Valet #6
205 mm x 145 mm, 272 pages
Cardiff, UK
Editor-in-chief: Luke Adams
Creative director: Kirill Savateev
Art director: Dasha Brazhenko
'A long-form literary magazine about classic menswear and inspiration'
A petit and well-put-together publication dedicated to 'timeless style'. With glossy, vivid photography sitting alongside the matte pages of the magazine's essay-filled second section. Though it's anchored in men's fashion, Valet has a lot more up its sleeves...
In their own words: 'The discerning and sophisticated man doesn’t seek to be told what to do. He seeks the knowledge to empower his own decision making, and the confidence to know that those decisions are well informed. He doesn’t want to be told what to wear, but to be shown how to decide for himself...'
This sixth edition of Valet laments 'the pain of lost love, fading memories, indecisive visits to one’s tailor, the withering flower of civilization', so much so that a tiny hole punctures the issue cover to cover, to further the point. (That must've hurt.)