スティーヴン・フライさんのインスタグラム写真 - (スティーヴン・フライInstagram)「A sweetshop of lickable, likeable candy pink ties, all from one maker today … and that maker is Duchamp. Despite the French name the company originated in Suffolk, a county best known for having the good fortune to border Norfolk. Founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs, an ex-buyer for the Mayfair fashion boutique, Browns, Duchamp is headquartered in London where it has established a fine reputation for colourful (as you can see) men’s clothing and accessories. I wore more Duchamp shirts and ties than any other make in my 13 years hosting the BBC programme QI. The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp because, according to Jacobs: "Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men's fashion into wearable art". Duchamp initially specialised in cufflinks and branched in 1992 into ties, and then clothing (shirts, trousers, blazers) in 2011. “There is a nod to chess, musical ideas and gentlemen’s games throughout the product” proclaims the @duchamplondon website. Marcel Duchamp was a keen (and very good) chess player as well as a painter and sculptor. I have gathered my pinkest and perkiest Duchamps for this midsummer posting, I have many others in more subdued colours, but this selection seemed most suitable for the summer solstice. For Pic 2 (swipe left) I finally got my hands on the Kandinsky Fox and Chave tie that I so raved about on Thursday. Isn’t it tasty though? I’m grateful for those who told me that before @foxandchave was bought by Jemima Haddock it had been founded by none other than Samantha Fox and Chas & Dave, the latter two fusing their name into Chave. I have strong reasons to believe that my leg was being pulled. Enjoy the longest day (or shortest, depending on which side of the equator you dress) …」6月21日 14時34分