Nicolas Ticklish Lookbook

"The Greatest Collection of outerwear on the internet..." - Four Pins.

It really is. If you're unfamiliar with Nic Tics jacket photography, there's over 700 mouthwatering coats over on Tumblr. Dan Vernals, aka one half of Casual Connoisseur , catalogued all of his outerwear purchases over the years into the ultimate selection of jacket porn.

Thought I'd share a few that I've had over the years. Some like the SI Denims and Gloverall I bought direct from the big man himself, others like the Filson and Garbstore I had in different C/Ws...

Casualco x Weekend Offender Piccadilly 

Casualco x NewFangle Treindor 

Norse Projects Thor Light

Stone Island Denims 

Henri Lloyd Round the World Race

One True Saxon Jungle Marsh Parka 

One True Saxon Harrington (had in beige)

CasualCo x Weekend Offender D'Arbly

One True Saxon x Heavenly Records Cats & Dogs

One True Saxon Gun Club Camo

CasualCo Wenlock

Barbour Dry Fly (had in darker green)

Filson Redwood Smock (had in beige)

Stone Island Ice Camo

Garbstore Langdale Shift Parka (had in light khaki)

CasualCo Beat-a-Storm (also had in blue & grey)

Peter Storm Cagoule (also had in green)

Albam Fisherman's Cagoule (had in navy)

Berghaus Goretex 

Woolrich Parka

One True Saxon Shooting Jacket (also had in green)

Gloverall duffle

One True Saxon Supply Parka 

Thrifty Shopper

I love a bargain. Here's a few purchases I've amassed in past few months via cheap but not always tasteful means...

GANT - Brand new, in my size and all for the low low price of £3.50 from the local hospice charity shop. Quality find that proves visiting your local thrift shop, despite leaving hundreds of times empty handed, eventually leaves you quids in...

CC Sweat - Had this since the summer actually, but now we've got to autumn it'll get a bit of wear. Full Metal Jacket inspired Viet conflict sweatshirt that says 'Yeah I support the boys overseas, but I'll do it whilst lounging round at home in a quality sweat. Deal with it". £12 from fleabay.

Decent Denim - Lost a fair bit of weight (two stone to be precise) so needed some new jeans as my arse was slipping off in the old ones. A lot of spoken about Japanese selvedge and the like, but I've headed West for the heritage brands of the US in Levi and Lee. By west I mean I went to the local TKM.

Woolrich - You can't beat a bit of Wooly. Got this vintage shirt from bay of despair for a few bob. Not sure what the design pattern is, but provides a bit of welcome relief from all checks in the wardrobe - Smart chambray with fossils. An added bonus is that it's a large. Get in there you formerly fat bastard.

Minster Moors - Love a shoe that looks like a burnt asymmetrical cornish pasty. So just as well I snapped these prime Minsters from the Connoisseur forum for a price of similar worth to fifteen of the Cornwall delicacies...

Faconnable - My favourite shirt brand of all time, but now available as a cap. Wow. Admittedly I'm not a cap wearer (my basey and Air Max days are about a fifth of a century behind me) but this was going for free on above said CC forum. Will name and shame the kind member - Hax. A true Gent who gave me holiday headwear for the price of a fart (only nice)...

Loaded - I only bought it for the articles. No really. Back in 1995 there were no semi nipped lasses in Loaded. Anyway a Great and Straight (Yeah) Shaun Ryder discusses newly formed Black Grape, plus a decent interview with the yet to be disgraced Ron Atkinson and an article on Casuals shopping. From Bay for a bob or two, expect a blog involving this in the not too distance future...

Coal not Dole - Pin badge for a quid. Just doing my bit, a show of support for the NUM. The union will never cave in...

Serpico - Gone full circle and back to the same charity shop where I got this cult classic, that I've shamefully never owned, for 50p. Widescreen edition too so I can appreciate the great mans beard and choice in hats in all there glory...

Sweat Shopping

Sweatshirts. They look cool. But I've always struggled to find any that excite me. So therefore, sweatshirt less, I'm uncool. Actually I'm over warm, sweating my balls off in a lambswool knit, when what's required is a temperature controlling cotton pullover.

Anyway my wait is over, finally found a corker of a sweatshirt that's Rich in quality. Woolrich are one of the USAs finest in outdoor clothing, and rather pleasingly, were started by an Englishman. John Rich was fresh off the boat in the late 1800s, landing in the new world looking to seek his fortune. Found it he did, and for numerous years now his fine wares have been making their way back across the pond, and finding themselves on the backs of Casual Men up and down the terraces.

Love the design of this. Always like the V shape on the crew neck. I find it rebellious. Like the cheap BHS roundnecks you used to wear at school when the uniform was a proper big wooly V neck. Also love the minimum branding, with just a small tab externally on the ribbed hem. It feels a million dollars on.

Also snaffled a RL 1/4 zip sweat too. Because why not.