This week, Aleks chats to Benjamin Glyn Phillips, Assistant Manager at Drake’s Clifford Street shop in London. Like most of Drakes’ staff, Ben is a passionate advocate for the brand, and the ideal model for Drakes’ signature look.

Ben is also a refreshingly straight-forward figure within British menswear; his root into the industry was unconventional, and in the podcast he touches on his former career as a tattoo shop owner, his growing passion for clothing, and how taking up Brazilian jujitsu was the best thing he ever did.

This episode is honest and open. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

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HandCut Radio is produced in collaboration with Birch, a London and New York based creative agency. Our theme music is by Joe Boyd.

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Show Notes

Benjamin Glyn Phillips — Instagram

[3:13] Adam & The Ants, Prince Charming Video
[3:36] Guns N’ Roses, Appetite for Destruction
[3:46] N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton
[4:08] ‘Hair Metal Bands’
[4:37] The Misfits
[4:39] Black Flag
[5:04] Nick Cave
[5:14] Nick Cave & The Bad Sees, Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow
[6:48] The Duke of Windsor
[7:18] The Kray Twins
[7:45] ’Lucky’ Luciano
[9:15] A Bathing Ape
[9:22] Supreme
[9:29] At Last, Japan
[9:39] Thomas Hooper
[9:40] Dante Di Massa
[10:33] Free & Easy Magazine
[10:58] Drake’s
[12:53] Tony Sylvester & Scott Fraser-Simpson, HandCut Radio
[13:48] Lee Hadfield
[19:25] Marks & Spencer Suits
[19:29] Drake’s Suits
[22:57] Hobos Swansea
[24:02] Ethan Newton
[24:25] Michael Hill
[27:05] Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
[39:36] Drake’s Navy Linen-Silk Double-Breasted Jacket