Farah The Askern Wool Coat
Once a favourite of the casuals subculture, US brand Farah has smartened up its act to bring us some suave outerwear this winter. This camel coat is a particular favourite, taking those retro influences – a three-button closure and a removable Farah pinbadge, for repping the brand on the terraces – but updates them with a slim fit that’s ideal for covering up your actual suit, rather than just a tracksuit. Available at Farah, priced £170.
Nike’s ‘Air Presto’ model. Minus the bold colours and sweeping swoosh, of course. Available at Mr Porter, priced £760.
Discarded Sleeping Stations By George Hields
Conceptual art has always been an easy target for critics, the positioning of ideas over aesthetics opening up artists to accusations that they’re talentless hacks who mask a lack of skill with big words. Ideas that George Hields confronts with this photobook influenced by Ed Ruscha’s Twentysix Gasoline Stations, and in which he snaps discarded sleeping apparatus around Stamford Hill, deliberately ignoring considerations of perspective, framing or composition. The same charges levelled against Ruscha. Not pretty, but ideal for sparking arguments about the nature of art. Available at Hostem, from 8 December.
