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Bryceland’s made-to-measure jacket: Review
September 20th 2024Hello! This is my made-to-measure jacket from Bryceland’s in London, in the Fox/Permanent Style tweed . It’s rather good - not the absolute best MTM fit I've had but solid, with more importantly great st...
Bryceland’s made-to-measure jacket: Review
Hello! This is my made-to-measure jacket from Bryceland’s in London, in the Fox/Permanent Style tweed . It’s rather good - not the absolute best MTM fit I've had but solid, with more importantly great st...
Latest Posts
The Rider’s Raincoat is back
September 18th 2024The weather definitely turned in London last week. All of a sudden there was knitwear around, and raincoats. The first day it was cold and rainy - Wednesday - we had five questions on different articles asking about the ...
The Rider’s Raincoat is back
The weather definitely turned in London last week. All of a sudden there was knitwear around, and raincoats. The first day it was cold and rainy - Wednesday - we had five questions on different articles asking about the ...
Lorenzi, Milan: The rebirth of a menswear jewel
September 16th 2024One of my favourite shops in Milan used to be a little hole in the wall on Via Montenapoleone. Squeezed between big luxury boutiques, it was a real jewel of a place, tiny but perfect, selling equally tiny but perfect acc...
Lorenzi, Milan: The rebirth of a menswear jewel
One of my favourite shops in Milan used to be a little hole in the wall on Via Montenapoleone. Squeezed between big luxury boutiques, it was a real jewel of a place, tiny but perfect, selling equally tiny but perfect acc...
What I’m looking forward to wearing this winter
September 13th 2024By Jamie Ferguson. Hey there Permanent Stylers. Longtime contributor, first time writer so go easy on me. Now I may be in the minority here but I LOVE summer dressing. I enjoy the feeling of a cool breeze betwixt my neth...
What I’m looking forward to wearing this winter
By Jamie Ferguson. Hey there Permanent Stylers. Longtime contributor, first time writer so go easy on me. Now I may be in the minority here but I LOVE summer dressing. I enjoy the feeling of a cool breeze betwixt my neth...
The enlarged, filterable Lookbook
September 11th 2024The Lookbook page on PS has long been a hidden jewel. A lot of readers find it useful but others don’t know it’s there. I blame the way people (including me) use websites today, searching and asking before re...
The enlarged, filterable Lookbook
The Lookbook page on PS has long been a hidden jewel. A lot of readers find it useful but others don’t know it’s there. I blame the way people (including me) use websites today, searching and asking before re...
Broadway & Sons: A sunny afternoon in Stockholm
September 9th 2024“Shit. Look at that Simon, it was all shit.” David Asseraf is scrolling through his WhatsApp messages, showing me various deliveries of clothing. “This one they said it was all dungarees - US-made, 300...
Broadway & Sons: A sunny afternoon in Stockholm
“Shit. Look at that Simon, it was all shit.” David Asseraf is scrolling through his WhatsApp messages, showing me various deliveries of clothing. “This one they said it was all dungarees - US-made, 300...
Maison Hellard: Tasteful, experimental linen
September 6th 2024By Manish Puri. I’m in a car with Nathan Hellard - the founder of French linen merchant Maison Hellard - and we’re kindly being chauffeured by Nathan’s father, Philippe, from Pau to the commune of Assat...
Maison Hellard: Tasteful, experimental linen
By Manish Puri. I’m in a car with Nathan Hellard - the founder of French linen merchant Maison Hellard - and we’re kindly being chauffeured by Nathan’s father, Philippe, from Pau to the commune of Assat...
Reviving the navy chalk-stripe suit
September 4th 2024In the past few months on Permanent Style, we’ve shown a few outfits that are a little more unusual than perhaps typical: a notch or two further along the subtle/showy scale . The Art du Lin suit at Pitti probably...
Reviving the navy chalk-stripe suit
In the past few months on Permanent Style, we’ve shown a few outfits that are a little more unusual than perhaps typical: a notch or two further along the subtle/showy scale . The Art du Lin suit at Pitti probably...
The work in a bespoke jacket: Part 2 (lapels)
September 2nd 2024In this, the second of our films looking at the details of making a bespoke suit, we're focusing on lapels. But not necessarily the hand padding - that most obvious sign of handwork, which you can see on the back of...
The work in a bespoke jacket: Part 2 (lapels)
In this, the second of our films looking at the details of making a bespoke suit, we're focusing on lapels. But not necessarily the hand padding - that most obvious sign of handwork, which you can see on the back of...
How my shirt fit has changed in the past 15 years
August 30th 2024I know, a graph! Given the nerdery that’s often included on these pages, I’m surprised it’s taken so long for us to lead with a graph. (Mobile users: try opening the image in a new tab.) Let me tell you...
How my shirt fit has changed in the past 15 years
I know, a graph! Given the nerdery that’s often included on these pages, I’m surprised it’s taken so long for us to lead with a graph. (Mobile users: try opening the image in a new tab.) Let me tell you...
London: A menswear shopping guide
August 28th 2024In some ways this is the hardest of the shopping guides for me to write – I know so many places so well and have so much to say. Luckily, nearly every place here is also covered elsewhere on Permanent Style. S...
London: A menswear shopping guide
In some ways this is the hardest of the shopping guides for me to write – I know so many places so well and have so much to say. Luckily, nearly every place here is also covered elsewhere on Permanent Style. S...
Latest Posts Continued
The best German tailors working today
August 26th 2024By Bernhard Roetzel. In part one of this article I gave an overview of the state of bespoke tailoring in Germany, including its history. Today I will recommend some specific tailors, including my own experiences. Volkm...
The best German tailors working today
By Bernhard Roetzel. In part one of this article I gave an overview of the state of bespoke tailoring in Germany, including its history. Today I will recommend some specific tailors, including my own experiences. Volkm...
Autumn/Winter 2024 on the PS Shop
August 23rd 2024Hello lovely readers, Here’s our regular update on what’s coming into the PS Shop over the next few months. We’ve included the information we have, but feel free to ask questions if you have them, as c...
Autumn/Winter 2024 on the PS Shop
Hello lovely readers, Here’s our regular update on what’s coming into the PS Shop over the next few months. We’ve included the information we have, but feel free to ask questions if you have them, as c...
The versatility (or not) of navy hopsack
August 21st 2024I wore this new hopsack jacket from Paolo Martorano quite a bit this summer, which surprised me. Although I’ve had navy jackets in the past, since I stopped working in an office I tend to wear more earthy colours, ...
The versatility (or not) of navy hopsack
I wore this new hopsack jacket from Paolo Martorano quite a bit this summer, which surprised me. Although I’ve had navy jackets in the past, since I stopped working in an office I tend to wear more earthy colours, ...
How I learned to love shorts
August 19th 2024By André Larnyoh. Recently I’ve been pining for the summer of 2022. Remember that one? Temperatures got to around 40 degrees and everyone was encouraged to stay indoors - something I did not do because Tooti...
How I learned to love shorts
By André Larnyoh. Recently I’ve been pining for the summer of 2022. Remember that one? Temperatures got to around 40 degrees and everyone was encouraged to stay indoors - something I did not do because Tooti...
The ultra-service at Saman Amel
August 16th 2024I’ve been really interested to see how Saman Amel have changed their business model in recent years. They’ve made a conscious decision to offer a far more involved service to customers, which is then reflecte...
The ultra-service at Saman Amel
I’ve been really interested to see how Saman Amel have changed their business model in recent years. They’ve made a conscious decision to offer a far more involved service to customers, which is then reflecte...
Introducing: The Permanent Style collection at Fox
August 14th 2024When I visited T&G Caraceni in Rome last year, a particular bolt of vintage cloth caught my eye. It was a brown-and-black houndstooth tweed, mid-weight but densely woven (as a lot of that vintage tweed tends to be). ...
Introducing: The Permanent Style collection at Fox
When I visited T&G Caraceni in Rome last year, a particular bolt of vintage cloth caught my eye. It was a brown-and-black houndstooth tweed, mid-weight but densely woven (as a lot of that vintage tweed tends to be). ...
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Latest Posts Continued
The work in a bespoke jacket: Part 1
August 12th 2024One of the ways I think video can be very useful is showing how craft is done, rather than just the static nature of pictures. It worked well for the film we did with Dege & Skinner, showing how much difference press...
The work in a bespoke jacket: Part 1
One of the ways I think video can be very useful is showing how craft is done, rather than just the static nature of pictures. It worked well for the film we did with Dege & Skinner, showing how much difference press...
My Favourite Madras Shirt: Original Madras Trading Company
August 9th 2024By Manish Puri In 1973, Ranjit Shah left his hometown of Madras (now Chennai) carrying a suitcase full of cloth swatches and emigrated to New York City. Within a few years, he’d established Original Madras Trading ...
My Favourite Madras Shirt: Original Madras Trading Company
By Manish Puri In 1973, Ranjit Shah left his hometown of Madras (now Chennai) carrying a suitcase full of cloth swatches and emigrated to New York City. Within a few years, he’d established Original Madras Trading ...
Cream linen DB suit from Taillour: Review
August 7th 2024By Manish Puri Even when scarred with multiple, dubious stains that were immune to the efforts of the finest dry cleaners, I soldiered on with my first ever pair of cream linen trousers - commissioned eight years ago at ...
Cream linen DB suit from Taillour: Review
By Manish Puri Even when scarred with multiple, dubious stains that were immune to the efforts of the finest dry cleaners, I soldiered on with my first ever pair of cream linen trousers - commissioned eight years ago at ...
London Invisible Mending: Preserving a Dying Art
August 5th 2024By Manish Puri As the seasons change, it’s become something of a Sunday ritual for me to be paid a visit at home by Michael Norman (below). Long-time readers may recall that Michael runs a dry cleaning business sp...
London Invisible Mending: Preserving a Dying Art
By Manish Puri As the seasons change, it’s become something of a Sunday ritual for me to be paid a visit at home by Michael Norman (below). Long-time readers may recall that Michael runs a dry cleaning business sp...
I’m going on holiday (again)
August 2nd 2024Back in the Easter holidays, Manish kindly took over Permanent Style for a week, so I could completely switch off and spend time with the family. That seemed to work well, both because the site didn't explode and be...
I’m going on holiday (again)
Back in the Easter holidays, Manish kindly took over Permanent Style for a week, so I could completely switch off and spend time with the family. That seemed to work well, both because the site didn't explode and be...
Seven boat shoes compared
July 31st 2024Boat shoes and their ilk (deck, moc, canoe etc) have become a bit of a trend in the past year. Miu Miu, Bally and Loro Piana launched styles in the fashion world, while the likes of Ghiaia, Crockett & Jones and Saman...
Seven boat shoes compared
Boat shoes and their ilk (deck, moc, canoe etc) have become a bit of a trend in the past year. Miu Miu, Bally and Loro Piana launched styles in the fashion world, while the likes of Ghiaia, Crockett & Jones and Saman...
The Pink Heap: Summer inspiration from Nantucket, 1957
July 29th 2024The image above - often referred to as ‘The Pink Heap’ after the nickname of the car - has been an inspiration for me for years. If I had a moodboard, it would be on my moodboard. I had it on a Tumblr page at...
The Pink Heap: Summer inspiration from Nantucket, 1957
The image above - often referred to as ‘The Pink Heap’ after the nickname of the car - has been an inspiration for me for years. If I had a moodboard, it would be on my moodboard. I had it on a Tumblr page at...
Friday Polos, Linen Overshirts: The last of summer
July 26th 2024There are quite a few things to catch up on with regards to PS products, and it feels like readers have quite a few questions too, given the number that have come up in comments. So it might be good to have all of those ...
Friday Polos, Linen Overshirts: The last of summer
There are quite a few things to catch up on with regards to PS products, and it feels like readers have quite a few questions too, given the number that have come up in comments. So it might be good to have all of those ...
Ways to wear seersucker
July 24th 2024I’ve worn seersucker a little in the past - I had a navy-on-navy suit from Dalcuore that was featured here and is shown below. But the fit wasn’t that great and it was never worn much. So in many ways the ja...
Ways to wear seersucker
I’ve worn seersucker a little in the past - I had a navy-on-navy suit from Dalcuore that was featured here and is shown below. But the fit wasn’t that great and it was never worn much. So in many ways the ja...
The state of German bespoke tailoring
July 22nd 2024Max Dietl and Curd Jürgens. I’ve always found Germany an interesting country stylistically - one with a rich bespoke past but little left today, perhaps hampered by its attitude to dress and to smart clothing in ...
The state of German bespoke tailoring
Max Dietl and Curd Jürgens. I’ve always found Germany an interesting country stylistically - one with a rich bespoke past but little left today, perhaps hampered by its attitude to dress and to smart clothing in ...
Denim
Buck Mason: Good value staples
July 17th 2024A reader recently asked why there is a correlation between shorter, tighter styles of clothing and lower prices. Why are all the styles we like from more expensive brands? It makes it very hard for someone on a lower inc...
Buck Mason: Good value staples
A reader recently asked why there is a correlation between shorter, tighter styles of clothing and lower prices. Why are all the styles we like from more expensive brands? It makes it very hard for someone on a lower inc...
Introducing: Japanese denim shirts
June 7th 2024A couple of years ago, we discontinued the denim shirts sold on PS largely because of issues with producing and storing the cloth. Since then we’ve been working on alternatives, and finally settled on a Japanese-wo...
Introducing: Japanese denim shirts
A couple of years ago, we discontinued the denim shirts sold on PS largely because of issues with producing and storing the cloth. Since then we’ve been working on alternatives, and finally settled on a Japanese-wo...
My favourite jeans
May 1st 2024My favourite jeans largely come from brands that make in Japan, using Japanese denim, but that tweak the fit to make it their own. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that they’re also classic-menswear b...
My favourite jeans
My favourite jeans largely come from brands that make in Japan, using Japanese denim, but that tweak the fit to make it their own. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that they’re also classic-menswear b...
Reader Qs
Video chat: How to build a wardrobe from scratch
June 26th 2020This is the third in our series of reader-question videos, with the subject this time being wardrobe building. Specifically: “I am building up a wardrobe from scratch. What do I buy first, and how much should I sp...
Video chat: How to build a wardrobe from scratch
This is the third in our series of reader-question videos, with the subject this time being wardrobe building. Specifically: “I am building up a wardrobe from scratch. What do I buy first, and how much should I sp...
Video chat: Going to a maker for the first time
May 25th 2020I’m not sure we really answered the question in this chat. The idea of each of these videos is to take a frequently asked reader question, and then tackle it from every angle. Here the question was: ‘I&rsquo...
Video chat: Going to a maker for the first time
I’m not sure we really answered the question in this chat. The idea of each of these videos is to take a frequently asked reader question, and then tackle it from every angle. Here the question was: ‘I&rsquo...
Clothing Resources: Places to clean, alter and repair
September 5th 2018One of the most frequent questions I get asked on the site is where I would recommend for getting suits altered - or knitwear repaired, or shoes resoled. I’ve been meaning to create a single page with all these rec...
Clothing Resources: Places to clean, alter and repair
One of the most frequent questions I get asked on the site is where I would recommend for getting suits altered - or knitwear repaired, or shoes resoled. I’ve been meaning to create a single page with all these rec...
Factory Visits
How cordovan is made, at Horween tannery, Chicago
December 6th 2019Why should you care about a factory visit? Why care what the place is like where something is made - compared to say, the quality of it or how to wear it? Does it matter whether the place is clean or dirty, old or new?...
How cordovan is made, at Horween tannery, Chicago
Why should you care about a factory visit? Why care what the place is like where something is made - compared to say, the quality of it or how to wear it? Does it matter whether the place is clean or dirty, old or new?...
Yves Salomon: re-using, remodelling fur
January 18th 2019Following our discussion before Christmas about waste in the clothing industry, I was interested to learn about the remodelling and re-use of fur at Yves Salomon. Yves Salomon is one of the best fur workshops in the worl...
Yves Salomon: re-using, remodelling fur
Following our discussion before Christmas about waste in the clothing industry, I was interested to learn about the remodelling and re-use of fur at Yves Salomon. Yves Salomon is one of the best fur workshops in the worl...
Frank Clegg, Fall River: Factory visit
January 2nd 2019It’s not hard to spot an old mill town. Mills were large buildings and needed lots of light. In Britain, this often came in through so-called sawtooth roofs: a zig-zag shape that allowed windows to be placed in the...
Frank Clegg, Fall River: Factory visit
It’s not hard to spot an old mill town. Mills were large buildings and needed lots of light. In Britain, this often came in through so-called sawtooth roofs: a zig-zag shape that allowed windows to be placed in the...
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Good point. They are pretty similar but yes, a little wider and bigger. The significant difference really is in the bespoke fit though
Bryceland’s made-to-measure jacket: Review
Read the commentsA couple of things to consider (if you haven't already) are the rise and the waist fit of the trousers. Higher rise and closer fit help
How my shirt fit has changed in the past 15 years
Read the commentsI can confirm that here in the US we make a lot of assumptions.
The Rider’s Raincoat is back, in new beige and restocked khaki
Read the commentsExecutive Shaving closed 3 weeks ago.
Lorenzi, Milan: The rebirth of a menswear jewel
Read the commentsGood question. I had originally taken your intended meaning to be one of practice in style, but now I read it as tailoring or design expertise. If it is the latter, then, yes, question answered.
The appeal of workwear, and my favourite pieces
Read the commentsYes exactly
Autumn/Winter 2024 on the PS Shop
Read the comments