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Musella Dembech double-breasted cotton suit –...
October 20th 2017So how shall we review a suit? Let me count the ways. One: style. Still the most important thing, as much as we encourage men everywhere to care more about quality and fit. [Read my first post, with the background on Mus...
Musella Dembech double-breasted cotton suit –...
So how shall we review a suit? Let me count the ways. One: style. Still the most important thing, as much as we encourage men everywhere to care more about quality and fit. [Read my first post, with the background on Mus...
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Sartoria Panico – a last great of Neapolitan ...
October 18th 2017On the wall of Sartoria Panico in Naples, there is a framed picture of our Tailoring Symposium in 2016. Antonio Panico stands there with other greats of modern bespoke such as Edward Sexton, Antonio Liverano and Lorenzo ...
Sartoria Panico – a last great of Neapolitan ...
On the wall of Sartoria Panico in Naples, there is a framed picture of our Tailoring Symposium in 2016. Antonio Panico stands there with other greats of modern bespoke such as Edward Sexton, Antonio Liverano and Lorenzo ...
Everyday Denim cloth available again
October 17th 2017One of the lovely things about the Everyday Denim we launched a couple of weeks ago was how quickly the cloth sold. It's always hard to know how well a new type of product will do, and I'd clearly underestimated the ap...
Everyday Denim cloth available again
One of the lovely things about the Everyday Denim we launched a couple of weeks ago was how quickly the cloth sold. It's always hard to know how well a new type of product will do, and I'd clearly underestimated the ap...
Enzo Bonafe hand-welted shoes – factory visit
October 16th 2017Enzo Bonafe is one of only two men’s shoe factories left in the area around Bologna, Italy. The other is Testoni, and when Enzo left Testoni to set up his own factory, in 1963, there were more than 40 factories in the...
Enzo Bonafe hand-welted shoes – factory visit
Enzo Bonafe is one of only two men’s shoe factories left in the area around Bologna, Italy. The other is Testoni, and when Enzo left Testoni to set up his own factory, in 1963, there were more than 40 factories in the...
How to wear trainers: Part 3. Style
October 13th 2017This post is an illustrated explanation of how I wear trainers, or sneakers. As with similar exercises on the blog, I have attempted to be as structured as possible, keeping some parameters constant in order to focus on...
How to wear trainers: Part 3. Style
This post is an illustrated explanation of how I wear trainers, or sneakers. As with similar exercises on the blog, I have attempted to be as structured as possible, keeping some parameters constant in order to focus on...
Our Autumn knitwear Top 10
October 11th 2017The survey we did of Spring/Summer pieces in the shops was very popular back in June. This Autumn/Winter, therefore, we thought we’d do two separate ones - the first (today) on winter knitwear, and the second on casual...
Our Autumn knitwear Top 10
The survey we did of Spring/Summer pieces in the shops was very popular back in June. This Autumn/Winter, therefore, we thought we’d do two separate ones - the first (today) on winter knitwear, and the second on casual...
Sartoria Melina bespoke leather jacket – Review
October 9th 2017My leather jacket from Sartoria Melina arrived a couple of weeks ago, and I’m relieved to say the fit is good and the product excellent. I was rather worried at the fitting we had in Naples, because the canvas toile th...
Sartoria Melina bespoke leather jacket – Review
My leather jacket from Sartoria Melina arrived a couple of weeks ago, and I’m relieved to say the fit is good and the product excellent. I was rather worried at the fitting we had in Naples, because the canvas toile th...
How to wear trainers: Part 2. Quality
October 6th 2017In recent years, as premium trainers/sneakers have increasingly popular, readers have asked for my view on when they might be appropriate, and when they are, what they should buy. I covered that last point in the first p...
How to wear trainers: Part 2. Quality
In recent years, as premium trainers/sneakers have increasingly popular, readers have asked for my view on when they might be appropriate, and when they are, what they should buy. I covered that last point in the first p...
Introducing: Everyday Denim
October 4th 2017*Cloth now sold out* Today I’m very proud to launch a new collaboration, produced jointly by myself, Albiate and Luca Avitabile: ‘ Everyday Denim’. We picked the name because it is a shirt a man in a modern office...
Introducing: Everyday Denim
*Cloth now sold out* Today I’m very proud to launch a new collaboration, produced jointly by myself, Albiate and Luca Avitabile: ‘ Everyday Denim’. We picked the name because it is a shirt a man in a modern office...
The future of Permanent Style products
October 3rd 2017Tomorrow we launch the second of our new collaborations this Autumn/Winter: denim cloth and shirts. I'm sure they'll do well. A lot of thought and work has gone into them, and I think they suit the Permanent Style read...
The future of Permanent Style products
Tomorrow we launch the second of our new collaborations this Autumn/Winter: denim cloth and shirts. I'm sure they'll do well. A lot of thought and work has gone into them, and I think they suit the Permanent Style read...
Musella Dembech: Growth at the ‘soft Milanese...
October 2nd 2017It doesn’t feel like over three years since I covered Musella Dembech, but apparently it is. Of course, there was the Young Tailors Symposium in the middle of that, which featured Gianfrancesco Musella (above), but I h...
Musella Dembech: Growth at the ‘soft Milanese...
It doesn’t feel like over three years since I covered Musella Dembech, but apparently it is. Of course, there was the Young Tailors Symposium in the middle of that, which featured Gianfrancesco Musella (above), but I h...
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How to buy ‘The Style Guide’
April 10th 2017Our new book, The Style Guide is available to buy online through Permanent Style and in 3X specialist menswear stores around the world. Copies will be arriving in the stores listed below on Thursday this week. Pleas...
How to buy ‘The Style Guide’
Our new book, The Style Guide is available to buy online through Permanent Style and in 3X specialist menswear stores around the world. Copies will be arriving in the stores listed below on Thursday this week. Pleas...
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Marol shirts – coming to London
September 29th 2017In the past year there has been a lot of promotion and discussion of Italian shirt manufacturer Marol - since it was bought into by commodities trader and menswear enthusiast Bo Yang (below). Next month, readers in Londo...
Marol shirts – coming to London
In the past year there has been a lot of promotion and discussion of Italian shirt manufacturer Marol - since it was bought into by commodities trader and menswear enthusiast Bo Yang (below). Next month, readers in Londo...
Me, outside the blog: Reader questions
September 27th 2017In this next instalment of posts responding to reader questions, I will try to answer those about my life outside Permanent Style. Now, some readers have asked why I answer these questions, and indeed why readers put the...
Me, outside the blog: Reader questions
In this next instalment of posts responding to reader questions, I will try to answer those about my life outside Permanent Style. Now, some readers have asked why I answer these questions, and indeed why readers put the...
Sartoria Formosa – bespoke-made RTW and MTM t...
September 25th 2017Sartoria Formosa - led by Gennaro, above - is similar in some ways to the likes of Dalcuore or Ambrosi, in that it is a traditionally bespoke Naples house that has expanded into ready-to-wear in recent years. Five years ...
Sartoria Formosa – bespoke-made RTW and MTM t...
Sartoria Formosa - led by Gennaro, above - is similar in some ways to the likes of Dalcuore or Ambrosi, in that it is a traditionally bespoke Naples house that has expanded into ready-to-wear in recent years. Five years ...
Saic: bespoke bag-maker Hiroyuki Murata
September 22nd 2017There is no shortage of Japanese artisans in Florence. But one that hasn’t garnered much attention yet is Hiroyuki Murata, who goes by the brand name Saic Firenze. Hiroyuki-san and his wife have a small workshop outsid...
Saic: bespoke bag-maker Hiroyuki Murata
There is no shortage of Japanese artisans in Florence. But one that hasn’t garnered much attention yet is Hiroyuki Murata, who goes by the brand name Saic Firenze. Hiroyuki-san and his wife have a small workshop outsid...
Bespoke commissions – What I should and shoul...
September 20th 2017Thank you everyone that responded to my ‘You are the interviewer’ post a couple of weeks ago. The number of variety of questions was staggering, and I will try to answer as many as I can over the coming weeks. It may...
Bespoke commissions – What I should and shoul...
Thank you everyone that responded to my ‘You are the interviewer’ post a couple of weeks ago. The number of variety of questions was staggering, and I will try to answer as many as I can over the coming weeks. It may...
Permanent Style trench coat: Alterations and waitin...
September 19th 2017Many thanks to everyone that bought our trench coat last week. The response was wonderful, and as you will have been able to see, we have sold out. We are now putting together a waiting list, which readers can be adde...
Permanent Style trench coat: Alterations and waitin...
Many thanks to everyone that bought our trench coat last week. The response was wonderful, and as you will have been able to see, we have sold out. We are now putting together a waiting list, which readers can be adde...
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The ‘Style Guide’ dinner: What is the e...
July 26th 2017Insert test Related posts The guide to summer jacket clothsJuly 24th 2017 - 0 CommentsRead More Marco Cerrato – the family trouser workshopJuly 21st 2017 - 29 CommentsRead More What I p...
The ‘Style Guide’ dinner: What is the e...
Insert test Related posts The guide to summer jacket clothsJuly 24th 2017 - 0 CommentsRead More Marco Cerrato – the family trouser workshopJuly 21st 2017 - 29 CommentsRead More What I p...
