Years ago, my wife and I were in London, and we stumbled into this store called Sunnysiders (totally go if you get the chance – it’s fantastic).

This is some classic, menswear 1.0 shit right here, and I am not mad at it at all.

To me, the more a fleece looks like a gutted Sesame Street character, the better. And these Italian Sheep Boa Military Lining Jackets from Mr.Olive might as well be made from Snuffleupagus hide. Cut and sewn in Japan out of Italian fleece, these big, burly bastards have a nylon taped button placket, elastic cuffs, drawstrings…

I’m not gonna pretend like these SOPHNET. Quilting Shirt Cardigans aren’t a little ridiculous, but I’m also not going to pretend like I didn’t get butterflies in my stomach when I first saw them, like when I used to see my crush in the 3rd grade.

FDMTL is one of those Japanese brands, like Kapital or Visvim, where as much as I like their clothes, I also know I can’t afford any of them, so I purposely make a point of not browsing their stuff when I’m looking at one of their online stockists because why torture myself, you know?