The Coffee King Illustration and Print
The Coffee King
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-Sunflowerman Bespoke Suit
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Coffee King
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Daily Fashion Project, The Inimitable Ignatious Joseph
Where is home for you?:
My home is in Europe. Of course i have a place to hang my hats, but I have never seen myself as limited to just one country or one city. I was born in Asia and so moving here meant making this part of the Eurasian landmass with its elegant capitals like Vienna, Paris, Rome, Brussels and the many more intimate places my home. Home you could say is where I share life with other people who have similar interests and passions to mine.
If you could go anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?
Right now! You mean in this very instant? I would say I'm due for another trip East, to a more sedate, even sultry climate. I think I could use a hot tea in Kandy between innings at my favourite cricket ground.
If you could only have one pair of shoes, what color would they be?
Are you serious? Naturally red. Or white with a jar of very good French shoe cream— red that is.
Podcasts or audiobooks?
I belong to the generation that still holds the newspaper in two hands and folds it under one’s arm on the way to breakfast.
Extroverted or Introverted?
Selling anything requires a certain amount of extroversion. But I think I am basically a shy person who prefers privacy when not in the line of duty.
If you were a dragon, what would you hoard?
I have always thought of dragon's as fire-breathing, mobile beasts, not as sedentary types inclined to hoard anything. If I were a dragon, I would be flying about the earth even more than now.
What first interested you in men's fashion?
I was never interested in men's fashion. I have always been interested in being well-dressed. There is a difference, you know. The Austrian Adolf Loos once wrote that being well-dressed is never out of fashion and if your attire is conspicuously fashionable, one can be sure that next season one is no longer "swell-dressed".
Has one piece of art, literature or music helped shape who you are today?
I was raised with the game of cricket. I would say that my feelings about life and sport are best explained in the book by CLR James-- Beyond a Boundary. It is a cricket book for non-cricketers too.
Do you prefer to learn from other's mistakes, or make your own mistakes?
There are some who believe it is impossible to learn from others' mistakes. I support this view. A casual observer or even many a "consultant" sees the mistakes of others only from her or his own perspective, values, and history. That is why we hear or read so often that certain people make grand (as opposed to great) decisions which appear to fly in the face of history. History is a fiction. Everyone is forced to make his own mistakes. What we call "learning from the mistakes of others" is a selection process: we identify things outside ourselves and suppose that they can be compared with our own life situation or experience. Once we do that it is no longer "theirs". But then we do not know in advance the consequences of doing what others did or did not do unless we know our own histories. And that is the heart of the problem: we have to find our own mistakes and then we can ask if the choices made by others are-- as we identified them-- options for us. This is also why all these "self-help books" with advice from, let us call them "successful" people, are mostly useless. I often say there is "no self from the shelf". This also applies to life. No one can solve another person's problems. You always have to do it yourself-- and as George Carlin once said-- "self-help? well if you did it yourself, you didn't need any help…"
If you had to choose a different career, what would you be doing?
Selling soap powder, perhaps? Or as scorekeeper for the Sri Lankan national cricket team…
Daily Fashion Project, Amilton Estrela
Amilton Estrela
Instagram
sir_acce
Where is home for you?
Home is where my heart is.
If you could go anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?
South Africa
If you could only have one pair of shoes, what color would they be?
Brown and a few Saphir inks
Podcasts or audiobooks?
Podcasts
Extroverted or Introverted?
It depends on the situation, but firstly, I just watch and observe people around me before I start to interact.
If you were a dragon, what would you hoard?
I would claim a role on Game of Thrones.
What first interested you in men's fashion?
My first passion was men’s shoes
Has one piece of art, literature or music helped shape who you are today?
A piece of art , my mom !
Do you prefer to learn from other's mistakes, or make your own mistakes?
I am a strong believer that we only learn from our own mistakes, and that lessons in life will be repeated until you learn from it.
If you had to choose a different career, what would you be doing?
Shoe maker
What are you most proud of in your own life?
Being a father
Daily Fashion Project, Artur Santos
Instagram
@dailyartur
@art_sartorial
Where is home for you?
My beautiful city. Porto.
If you could go anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?
India
If you could only have one pair of shoes, what color would they be?
Blue
Podcasts or audiobooks?
podcasts
Extroverted or Introverted?
Introverted
If you were a dragon, what would you hoard?:
If I were a dragon i would end world war and hunger.
What first interested you in men's fashion?
Essence and style. I don't like fashion trends.
What is one great failure that you've had and what did you learn from it?
Trust in the wrong people. I learned to protect myselfbefore I could trust.
Has one piece of art, literature or music helped shape who you are today?
I love the Dalai Lama books. They helped me to be a better human.
Do you prefer to learn from other's mistakes, or make your own mistakes?
I believe we never went wrong. Either we are right, or we learn.
If you had to choose a different career, what would you be doing?
I can't imagine doing anything else.
What are you most proud of in your own life?
Create my own brand.
Daily Fashion Project, Palmer Mutandwa
Website
buttonbrothers.com.au
Instagram
@buttonbrothers
Where is home for you?
Melbourne, Australia
If you could go anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?
Mpumalanga, South Africa
If you could only have one pair of shoes, what color would they be?
Black
Podcasts or audiobooks?
Podcasts. NY Hip Hop Report, Jazz After Dark, Smooth Jazz Affair.
Extroverted or Introverted?
Definitely Extroverted
If you were a dragon, what would you hoard?
Vintage cars
Do you prefer to learn from other's mistakes, or make your own mistakes?
I prefer learning from my own mistakes, you only get better at something by trying, you only get stronger by falling. There's no formula or manual book in life you've just gotta live and learn.
What are you most proud of in your own life?
My compassion and love for people
Daily Fashion Project, Carlo Alberto Maccanovic Romanov
Instagram
@carloalbertomaccanromanoff
Where is home for you?
Venice, London
If you could go anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?
Cambodia to see the Angkor Wat temple
If you could only have one pair of shoes, what color would they be?
White
Podcasts or audiobooks?
real books
Extroverted or Introverted?
too Extroverted
If you were a dragon, what would you hoard?
A diamonds treasure
Has one piece of art, literature or music helped shape who you are today?
Music, Art and Architecture in general it's always been a part of my life, reason why I decided to study Architecture for my university studies and take music lessons since i can remember. I've always been attracted by it mostly because of the place I come from! Here in Italy I grew up in a Medieval Castle so I've always been surrounded by art and statues of all kind! I wouldn’t be able to say which piece butdefinitely would be an ancient one, like a building more then a statue or a painting. All this shaped who I am today, always remembering where i’m from and never be pushed down by people who judge because you will always find the strength to pull yourself back thanks to the knowledge and the goal that one day you can be like these great minds and build something like they were able to do.
What are you most proud of in your own life?
I would definitely start with the family, without them I wouldn't be here, they mean everything to me. My ability to smile and laugh even though something bad has happen to me and be able to look back on things and extract the valuable learning experiences to share with others.
Daily Fashion Project, Benedikt Fries
Website (if applicable)
shibumi-firenze.com
Instagram
instagram.com/shibumifirenze/
Where is home for you?
Well, I live in Florence, but my heart is home in Japan.
If you could go anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?
Kyoto.
If you could only have one pair of shoes, what color would they be?
Chocolate brown (suede, of course).
Podcasts or audiobooks?
I don’t like both of them. I buy or borrow only real books; preferably used ones with notes or credits of the previous owner. The best are books with forgotten receipts of the library inside with a list of books the prior person also borrowed. Beta version of amazon’s “customers also bought…”.
Extroverted or Introverted?
Strange mix of extroverted and shy at the same time.
If you were a dragon, what would you hoard?
Ties.
Has one piece of art, literature or music helped shape who you are today?
Would be easy to give a cool answer to that and name something cheesy like The Great Gatsby. But to be honest, no, only one piece didn’t shape me; the entirety of everything, yes, sure.
Do you prefer to learn from other's mistakes, or make your own mistakes?
Definitely to learn from other’s mistakes. I can’t believe that anyone who’s saying the opposite is telling the truth. Learning and improving is always great and important, but honestly, making mistakes will always make you feel bad.
If you had to choose a different career, what would you be doing?
NBA player, but my tailors never wanted me to grow that tall, so I decided to keep being short and work in the menswear business instead.
What are you most proud of in your own life?
I’ve never did ice skating.
