In the past few weeks I’ve been showcasing our upcoming collections to our affiliated stylists, including The Japan Edit, which made choosing my top five items of this week really easy. Side note; I would advise taller gents to be cautious with sizing as some of the below brands can be unforgiving with sleeve length.

I was lucky enough to see (and try on) The Japan Edit at some of our press events. This KAPITAL patchwork jacket is crafted from vintage bandanas, which you can expect to be very lightweight and breathable. It has a lot of great details such as the pleating throughout the jacket and the buttons have a lovely opalescence to them. This would look great with a white T-shirt and your favourite jeans.

Despite recently quitting smoking (go me), this lighter-holder necklace by AMBUSH® went swiftly on my Wish List. The designer, Ms Yoon Ahn, has another position as the director of jewellery for Dior Homme, so you can expect superb quality and design from her own line. It has a nice weight to it and the gunmetal-tone material appears more metallic when you hold it.

As seen on Mr Pharrell Williams, this Human Made sweatshirt is adorned with a ramen print, which helped me decide on my lunch today. The Japanese cotton is incredibly soft to the touch. I would chuck this on with a pair of light denim jeans and sneakers.

I actually already own three Wacko Maria shirts, but another won’t hurt. I love the soft handle of the Japanese fabric; two darts in the back ensure for a great silhouette and it is super easy to steam. This zebra-print style is made in collaboration with Mr Hiroshi Fujiwara’s brand Fragment. I would pair this with black trousers and a leather jacket.

These Auralee trousers are going straight onto my Wish List along with its sorbet-hued cotton-georgette camp-collar shirts. The trousers are brilliantly crafted from a lightweight wool twill which, again, is soft to the touch (are you sensing a theme here?) They are slightly tapered so they drape beautifully. I would wear this with a tucked-in camp collar shirt with a blouson jacket over it.