Winter Wonderland

I gave my winter work wardrobe a bit of a refresh this week, picking up a couple of bits from Banana Republic. Winters all about texture and warmth, so I started with a Slim-Fit Luxe Flannel shirt in navy and grey. Its in a thin flannel, with a button down collar which makes it perfect for the office.

 I love maroon, especially for the holiday season, so grabbed a merino crew neck sweater. While you normally see a v-neck with a shirt and tie I really like how a crew neck looks with a tie, giving it fresher modern look. I also added an indigo wool/tweed tie which has a great combination of texture and colour. So now I'm all set for the winter months.

Basketball Diaries

We missed a couple of weeks of basketball as we couldn't get a court booked. But we were back on it last week where I rocked my Nike LeBron 11 Elites that you can see here, and then last night I broke out the LeBron IV Playoffs.

About Time

Last weekend I took part in the Histon & Impington Bonfire Burn 10k run. I trained quite hard to beat my target time, and for my training I used my girlfriends Garmin GPS watch. The Garmin watches are really smart, using GPS to measure your time & distance, and it was a really useful training tool. However as we were both doing the run, having to shell out £100 for my own Garmin to use for the one race I do a year didn't really seem worth it. I figured all I really needed was a stop watch to keep track of my pace.

So I did what everyone does when they need a cheap watch... head to Argos. I planned to get one of the classic black Casio digital watches, you know the ones that everyone had at school. But then I had a flick through the catalogue and found the Casio Illuminator range.

It seems like Casio have taken the basic design of a G-Shock and stripped out all the features and tech to make a range of really fun, stylish sports watches. And the best feature? They're crazy cheap. I pade £12.95 for the blue model (to match my running shirt and Nikes of course). So now I have a stop watch for timing my runs, and it looks so good I might just get some more wear out of it.

Timber!

After a whole bunch of searching I finally found the first of my 'Fall Most Wanted' pieces. I figured it would be easy to find a red buffalo plaid shirt, but it turned out to be a lot more difficult than I thought. I was really interested in Filsons shirts, but the Filson store in London literally never has anything in stock to even look at. I also found a nice shirt in American Apparel but like a lot of their stuff, its really overpriced for the quality of product. 

In the end I found this shirt at Uniqlo. Its in a really soft medium weight flannel, with a great size checking. It's definitely going to be a go-to for Autumn, now I just need to keep searching for some of the other items on my list.

Basketball Diaries

Nike Kevin Garnett III

Basketball Diaries

Jordan XII Flint Grey.

Basketball Diaries

Still not a lot of exciting blogging material at the moment. With the September being so warm I haven't needed to transition into more autumnal clothing or pick up anything new for the season.

I did however play basketball last night for the first time in months. I was invited by a friend to play with his work colleagues, and it was a really good game. Hopefully it's going to be a regular Monday night game, which would be awesome as I'll actually have a chance to wear some of the basketball shoes I have. I thought I'd keep it pretty low-key last night with my Penny Hardaway inspired Zoom Huarache 2k4 Nike ID's.

Countdown to the King

So things are a little slow at the moment with not a lot of exciting style going-ons to blog about. I'm hunting for some of the things on my most wanted list, but without much luck yet. So until I have something interesting to write about I thought I'd pass the time with some sneaker action.

Those of you who follow me on twitter know I have a habit of posting vintage Nike adverts. I've always loved adverts for shoes. When I was really young I used to tear out adverts from my Dads Runners World magazines and stick them on my bedroom wall, and I can still remember all the Nike & Jordan adverts that used to get shown during Channel 4's NBA shows. I spent years searching for the Nike Basketball Revolution advert until someone finally uploaded it to YouTube.

So as a countdown to LeBron's return to the Cavs for the new season I thought I'd post a retrospective of Nike's LeBron adverts over on my twitter. The Nike basketball site used to have a ton of LeBron adverts and pictures, and being the shoe nerd I am I saved a bunch of them. So hit the link on the right hand bar to head over to my twitter and get ready for some LeBron goodness, starting way back at the Zoom Generation 12 years ago...