, proud owner of Pellicano Menswear. “With quality, ethics and individualism sitting at its core and without the hefty price-tags that go with so many of […]

Sir Horace is a very busy man with many creative skills. He is an established artist and was recently was commissioned to create a series of artwork to celebrate 80 years of the Beano. He is currently presenting his Japanese Vending Machines .exhibition. However, Horace is best known as the bass player with British seminal […]

Neil Clack – author of “Animals! : The Story of England v Argentina reviews the latest film to highlight the life of Diego Maradona. Did Diego Maradona snuff it then? I must’ve been hiking up a mountain somewhere, cut off from the world, when that happened, no doubt a result of his horrific and incurable drug […]