The Thousands

These days, I think a lot of guys are upping the ante when it comes to fashion. This is cool – it means I’m no longer the best dressed in the room.

When Dilettante first opened it brought with it some of the best Australian and European labels around, taking up a two floor warehouse apartment space, with a wall of fake ivy and bird noises. This Friday sees the launch of Dilettante Homme – a menswear store just a hop, skip and jump from Dilettante original – where the likes of Blaak, Boris Bidjan Saberi, Henrik Vibskov, N.Hoolywood, The Viridi-Anne and Vivienne Westwood Man join Australian heavy hitters Claude Maus and Friedrich Gray.

If you’re not sweating under your seasonal mo yet, you should get a bit hot-under-the-designer-collar upon stepping inside this new space, best described as Old World charm meets conceptual underground. Yes, it’s removed from Dilettante Femme, but this just means fashion lovers now have two stores to revel and delight in. Dilettante Homme brings a whole new frontier of fashion to the city – one that’ll see a whole new load of well dressed men taking the streets. Myself included.