Vim Beget: Comfy in Monochrome

Come the bleakness of winter, I pack away the excess of my summer wardrobe and (re)turn to the monochromatic simplicity that the endless gray skies of December encourage. Vim Beget‘s Billy Bartels makes beautiful, simple pieces that I would be delighted to add to my collection year ’round, but something about cold black steel just seems so right for this time of year. His Tauro cuff and Capere key chain bring me a special pleasure, however; the former’s brushed and blackened metal with lambskin wrap is pure sex, while the beclawed latter would likely find its way on my neck sooner than my keys.

Published November 29, 2011.