A Photoshoot with Racing Green

Above is a preview of a recent Racing Green photoshoot that took place at Studio 6 for our SS12 collection, the photoshoot featured April showers, the London Olympics and the Summer Music Festivals.

The aim of our shoot is based around a British seaside beach, and the back drop features a white beach hut and great props have been used such as wooden crates, deck chairs, beach essentials such as sand and pebbles and an old road bike.

The prob we used for the April showers shoot was provided by the excellent chaps at London Undercover, the London-based umbrella specialist. The umbrella used in our shoot is the Sherlock which has great features such as beech wood shaft and bamboo handle.

Look out for the new images that will be appearing on the site soon!

The SS12 Collection new to Racing Green

"Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough" (Charles Dudley Warner 1829 - 1900)

Here at Racing Green we believe that a good brand will always express your personality and not its own. Our new Racing Green Spring/Summer men's collection comes together to create the perfect wardrobe, we suggest you pick some of your favourite items and piece together your own personal collection. All of our pieces are classic yet thoughtfully cut and finished to always keep you looking cool and contemporary.

The new spring/summer collection is exactly what you need and consists of the right amount of everything.

Here we have a few statement items from the SS12 collections:

Clean laundered casual shirts

For SS12 we have two different shirts.

Our Laundered Classics take the traditional and timeless oxford weave, end on end and poplin worked into a neatly styled and soft washes shirts, with fine stitching and simple trims.

This season checks are very popular, in the bold style and the more subtle style, these shirts are clean with neat collars and other with western influenced yokes and pocket detail.

Chinos

Racing Green have a great selection of chinos, in colours such as navy, stone and sand. We also have a choice of fits, the regular fit which consists of twin needle detail and a soft wash and the slim fit which consists of clean seams and a rinse wash which develops your shape as you wear them.

Clean and smart denim

Similar to the chino, we have two styles of denim. We have the regular fit which comes in the choices of stonewash and rinsewash , and slim fit which comes in a much darker denim, a perfect match for our fantastic clean cut shirts.

Outerwear

For the Racing Green spring / summer season, key outerwear pieces are the waxed cotton hooded coat which has fantastic features like leather trims and natural draw cord and no to forget the Engineers jacket and fantastic zipped Harrington Jacket.

Footwear

This seasons styles consist of, stitched leather brogues which are available in both tan and black perfect for both casual and formal occasions , there is also the popular smart desert boots, Racing Green have them in both brown and sand, made from suede and they look great with chinos!

Palette:

The new range includes timeless pieces that are perfect for the upcoming seasons, and revolve around the following four themes:

• Classic summer Navy & White, highlighted with the Red or Fresh Green
• Camel & Stone, is offered with both Aqua and Burnt Orange highlight

Introducing Racing Green's Parka

Here at Racing Green we are proud to introduce to all our customers the summer parka, we have the parka available in two great colours! Both navy and sand and you can find the fantastic garment in our outerwear casual jackets collection. The cotton material ensures you always look contemporary and the coat also features a wax style coating that will gradually soften as it gets worn.

The word parka comes from the Nenets language and in the Aleutian Islands the word's definition is "animal skins", and was first  known to enter the English written record in 1625.

In the past the parka coat was a big heavy jacket with a hood often lined with fur, leading it to become the perfect protection from the elements such as the cold and wind. The coat was originally made from caribou or seal and was first invented by Eskimos in the Arctic region, who required a garment that would protect them from both the freezing temperatures and wind whilst they carried on their everyday lives hunting and kayaking.

Parka's first emerged in to society in 1951 when the US army wore the fishtail parka. It wasn't until the 1960's that Britain introduced the fishtail parka, which became very popular and is known today to symbolise the era that was the  'Mods'. Parka coats continued to become very popular thanks to them being practical, cheap and available.

Today more modern version of the parka are readily available in terms of raincoats, jacket and overcoats, and they only vaguely resemble the traditional parka. Racing Green's version is ideal for the upcoming summer months, lightweight, longer line with a useful hood. It also has features such as the adjustable draw cords at the hood and waist, a zip pocket at the chest and much bigger pockets lower down. You will be lost without this coat being in your wardrobe this summer.