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The Blackhorse Lane haberdashery
November 16th 2018Blackhorse Lane Ateliers (BLA) opened their first store a couple of months ago, and I’ve been meaning to write about it since. Partly because it means customers can see the full range of BLA jeans, and try them on in p...
The Blackhorse Lane haberdashery
Blackhorse Lane Ateliers (BLA) opened their first store a couple of months ago, and I’ve been meaning to write about it since. Partly because it means customers can see the full range of BLA jeans, and try them on in p...
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Bespoke v Made-to-Measure: Eduardo de Simone jackets
November 14th 2018When Eduardo de Simone and I met at his factory last year, we spent a long time talking about the advantages and disadvantages of bespoke and made-to-measure (MTM) tailoring. As a result of them, Eduardo proposed an expe...
Bespoke v Made-to-Measure: Eduardo de Simone jackets
When Eduardo de Simone and I met at his factory last year, we spent a long time talking about the advantages and disadvantages of bespoke and made-to-measure (MTM) tailoring. As a result of them, Eduardo proposed an expe...
The appeal of workwear, and my favourite pieces
November 12th 2018Although tailoring is my primary passion, I’ve always worn clothing that these days would be grouped under the term ‘workwear’ on the weekend. Good denim, obviously, but also sweatshirts, waxed boots and canvas tro...
The appeal of workwear, and my favourite pieces
Although tailoring is my primary passion, I’ve always worn clothing that these days would be grouped under the term ‘workwear’ on the weekend. Good denim, obviously, but also sweatshirts, waxed boots and canvas tro...
Video: Maintaining and caring for your suit
November 9th 2018The Campaign for Wool recently asked me to help them with a series of videos educating people on caring for wool products. Chaired by HRH Prince Charles, the Campaign is a charity that communicates how environmentally fr...
Video: Maintaining and caring for your suit
The Campaign for Wool recently asked me to help them with a series of videos educating people on caring for wool products. Chaired by HRH Prince Charles, the Campaign is a charity that communicates how environmentally fr...
White tie and blue shirt: Sunny formal in Sartoria ...
November 7th 2018Wearing a white tie with a blue shirt is something that makes perfect sense in Naples. To a certain extent, wearing sugary-pink jackets and lapis-blue tailoring makes sense too. It's just sunny so much of the time, even ...
White tie and blue shirt: Sunny formal in Sartoria ...
Wearing a white tie with a blue shirt is something that makes perfect sense in Naples. To a certain extent, wearing sugary-pink jackets and lapis-blue tailoring makes sense too. It's just sunny so much of the time, even ...
George the Presser
November 5th 2018There are many unsung heroes of bespoke tailoring, but one of the biggest has to be the presser. Frankly, a jacket can look awful once a coatmaker has finished with it - dragged all over the place and wrinkled to hell. I...
George the Presser
There are many unsung heroes of bespoke tailoring, but one of the biggest has to be the presser. Frankly, a jacket can look awful once a coatmaker has finished with it - dragged all over the place and wrinkled to hell. I...
Video: The New York Symposium – Dressing up a...
November 2nd 2018'Dressing up in a Dress-Down World' felt like a very timely subject for this Symposium, our first in New York. And particularly relevant in the US, perhaps, where there has always been a cultural aversion to dressing too...
Video: The New York Symposium – Dressing up a...
'Dressing up in a Dress-Down World' felt like a very timely subject for this Symposium, our first in New York. And particularly relevant in the US, perhaps, where there has always been a cultural aversion to dressing too...
Introducing: The PS Bridge Coat
October 31st 2018* Update 5: The small pre-Christmas run has been assigned to the first readers on the waiting list. The next stock will now hopefully be ready (in a larger volume) in January. Again, this will go first to the waiting li...
Introducing: The PS Bridge Coat
* Update 5: The small pre-Christmas run has been assigned to the first readers on the waiting list. The next stock will now hopefully be ready (in a larger volume) in January. Again, this will go first to the waiting li...
No Man Walks Alone A/W: Frank Leder, Monitaly, Soul...
October 29th 2018It’s been over a year since I last had the chance to browse the stock at No Man Walks Alone and write one of these pieces, for which I blame a lack of travel to New York. It is possible to select a few favourites onlin...
No Man Walks Alone A/W: Frank Leder, Monitaly, Soul...
It’s been over a year since I last had the chance to browse the stock at No Man Walks Alone and write one of these pieces, for which I blame a lack of travel to New York. It is possible to select a few favourites onlin...
Ferdinando Caraceni herringbone suit: Style breakdown
October 26th 2018Following on from French bespoke style with Camps de Luca, we now arrive in Milan with Ferdinando Caraceni. Milanese tailoring has quite a distinct style, with light structure overall but a strong shoulder. So while tail...
Ferdinando Caraceni herringbone suit: Style breakdown
Following on from French bespoke style with Camps de Luca, we now arrive in Milan with Ferdinando Caraceni. Milanese tailoring has quite a distinct style, with light structure overall but a strong shoulder. So while tail...
The New York Symposium: Speakers and audience
October 25th 2018The first Symposium we've held in New York was a great success last week - thank you to all of the 200+ people that came. The discussion was free-flowing and even funny in places, as we discussed dressing up and dressing...
The New York Symposium: Speakers and audience
The first Symposium we've held in New York was a great success last week - thank you to all of the 200+ people that came. The discussion was free-flowing and even funny in places, as we discussed dressing up and dressing...
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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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John Demsey hosts Budd and Anderson & Sheppard
October 24th 2018Coverage of our events last week in New York is going to work in reverse. First, here, is the party after the Symposium - which Anderson & Sheppard customer John Demsey (Executive Group President, Estée Lauder) held at ...
John Demsey hosts Budd and Anderson & Sheppard
Coverage of our events last week in New York is going to work in reverse. First, here, is the party after the Symposium - which Anderson & Sheppard customer John Demsey (Executive Group President, Estée Lauder) held at ...
How to polish shoes: Part 2, polish and mirror shine
October 22nd 2018As with the first in our shoe polishing videos, this film is more discursive than most, with context and analysis around both the talk and the demonstration. Most videos on polishing just show one person doing what they...
How to polish shoes: Part 2, polish and mirror shine
As with the first in our shoe polishing videos, this film is more discursive than most, with context and analysis around both the talk and the demonstration. Most videos on polishing just show one person doing what they...
The best cloths of Autumn/Winter 2018
October 19th 2018This is the second post we've done highlighting our favourite cloths from new seasonal bunches. The first, on Spring/Summer 2018, is here. Unfortunately the bunches come in late in the season, but there's still probably ...
The best cloths of Autumn/Winter 2018
This is the second post we've done highlighting our favourite cloths from new seasonal bunches. The first, on Spring/Summer 2018, is here. Unfortunately the bunches come in late in the season, but there's still probably ...
Introducing: Everyday Lighter Denim
October 17th 2018It's that time of year, and new things are all arriving at once. Today it's a new, lighter shade of the Everyday Denim. Everyday Denim shirting went down really well with readers, both as fabric and finished shirts, and ...
Introducing: Everyday Lighter Denim
It's that time of year, and new things are all arriving at once. Today it's a new, lighter shade of the Everyday Denim. Everyday Denim shirting went down really well with readers, both as fabric and finished shirts, and ...
How to polish shoes: Part 1, context and cream
October 15th 2018For the next in our series of practical videos, I wanted to tackle shoe polishing. But, also to present it in a way that was more discursive, and explained rather than just taught. Most videos on polishing just show one ...
How to polish shoes: Part 1, context and cream
For the next in our series of practical videos, I wanted to tackle shoe polishing. But, also to present it in a way that was more discursive, and explained rather than just taught. Most videos on polishing just show one ...
Nicola Cornacchia: Bread and murals in Puglia
October 12th 2018It’s easy to draw conclusions about a tailor from their surroundings. The big houses of Savile Row certainly benefit from this, in particular those with wonderful interiors like Huntsman or Anderson & Sheppard. But the...
Nicola Cornacchia: Bread and murals in Puglia
It’s easy to draw conclusions about a tailor from their surroundings. The big houses of Savile Row certainly benefit from this, in particular those with wonderful interiors like Huntsman or Anderson & Sheppard. But the...
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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...
