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>> Just in case some of you aren't Twitter-tied, my night of food and wine excess in Marlow has now rendered me housebound with a nasty sort of stomach bug thing.  I've studied my toilet bowl in depth and found it wanting.  My sale at Circus 11 today was cancelled and it's tbc whether I'm going tomorrow to sell my stuff.  It's all dependent on how magical Steve's congee-making skills are.

Steve's role as weekend nurse has also meant he went out to acquire reading material for me in the form of the latest issue of bStore's magazine, coinciding with a) its ten year birthday and b) a brand new location move from its Savile Row location to Kingly Street.  I've not been down yet but I'm told there's a whole extra floor and from my perspective, there's less of a detour to make from the Soho/Carnaby/Oxford Circus shopping haunt.  

bStore magazine has now had five issues under its belt and just keeps getting better and better.  Not only does product pushing take a back row seat but the subjects it chooses to feature are always slightly surprising.  This issue, they 'Push it Real Good' with a pretty mind blowing cover, styled by Jason Hughes and photographed by Willem Jaspert with an accompanying editorial that is a lesson to be taught in the art of print-mixing in menswear…

I loved this texture-heavy, modern craft ridden editorial, shot by Tom Allen and styled by Steven Westgarth featuring all the London faves – Louise Gray, J.W. Anderson, Mother of Pearl and the newest textural whizzkids, Leutton Postle… 

This editorial shot by Aitken Jolly and styled by Sam Ranger reminds me of how good Peter Jensen knitwear is, in particular this pale blue merino and alpaca jumper… 

Fashion aside, bStore as always delves into subjects that matter to owners Kirk and Matthew… like the sturdy construction of an interesting set of drawers as demonstrated here by Martino Gamper Studio…  

… or a decent bowl of al dente udon from Koya… 

I also discovered this intriguing series of photographs by James Pearson-Howes where he went round Britain documenting the many strange and archaic folk events that still take place around this country.