IN STYLE
Workshops, not sweatshops The new menswear website opposing the short-lived thrill of fast fashion The internet was supposed to make shopping simpler. Not so, say Massimiliano Gritti and Elliott Aeschlimann. The friends always found that searching for quality clothes online was like looking for a needle in a haystack. Quitting their respective jobs in tech and finance, the fashionconscious twosome set up Bombinate, a curated menswear e-tailer dedicated to championing independent brands that you won’t find on the high street. Following a 12,000-mile road trip from London to Mongolia, Bombinate has secured an alliance of more than 100 companies committed to conscious manufacturing techniques, each of which has a compelling story to tell. The result is a collection of under-the-radar brands you won’t find on the high street. Sign up now for £20 credit. Consider yourself in the know. bombinate.com
H AT T R I C K
A titbit of sartorial trivia: the Panama hat takes its name not from the place where it is manufactured – Ecuador, traditionally – but the port from which it was originally exported (in the province of Manabí, Panama). Frescobol Carioca’s Panama hats continue to be handcrafted in Ecuador – and provide a dandyish way to top off all manner of any summer ensembles. £160, mrporter.com
