New: Lace-up shirts @ Renown by Aitui
Have you ever noticed how the International Male catalog just follows you around? I mean, once you’re on the mailing list–and who knows how that happens in the first place?–it’s for life. You can move and leave no forwarding address, but it’ll find you. It’s always just there, waiting in the mailbox. Or, hmm, maybe that’s just me. These slick new lace-up shirts by Jesseaitui Petion of Renown feel to me like upscale re-interpretations of one of those ”classic” IM designs (undoubtedly called something awful like “Pirate Shirt”) that you might look at in the catalog but never order, or order but never wear, or wear but wonder if you’re really pulling it off. If you say these are a bit of a leap for most guys, I’d agree, but I’d argue that they’re one worth making. They’re beautifully textured, have a great, slinky fit, and have already earned me some compliments.
These shirts are available in red, brown and black and come with optional flexi ties you can wear, if you’re not afraid, to take the look right to (or perhaps over) the top. The flexi ties conflict with the usual attachment point for necklaces, which wasn’t really a problem for me as it seemed that adding a necklace to this shirt really would be just too much. Jesse describes these as dress shirts, but I think they work equally well worn casually with jeans.
Snarky humor at International Male’s expense aside, these shirts are fantastic. Take a chance and give them a try. And really, if you look like a page from the International Male catalog, is that really so bad? Really?
Available for L$100 each at Renown (Aitui 96, 211, 35).
This shirt was also sold at Structure a few years ago(Express for Men before name change) and even at Express for Men I believe, as well as perhaps by some other brands I have seen, not just International Male
GREAT finding it though, been looking for something like this.
Hi, thanks for the write-up!
I actually have never heard of International Male (Sad? lol Oh well), though I`m certaintly not saying I came up with the design myself. It was inspired by a shirt I own in SL.
I guess that`s how a lot of good designs are birthed- inspiration.
Jesse – dude, how have you never even heard of International Male? You can even buy the catalog at newsstands where I live (although that is a relatively recent development). I can’t decide if you’ve been outrageously lucky or seriously deprived.
Anyway, your shirts are far more upscale than the ones I remember from the IM catalog!
Aw thanks.
I`m deprived of A LOT of things on this island. We don`t even have billboards lol.
Hey, where can you buy these? Cant find them anywhere, and that “Renown” link doesnt work!
Would be very grateful, cheers x
Hmm, I suspect these older shirts by Jesse aren’t available any more–I didn’t see them on my quick tour through the store anyway. Sorry about the old link, it’s pretty much impossible for me to keep all these old posts updated when designers move their shops, change the names, or both. You can click here to visit Jesseaitui Petion’s store, Aitui.
There’s a similar shirt, called Glauco, at Menlosophy. You can see a few pics and find a TP link here.