The Dapper Report

- E' bello ciò che piace -
This simple rule describes best what the well known Italian label Malo is about.
Simplicity, fantastic fabrics ,pure Italian sporty elegance, clean designs and cuts turn every Malo product in a High Fashion piece which should be in every gentlemen's wardrobe.
Malo was found in the 1970th in Liguria/Portofino by Alfredo & Giacomo Canessa. The idea was born during a fresh summer night when a lot of Italian men took out their classy Scottish straight cut cashmere pullovers. During this night they had a vision of a well tailored modern cashmere knitwear. So they took all their courage and produced their first pieces with a big success. Their pullovers were sold like hot cakes so they decided to move to Florence to establish their label. At the Pitty Imagine Fashion trade show Malo also captivated not only the Italian customers but the Americans, Germans and as well the Asian ones. That is how a fantastic label took its steps into the Fashion Olymp. During the 80th Malo opened several highend stores in Italy, New York City, Düsseldorf, Paris & Tokio. So they spread their sense of understatement and timeless elegance all over the world.
More than 30 years later Malo remained faithful to its principles.
That's why I like to present the new Malo S/S 2016 collection to you.
I had the opportunity to have a sneak peek of these wonderful pieces last November at the Press Day of TASK PR in Munich.
This collection shows best what I've been already talked about. The typical timeless elegance in combination with a sporty twist.
Inspired by the Ligurian sea and it's sundowns this collection became a declaration of love to the Italian countryside and beauty of nature. So it's obvious that only the best fabrics could be used (like Mongolian Cashmere, silk, cotton & linen). The warm & soft cashmere gives you such a pleasurable feeling on your skin that you never want to wear other cashmere products again.
My absolute favorite pieces of the coming collection is the double breasted blue blazer & the whole outfit with the beige leather jacket. But all the others products are stunning as well!
In summary I have to say that Malo has found the perfect balance of high quality fabrics, understatement elegance but as well to move with the times. Malo is a fantastic choice for every sophisticated knitwear lover!

So let me end this post with the quote of the beginning!
- E' bello ciò che piace -

Cheers,
Marc

P.s: If you would like to see more from Malo just click on the pictures to visit their website

Paris. The city of lights.
For a lot of the people Paris is one of the most beautiful places of the world. The architecture, the art, the good food and the atmosphere walking through the old palaces which where important locations during the French Revolution. Paris was the cradle of art, fashion & the idea of the modern democracy  and will always be a very expressive place for the Western world.
So like you could have already noticed I had some wonderful days in Berlin & Paris because of the Fashion Weeks.
Berlin was very familiar to me because I knew quite a lot of people and met some very cool new ones. Its was a fantastic experience to be part of it. (there will be a blogpost about Berlin a little later)
Afterwards I took my flight to Paris to take part in several Fashion Shows.
One of my favorite looks of my Fashion Week seasion can be seen above. I decided to shoot this look at the Palais Royal. It's such an inspiring and lively location. Especially the last picture really shows what no word could describe.
This place is like an island of recovery in the heart of a big, loud city.


Like Thomas Jefferson said: ´A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of life.

Cheers,
Marc

Like you could have already noticed it's Fashion Week Season again. All fashion freaks (included me) are crawling out of their dark cavities back to the runways to pick up the bread crumbs the designers are going to throw.
At the moment the fashion circus stopped in Milano, next stop Paris. In Paris I'm going to jump on the train and try to inhale the genius of the big designers, the atmosphere & the spirit of this fantastic city.
But now I like to talk about what we have seen in London this time. I'm not thinking about the big labels like Burberry, Alexander McQueen or Belstaff, today I like to present some very special pieces by super talented young designers to you.


- Agi & Sam -

Sometimes it is very useful to look apart the mainstream. So I did and decided not to have a look at the shows of the big fashion houses but rather to watch those that I've never tried to notice (shame on me).
We often suffer  from tunnel-type vision on the established brands but the new ones are more exciting, fresh and cool. It can be compared to a new crush: You never thought to get over the pain that your last relationship left at the place your heart should be but this new crush is giving something to you that you haven't expected. Exactly this feeling I had while clicking through the newest collection of the duo Agi Mdumulla & Sam Cotton. Especially the cuts, fabrics & colors of their pieces fuse into a wonderful piece of art. I know a lot of people are thinking that fashion can't be compared with art. But I and a huge number of other people would disagree because we are carrying fashion our whole life, fashion emphasizes our character & gives us the opportunity to reach for the stars.
For me Fashion is the most important way of commercial art, because everybody is always confronted by it. So be quick to get some of these great pieces by Agi & Sam before they turn into a Van Gogh.
You can feel all of their heart in this collection.

Cheers,
Marc

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Like I already told you on Instagram this post is a very special one, a very personal one.
A lot of you guys asked me why I'm doing this blog and how did it all start.
First of all I started this blog in 2011 as a diary for myself. It was the time after I had passed my A level and thought about what & where to study.
Especially my time in London & Cannes inspired my to do this because fashion, travel and other lifestyle topics were always important issues in my family.
I'm the only one who is not in the luxury or fashion industry, I decided to pick a completely other way: dentistry. I moved from my old hometown Hannover to NRW to begin my studies & time after time I began to miss the conversations with my family about their work. 20 years of my life it was one of the biggest and most important issues so I decided to work a little harder on my blog.
Especially for men  it isn't that easy to increase your popularity because the blogger scene is dominated by women.
That can be seen in the front rows of fashion weeks and the collaborations of the big labels. Just ask yourself how many big male fashion blogger you know as compared to female ones.
Of course there are IamGalla, & the ThreeF, Matthew Zorpas but in comparison to Chiara Ferragni, Kayture, Gary Pepper Girl, Songofstyle & Tuulavintage they are pretty small.
What I want to say with this is that for men it's the hardest industry to compete the girls and I always knew about it.
But in case of trowing in the towel I worked pretty hard last year to turn my personal diary into a serious blog. First of all I changed the name into The Dapper Report & the design (will be soon redesigned). I began to work with PR agencies and started my first collaborations.
I'm feeling so blessed that I had the opportunity to work with Chopard, Shiseido, Kempinski Hotel Group, LaMartina and many more. Especially 2016 is getting even more exciting.
Next points on my agenda are Berlin Fashion Week & Paris Fashion Week. Besides there are some more very interesting projects I'm going to do this year. Stay tuned.

I also want to thank you for all of your support!
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Wishing you all a fantastic evening!

Cheers,
Marc

First of all I want to wish you all a Happy New Year! I spent my free days in my old hometown Hannover and enjoyed Christmas with my family and friends. Like nearly every holidays I had a lot of fantastic & tasty food, especially chocolate. On New Years Eve I had wonderful dinner at a friends house and we enjoyed some good conversations while having some champagne. Afterwards we went to a party at the city centre. For the new year I had some resolutions like to become a little more organized and to use my free time in the most effective way.
Like you can see on the pictures above the winter came pretty late this year but it is finally here.
So I have to use the chance to take some pictures in a snowy park in Hannover.
The snow covered the meadows, trees and plants in a powdery white coat and shows the winterly beauty I missed the whole December.