Now that christmas has been and gone it’s time to take the chocolates off of the coffee and move them to the bathroom cabinet, yes that’s right, the bathroom cabinet. Often declared as waist plumping, chocolate is great for the palette however, not so great on the scales. Read more →

Lumpiness, lethargy and an overwhelming bloated feeling are just three things that Father Christmas so kindly offers to us every year, but as the gifts weren’t presented to us in wrapping paper, we left them under the tree until we came across them a few days ago.

Yes, just as we enter the complete come-down from Christmas, as we pack up our decorations and wave Sayonara to the last morsels of chocolate that stood so proud just a week ago, waiting for friends to consume, our bodies seem twice as heavy and the comfort of the bed becomes impossible to leave.

A regime of comfort

To flush away such traits is quite a difficult one to achieve in the short term, as to get back into the stride of working-out seems a long way away, so a helping hand in attaining a general boost to your body could be a vital acquisition to the process of making you feel more like a celery stick than a mince pie.

Atone, a new natural enzyme support brand, have started 2011 in inspiring form, under the realisation that to bring to the market a range of helpful supplements for the consumer in January can only be a positive move for both consumer and brand.

Confused?

Enzymes are protein molecules that act as a regulator for all our bodily functions, so when they are in short supply, the result is a slower metabolism and a weaker immune system. Atone have released six completely individual supplements, each arranged specifically to deal with the many aspect of ones life that can be effected by a slack in Enzymes.

A reinvigorating addition to the market, Atone will aim to install a modern way of thinking, presenting products that deal with the many trials and issues that modern man has to deal with.

Co-Owner of Atone, Naomi Murtagh, said “Most of what’s on the market ends up concealed in your desk draw, hidden in the bottom of your bag, or worse, left at home. We are not promising miracles, we believe Atone works best when you work with it – eat well, sleep well, exercise sensibly and enjoy life.”

All six products are now available from the Atone online store. Click here to visit

Killington Resort stretches across six mountains and features 140 diverse trails served by 22 lifts. Killington’s elevation advantage, combined with the world’s most extensive 600-acre snowmaking system and 250 inches of annual snowfall, means you’ll enjoy the best ski and snowboard conditions every day of the season.Killington is known for its diversity of terrain, providing skiers and riders of all ability levels a choice of wide-open groomed cruisers, narrow classic New England runs, moguls, steeps and trees. Killington offers multiple terrain features for snowboarders and free-skiers, including five terrain parks and a 500-foot long Superpipe. Whether you’re in the mood for an après burger and beer, a gourmet meal or just a place to put your feet up and take it all in, you’ll find over 50 restaurants and bars in Killington.  Killington is easily accessible via Boston, Mass on the eastern seaboard.  A fantastic resort to visit and with the -5hour time difference I found that we were up and ready to hit the slopes before most people were out of their noddy cots.  My only slight criticism with skiing in Canada/North America is that it’s very difficult to imbibe in an alcoholic drink at lunchtime, partly down to the risk of being injured then sued whilst being intoxicated, very different to European ski resorts.
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A warm, hard-wearing pair of ski gloves are a vital part of your ski wardrobe. They cannot be overlooked as a fruitless accessory.  The wrong glove can ruin what could be a fantastic days skiing. Read more →

In most scenarios, the mention of a visit to a gender-specific area of scientific study and examination would be received with varying degrees of panic, emotional trauma and maybe even a private consultation with a certain little friend of yours, as you reassure him with kind words and soft tones to nurse his confused (cough) head.

But rest assured chaps, as Harrods is the home of this specific Men’s Lab, where no contraptions of the shiny metal variety can be seen.

Launched in Mid-December, the ‘Men’s Lab’ is the new department that embraces male urban style, joining together the biggest brands in High-Street fashion to showcase a concept of Aesthetic ruggedness – a Mecca of modern trends.

Not only does the space hold exclusive ranges from G-Star, Diesel and 7, the area has a designated performance space for DJ’s and upcoming bands, so not only are you gifted a collaborating cave of your favourite brands, but you also get a backing track.

So now all of that soppy, non-self indulgent christmassy gunk has escaped your minds, along with all the hapiness of course, why not take your frustration from the unwanted clothing gifts out on Harrods. As Christmas is for giving, January is for spending like a Saudi-Arabian prince.

Click Here to visit the Men’s Lab

Ever seen a hairstyle you really like but you just know ‘Frank,’ your back street barber, hasn’t a cat in hells chance of pulling it out of the bag?  Has intimidation ever prevented you from entering the shiny salon on the high st…..? If this sounds familiar, don’t despair, you’re really not alone. Read more →

Welcome chaps to this, our first opinion post drawn from our own specific Sartorial take on the ways of a modern man’s world. As 2010 has been retired to memory, we have set ourselves a new year’s resolution, which is to simply be more honest in 2011. This will be our channel to nurse our wanting to be open, and we invite you along with us with open arms.

Each post will pose a question for you to ponder, contemplate and discuss as we struggle our way to a conclusive opinion, what ever that may be.

Inspired, like all women will also hopefully be, by the brain child of Letitia Schlunberg that solves an issue that has destroyed sexual atmospheres ever since somebody decided that the breasts of a female couldn’t simply be without a restrainer, we took inspiration from her Magnetic Underwear collection, and thought.

From gent to lad, just for now

Although we hope that, in most occasions, we keep a smut-less profile at Sartorial Male, we couldn’t help but throw our Nut’s Magazine heads on for just a small moment, and ponder about not just the benefits of such a product, but other inventions that should widely be available for the ladies that would make our lives a lot easier indeed.

So as we traded in our usual morals for a slightly-tabloidy mindset, the ideas began to circle. The miraculous, the impossible and the down-right absurd suggestions were making their way across a notepad, in what can only be described as a ‘slighty-sexist scribble.’

HOW ABOUT…

One such ideas was a miraculous facial wipe that a lady could carry with her as she headed into town for a night of alcohol-fuelled exploits, leading to whatever she feels comfortable with when it’s time to grab a taxi, alone or with male guest. The night would continue on its inevitable nocturnal instincts, but come the morning time, instead of waking up to a lady completely unrecognisable to the night before, with the help of this device, the female can restore all her enhanced beauties of the previous night, that enticed you to her quarters in the first place. I think we can agree that a woman’s appearance can be a little misleading in such cases, so with this invention, all problems are solved and you awake relaxed rather than regretful.

OR, MAYBE…

Another of our genius ideas (just nod along, you will get your turn), was a compact spirit level that can be taken to any first date, that measures the duration of how long she is talking about herself. Using the calculations of ‘Time spent on self/Time spent on him’ the device will be set to the ratio of 65/35, which we think is the norm when it comes to a woman on a date. The device can be left in the handbag, within earshot, and as soon as the balance drifts further towards her own natterings about her life, it vibrates.

She realises she is going on a bit, and brings the date back to a level ground. No longer will a blossoming relationship be cut down by an imbalance of conversation. Yes, maybe a female who spends this amount of time talking about herself wouldn’t be a good companion, but everyone is subject to change,

So there’s two for you chaps, and seeing as we have offered our ideas for your dissecting, how about you give us yours.

Away from the witless crowds of chaps that drown themselves in Stella Artois on a nightly basis in Yates’s, and the rough, generously-portioned chaps that trudge through their manual labour yards of semi-racism and swearing, the banter train regularly offers risky, yet intriguing, topics that, if one was ballsy enough to bring up, could turn a table of humerus and likeable chaps to puzzled whimsy, as they decipher their own tongue’s forthcoming spurt of either genius or drabness that just falls flat on its arse.

Speaking of lick-able men (I think we were, were we not?), every man worth his salt has, what we like to call, a ‘man crush.’ A popular personality (not John from accounts. That’s not banter ammunition) that is overwhelmingly recognised for his aesthetically-pleasing poise and guile. If you were going to, you definitely would with this chap.

OK, so you probably wouldn’t fancy being gunged by such gent, but you will openly admit that if you ever were going to ‘play the ball leg-side’, ‘take up two cushions of the settee’, or ‘any old nonsensical euphemism that could easily be translated as being gay’, it would be this magazine-plastered man you would take on in a mutual bonding of lust.

1. David Beckham

My word, he is a beautiful boy lads. Whatever mass of hair that decides to crop around his perfectly former yet rugged face, it doesn’t taint our wanting for D-Beck. Not pre-2002 D-Beck, because he was a bit too big-time to notice us, but from then on, he has recognised our following and has transformed into a multi-cultural, sartorial, honest and lovely chap. He is so good looking, that if you were with a group of girls and they were discussing Mr Beckham’s charms, you would be just as involved as the Cosmo-Sippers, as you start to define his time line by his hair, with such magic as ‘But girls, those tied-back locks at Madrid in 2004 weren’t a patch on his short Brad-Pitt style in 2008. LA must bring it out in him.’ A completely unashamed leader of the list.

2. Barack Obama

Is it the power? Is it the charm? Is it the ability to promise change to millions of people and only deliver a bit of patching up? Oh, who cares about reasoning, Barack is a cool dude. Completely slick in tongue. Obama has the handy advantage of being affiliated and connected to old men and stupid men (George Bush, John Mccain – not exactly eye-candy) But just because the delicious meal is followed a packet of ready salted crisps doesn’t mean the meal isn’t delicious in its own right, and that’s how we see Obama.

3. George Clooney

Clooney is on a one-man mission on joining every man on the planet in an agreement of affection. So you could say that the only chance this world has at world peace is to get everyone to shout at once ‘George Clooney can have me at once’ into the sky, followed by giggles, hugs and mutual raising of glasses. He represents what we all should be, but we don’t envy Clooney, we just paint him with complements. He cruises around on a motor-cycle, his hair is natural, if he wants to grow a beard he will, and most importantly…He doesn’t succumb to the domestic obedience that is usually required of a man of his guild. And my god, do we love him for that.

4. Clive Owen

Yes, so the media and critics may say he is slacking a little in the acting department, but in our minds, he is still the ultimate concoction of rugged, English gentlemanly-aggression that we seek out for such a crush. His ridiculously brutal, cave-man rant at Julia Roberts in Closer, where he quizzes her over her adultery, concluding with the immortal line ‘Now fuck off and die, you fucked up slag.’ The shivers from that scene still bring me to shout ‘Go On Clive. Legend, what a legend,’ as I sit on my own watching Rom-Com’s, writing articles on men I fancy. Maybe this list isn’t fairly represented by the male population…

5. Ryan Reynolds

The forth-coming green lantern has slowly emerged as one of Hollywoods brightest stars, and even from his early goofy role in Comedy ‘Just Friends’, we saw something in Reynolds that we liked. Any man who is able to hold such a physique and not produce a complex within the male onlooker has to be in with a shout of making any male-affection list. A great comedy actor as well as his straight roles, we commend Reynolds for his struggle to the top, as although we could agree that teen-comedy ‘Two guys a girl and a pizza place’ had its charm, it was never going to produce a star. We were wrong Ryan, so wrong.

Honourable mention

Nadia Almada – Big Brother Winner.

She counts, and come on, if no one was looking…

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