October 09, 2024

Bermuda Shorts for Vogue

October 09, 2024/ Alexander-Julian Gibbson

Photography by Chrisean Rose, Creative Direction & Styling by Alexander-Julian

In the Birthplace of Bermuda Shorts, the Style Is Always in Season—and Ever Changing

The year is 1916. World War I is raging, and you’ve just been deployed to the Bermuda Garrison. As a born-and-bred Englishman, the scorching island climate is a stark contrast to the cooler temperatures of home. Your thick woolen uniform feels unbearable in this heat. You enlisted to fight the Central Powers, but no one said anything about fighting heatstroke. What do you do? Naturally, you take a pair of scissors to your trousers and create a makeshift solution to the sweltering temperatures. Thus, the Bermuda short was born—an adaptation that would become a hallmark of the island’s sartorial landscape—or so the story goes. —— read the full story on Vogue.com

July 27, 2018

GQ // Bermuda Is the Best Place to Find Hidden, Almost-Private Beaches

July 27, 2018/ Alexander-Julian Gibbson

>> Check out the full story at GQ.com

"One day you may be able to afford you own private beach, but it the mean time you can fake it till you make it with these almost-secret beaches."

It’s time we all admitted something that nobody is talking about: beaches can really suck.

On no normal day would I want to spend hours among hundreds of half naked strangers, or be wedged between a random sunburned guy clad in a miniature speedo and tons of over-enthused beach goers kicking around sand in what can only be explained as a ploy to build a sand castle in my mouth. And If you’re not tormented by the views of scarlet red peeling skin or a mouth (and bathing suit) full of sand, just consider the cringe-worthy display of the peacocking “gym guy” that has finally made his way to the beach to show-off the “beach body” he spent the last 9 months cultivating.

But admittedly, stripped of all human factors, a day at the beach is a beautiful gift from nature, even for us skeptics. And even better than a beautiful beach is a beautiful beach with nobody else on it. Get ready to lay out in your tiny speedo, kick up a sandstorm in every direction you can figure, and develop a weird sunburn all your own–this beach is all yours, king.