Why use leather, metals, stones, or fabrics, when you can use wood?
Strolling through the aisles of the fashion fair at Amsterdam Fashion Week BDMOTP encountered for some brief seconds a small but remarkable stand when we decided to snap some quick pictures for a later article. And here you see the results. We did not want to keep this from you because the interesting collection transforms the art of traditional woodwork into an innovative and excellent idea: To use wood to create men’s accessories!
As the colorful collection of wooden butterfly bowties above attests, there are things that one can do with wood which cannot be done with fabrics. One can paint them with different designs and colors, or one can simply leave them ‘as is’ because wood indeed is very warm and agreeable to look at. They also wear simply and colorfully. The bowties are great for a casual or a perhaps even a chic party when you have no time to go through the ritual of tying your own butterfly – alone in front of your bathroom mirror – miserably and unsuccessfully.
Then also, remember those romantics of the late 19th century who would love to show up at a gathering with a beautiful corsage courageously pinned unto the buttonhole of one’s favorite vest? Those times are long gone because which florist today does still have the wherewithal or the time to assemble and put together a real corsage for men only – something not too feminine please – but beautiful and happy nevertheless? But no worries! We have here your Two-O wooden corsage come to the rescue and prêt-à-porter – and not just for parties one dare say – no maybe just specifically made for casual business gatherings– to spice and spruce things up a little bit and set the tone for a difficult meeting – so that you are sure you are going to sign that contract once they have noticed your wooden cuff links matching up to the teak or mahogany colors on your vest.
But the BDMOTP favorites in this rewarding collection are clearly the wooden phone and tablet covers & cases. Because wood is naturally beautiful and immediately protects whatever is inside, these items offer a very practical and very cool enhancement to your accessory collection indeed. And there is definitely an element of style and class to carrying your tablet or your phone in wood. Perfect for lawyers maybe, who often have to go to court. “Arriving with his phone in Sapele and with a Walnut cover for his tablet, the young attorney – well-prepared for his first meeting ever – sat himself carefully and quietly in the oak padded chair in front of the senior magistrate. It would be a day to be remembered.”
Or so the script probably reads.
In brief: Sunglasses, bowties, cuff links, wallets & cardholders, phone & tablet covers, and even some watches, today all these practical collectables come also in WOOD and you can find them or order them at TWO-O. Oh, and yes, they can do custom-made.
Posted by Sandro Joo and photos by Paloma Canseco.
