What mens style blogs should I read now that I live in Zurich?
September 14, 2010 10:40 AM Subscribe
Any suggestions for men's clothing websites (retailers or blogs) for folks who live in Europe?
I recently moved from the US to Switzerland and am finding that many of my go-to web sites like Valet and A Continuous Lean showcase very nice looking items, many from small workshops I wouldn't hear about otherwise, which have nothing to do with what I can get here, at least without paying outrageous prices even for Zurich. Likewise, brands like J Crew and sites like Gilt (or normal retailers) that are standard places to browse just aren't relevant either. I suspect my language skills make it hard to discover non-English blogs, and the current trend towards Americana doesn't help.
Any suggestions for sites that help fill either of these roles? I'm especially interested in places that showcase items that I wouldn't stumble across in the big stores, but aren't extremely expensive either. Language doesn't matter too much, considering how visual the topic is. I need to work on my German anyway.
I recently moved from the US to Switzerland and am finding that many of my go-to web sites like Valet and A Continuous Lean showcase very nice looking items, many from small workshops I wouldn't hear about otherwise, which have nothing to do with what I can get here, at least without paying outrageous prices even for Zurich. Likewise, brands like J Crew and sites like Gilt (or normal retailers) that are standard places to browse just aren't relevant either. I suspect my language skills make it hard to discover non-English blogs, and the current trend towards Americana doesn't help.
Any suggestions for sites that help fill either of these roles? I'm especially interested in places that showcase items that I wouldn't stumble across in the big stores, but aren't extremely expensive either. Language doesn't matter too much, considering how visual the topic is. I need to work on my German anyway.
Best answer: These are not necessarily Swiss, but they're in German. I found these by Google-blog-searching "Wollgewebe," which means "tweed." I suggest thinking about what you want to read about, or what things similar English blogs talk about, and Google-blog-search that.
My German is rusty so I didn't really look around too much, but you can check out their blog rolls for more ideas:
http://www.stilmagazin.com/
http://aull.de/style-magazin -- there's a blog in here somewhere but I'm not sure how to get like, the main page. There's an RSS, though. I didn't really spend too much time looking around.
Zurich and Switzerland in general should be rife with tailors -- they might have blogs, or you could Google them and see which blogs are talking about them.
posted by thebazilist at 1:00 PM on September 14, 2010
My German is rusty so I didn't really look around too much, but you can check out their blog rolls for more ideas:
http://www.stilmagazin.com/
http://aull.de/style-magazin -- there's a blog in here somewhere but I'm not sure how to get like, the main page. There's an RSS, though. I didn't really spend too much time looking around.
Zurich and Switzerland in general should be rife with tailors -- they might have blogs, or you could Google them and see which blogs are talking about them.
posted by thebazilist at 1:00 PM on September 14, 2010
Response by poster: Thanks for the tips, thebazilist! Getting a toe-hold on a few sites with good links is pretty much what I need. The idea of just figuring out the German for specific things I read about elsewhere. Should have been obvious, but it wasn't at all. And I'd totally forgotten about Google's blog search, dumbly.
posted by Schismatic at 4:55 AM on September 15, 2010
posted by Schismatic at 4:55 AM on September 15, 2010
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