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RM Williams Craftsman boots: Review
March 24th 2023Over the past few months I’ve been trying out a pair of RM Williams boots, driven by the fact I know so many people who swear by them, and because it’s nice to celebrate a craft company in a different part of...
RM Williams Craftsman boots: Review
Over the past few months I’ve been trying out a pair of RM Williams boots, driven by the fact I know so many people who swear by them, and because it’s nice to celebrate a craft company in a different part of...
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Celebrating local dress: My travels and Afghan Style
March 22nd 2023Mi During the launch of Robert Spangle's book Afghan Style recently in London, I had a chance to catch up with Rob about what he found so inspirational about dress in Afghanistan. He mentioned the silhouettes, the textu...
Celebrating local dress: My travels and Afghan Style
Mi During the launch of Robert Spangle's book Afghan Style recently in London, I had a chance to catch up with Rob about what he found so inspirational about dress in Afghanistan. He mentioned the silhouettes, the textu...
Tonal layering with black jeans: Comfy, drapey, easy
March 20th 2023This outfit I wore last week really tickled me - I think primarily for its combination of T-shirt and tailoring. Working the two together in some way (as in this, perhaps Summer equivalent ) is often an effective way to...
Tonal layering with black jeans: Comfy, drapey, easy
This outfit I wore last week really tickled me - I think primarily for its combination of T-shirt and tailoring. Working the two together in some way (as in this, perhaps Summer equivalent ) is often an effective way to...
Rifugio’s old villa
March 17th 2023On a surprisingly warm, sunny day last January we visited the Art Deco villa that is Alfredo Rifugio's headquarters in Naples. It’s not what you expect for an Italian workshop. While there are lots of beautiful li...
Rifugio’s old villa
On a surprisingly warm, sunny day last January we visited the Art Deco villa that is Alfredo Rifugio's headquarters in Naples. It’s not what you expect for an Italian workshop. While there are lots of beautiful li...
Bryceland’s black unsanforised jeans: Review
March 15th 2023These are the first jeans I've had from Bryceland's , and I've been absolutely loving them - for the fit, the colour and the denim. But I was a little nervous about buying them, as I'd never had unsanforised denim befor...
Bryceland’s black unsanforised jeans: Review
These are the first jeans I've had from Bryceland's , and I've been absolutely loving them - for the fit, the colour and the denim. But I was a little nervous about buying them, as I'd never had unsanforised denim befor...
Why I’m fascinated by old Italian industrialists
March 13th 2023By Andreas Weinas This headline might be one of the more confusing ones to have appeared on Permanent Style, but bear with me. Simon reached out to me at the beginning of the year, asking if I wanted to do a piece on PS ...
Why I’m fascinated by old Italian industrialists
By Andreas Weinas This headline might be one of the more confusing ones to have appeared on Permanent Style, but bear with me. Simon reached out to me at the beginning of the year, asking if I wanted to do a piece on PS ...
The next talk with Rubato, and pop-up shop updates
March 10th 2023I’m pleased to say that the next in our series of talks at Mortimer House will be with Oliver and Carl from Rubato, on March 31st. These events have a really nice atmosphere, with everyone milling around, browsing ...
The next talk with Rubato, and pop-up shop updates
I’m pleased to say that the next in our series of talks at Mortimer House will be with Oliver and Carl from Rubato, on March 31st. These events have a really nice atmosphere, with everyone milling around, browsing ...
Paolo Martorano bespoke hopsack jacket: Review
March 8th 2023This bespoke jacket was made for me by Paolo Martorano, the tailor in New York I first covered in 2020 . It’s particularly significant because of the dearth of bespoke tailors in the US. Although many tailors trav...
Paolo Martorano bespoke hopsack jacket: Review
This bespoke jacket was made for me by Paolo Martorano, the tailor in New York I first covered in 2020 . It’s particularly significant because of the dearth of bespoke tailors in the US. Although many tailors trav...
Wearing pink: Tips and combinations
March 6th 2023By Manish Puri “That was the day I learned how dangerous a color can be. That a boy could be knocked off that shade and made to reckon his trespass. Even if color is nothing but what the light reveals, that nothing...
Wearing pink: Tips and combinations
By Manish Puri “That was the day I learned how dangerous a color can be. That a boy could be knocked off that shade and made to reckon his trespass. Even if color is nothing but what the light reveals, that nothing...
PS readers’ Customer Service Award 2023: Anglo-Italian
March 3rd 2023Results of the Readers Awards 2023: Best customer service: Anglo-Italian. Runners-up: Anderson & Sheppard, The Armoury Best product: Private White VC. Runner-up: Anglo-Italian Best styling: Drake's. Runner-up: Rubato...
PS readers’ Customer Service Award 2023: Anglo-Italian
Results of the Readers Awards 2023: Best customer service: Anglo-Italian. Runners-up: Anderson & Sheppard, The Armoury Best product: Private White VC. Runner-up: Anglo-Italian Best styling: Drake's. Runner-up: Rubato...
Introducing: The PS Undershirt
March 1st 2023For the past five years or so, I’ve been wearing Hamilton & Hare’s tubular T-shirts under things. They’re what I wear underneath knitwear, what I wear under a shirt, even what I sleep in. They&rsqu...
Introducing: The PS Undershirt
For the past five years or so, I’ve been wearing Hamilton & Hare’s tubular T-shirts under things. They’re what I wear underneath knitwear, what I wear under a shirt, even what I sleep in. They&rsqu...
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Reader profile: Simon
February 27th 2023Simon is only our second reader profile from outside the UK. He lives in New York, although when we talk on the phone he’s actually in Washington DC, having just landed on the red eye from Arizona. Simon travels a...
Reader profile: Simon
Simon is only our second reader profile from outside the UK. He lives in New York, although when we talk on the phone he’s actually in Washington DC, having just landed on the red eye from Arizona. Simon travels a...
Ettore de Cesare bespoke navy overcoat
February 24th 2023This overcoat from Ettore de Cesare in Naples has been featured before, in the style feature a couple of weeks ago talking about silk scarves and shades of navy. However, there have been a few comments recently that rea...
Ettore de Cesare bespoke navy overcoat
This overcoat from Ettore de Cesare in Naples has been featured before, in the style feature a couple of weeks ago talking about silk scarves and shades of navy. However, there have been a few comments recently that rea...
Introducing: The new Reversible Suede Bomber
February 22nd 2023The new version of our reversible suede bomber jacket - reversible so you can turn it inside out at the first hint of rain - is finally here. Much as I liked the previous version, the process of designing the Linen Harr...
Introducing: The new Reversible Suede Bomber
The new version of our reversible suede bomber jacket - reversible so you can turn it inside out at the first hint of rain - is finally here. Much as I liked the previous version, the process of designing the Linen Harr...
Video: Jamie Ferguson on photography and style
February 20th 2023This was really fun. I guess it’s always easier interviewing someone you know well, but there’s also a temptation there to just chat – to forget the perhaps more significant topics you had wanted t...
Video: Jamie Ferguson on photography and style
This was really fun. I guess it’s always easier interviewing someone you know well, but there’s also a temptation there to just chat – to forget the perhaps more significant topics you had wanted t...
Day in, day out: On uniform dressing and travel
February 17th 2023Charcoal trousers from a suit, with tweed jacket swapped in By Emilie Hawtin Developing a personal uniform is a common goal for those that are into clothing, I find. It has the twin benefits of being personal yet easy, d...
Day in, day out: On uniform dressing and travel
Charcoal trousers from a suit, with tweed jacket swapped in By Emilie Hawtin Developing a personal uniform is a common goal for those that are into clothing, I find. It has the twin benefits of being personal yet easy, d...
Expressing yourself: How to dress like Milad Abedi
February 15th 2023The photographer Milad Abedi is someone whose style I’ve liked for a long time, but in a quiet way. Whenever we’ve shot together I’ve been interested in what he’s wearing and found something ...
Expressing yourself: How to dress like Milad Abedi
The photographer Milad Abedi is someone whose style I’ve liked for a long time, but in a quiet way. Whenever we’ve shot together I’ve been interested in what he’s wearing and found something ...
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Tobacco, black and white (some T-shirts in stock)
February 13th 2023You know that feeling when you realise a new purchase unleashes potential in an old, beloved garment? Like getting a yellow oxford and realising it doesn’t just look good with jeans, but also with your favourite he...
Tobacco, black and white (some T-shirts in stock)
You know that feeling when you realise a new purchase unleashes potential in an old, beloved garment? Like getting a yellow oxford and realising it doesn’t just look good with jeans, but also with your favourite he...
Where your Simone Abbarchi shirts are made
February 10th 2023I know shirtmaker Simone Abbarchi has a lot of PS customers in London and New York. They might like to know - and see - where their shirts are made. It’s a little workshop about 10 minutes drive outside of Florenc...
Where your Simone Abbarchi shirts are made
I know shirtmaker Simone Abbarchi has a lot of PS customers in London and New York. They might like to know - and see - where their shirts are made. It’s a little workshop about 10 minutes drive outside of Florenc...
What makes a quality sweatshirt?
February 8th 2023Sweatshirts vary hugely in price, from £20 at a fast-fashion brand to well over £200 from a specialist Japanese maker . And even though the price difference is that large among brands we cover - say Merz b S...
What makes a quality sweatshirt?
Sweatshirts vary hugely in price, from £20 at a fast-fashion brand to well over £200 from a specialist Japanese maker . And even though the price difference is that large among brands we cover - say Merz b S...
Spring/Summer 23 on the PS shop
February 6th 2023Hello everyone, As has now become customary, I'd like to give you an insight into what’s coming up in the next six months on the shop. Of course we can’t detail everything in advance, but we wanted to give y...
Spring/Summer 23 on the PS shop
Hello everyone, As has now become customary, I'd like to give you an insight into what’s coming up in the next six months on the shop. Of course we can’t detail everything in advance, but we wanted to give y...
Pitti A/W 2023: Too many negronis, too few makers
February 3rd 2023By Tony Sylvester It’s been three long years since I last shuffled along the cobbled streets of Florence, winding my way to the Fortezza Da Basso, the medieval castle that hosts Pitti Uomo, the international menswe...
Pitti A/W 2023: Too many negronis, too few makers
By Tony Sylvester It’s been three long years since I last shuffled along the cobbled streets of Florence, winding my way to the Fortezza Da Basso, the medieval castle that hosts Pitti Uomo, the international menswe...
Subtle vs showy: A way to think about casual clothing
February 1st 2023There is an important factor in how we dress that I don't think we’ve ever discussed explicitly on Permanent Style, which is how subtle or showy an outfit is. When we talked almost entirely about tailoring, worn l...
Subtle vs showy: A way to think about casual clothing
There is an important factor in how we dress that I don't think we’ve ever discussed explicitly on Permanent Style, which is how subtle or showy an outfit is. When we talked almost entirely about tailoring, worn l...
An Hermes silk scarf with all navy
January 30th 2023Long-term readers will be familiar with my passion for Hermes silk scarves, which I’ve often bought over the years as a treat, and of which I now have a small collection (nine of them, since you ask). I’ve f...
An Hermes silk scarf with all navy
Long-term readers will be familiar with my passion for Hermes silk scarves, which I’ve often bought over the years as a treat, and of which I now have a small collection (nine of them, since you ask). I’ve f...
PS Presents ’23: Arterton, LEJ, Marrkt, Fox and Ru...
January 27th 2023March 1 update: Rubato and Permanent Style dates confirmed as March 29 to April 1 Rubato will be launching new products, bringing almost everything to try on, and a good range to buy as well Fox will be running different...
PS Presents ’23: Arterton, LEJ, Marrkt, Fox and Ru...
March 1 update: Rubato and Permanent Style dates confirmed as March 29 to April 1 Rubato will be launching new products, bringing almost everything to try on, and a good range to buy as well Fox will be running different...
Readers awards 2023: Anniversary edition
January 25th 2023Five years ago, in 2018, we began the PS awards series by asking about favourite brands, shops and stylists. This year I'd like to invite everyone to do the same, but actively reflect on how things have changed in the p...
Readers awards 2023: Anniversary edition
Five years ago, in 2018, we began the PS awards series by asking about favourite brands, shops and stylists. This year I'd like to invite everyone to do the same, but actively reflect on how things have changed in the p...
The Merchant Fox: All the casual jackets reviewed
January 23rd 2023By Manish Puri In between short walks to the kitchen to restock on mince pies and watching Home Alone for the 83 rd time (this genuinely may be an understatement), the festive period offers a singular opportunity to cont...
The Merchant Fox: All the casual jackets reviewed
By Manish Puri In between short walks to the kitchen to restock on mince pies and watching Home Alone for the 83 rd time (this genuinely may be an understatement), the festive period offers a singular opportunity to cont...
Denim
Bryceland’s black unsanforised jeans: Review
March 15th 2023These are the first jeans I've had from Bryceland's , and I've been absolutely loving them - for the fit, the colour and the denim. But I was a little nervous about buying them, as I'd never had unsanforised denim befor...
Bryceland’s black unsanforised jeans: Review
These are the first jeans I've had from Bryceland's , and I've been absolutely loving them - for the fit, the colour and the denim. But I was a little nervous about buying them, as I'd never had unsanforised denim befor...
Why do people turn up (or cuff) their jeans?
November 2nd 2022Almost every time I've featured jeans in recent months, someone has asked about turn-ups. So I thought it was worth a dedicated post I could point people to going forward. Interestingly, I think the reason it's coming u...
Why do people turn up (or cuff) their jeans?
Almost every time I've featured jeans in recent months, someone has asked about turn-ups. So I thought it was worth a dedicated post I could point people to going forward. Interestingly, I think the reason it's coming u...
J Press, Stock Vintage, CHCM, Snyder: New New York
October 24th 2022It was really nice to be in New York last week, after a break of three years. (The last time being for our Ivy Symposium .) I got to see many old friends, both in the industry (Steven Taffel of Leffot and I realised we ...
J Press, Stock Vintage, CHCM, Snyder: New New York
It was really nice to be in New York last week, after a break of three years. (The last time being for our Ivy Symposium .) I got to see many old friends, both in the industry (Steven Taffel of Leffot and I realised we ...
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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That would be heavy, but I think also lovely - do you wear heavier cloth like that already? I think how you feel about it can be quite personal, and something you get used to.
The basics of selecting cloth
Read the commentsThat's certainly sartorially correct, but in this kind of black or midnight material it looks a little funereal or period, for me. And of course the stroller is really from almost 100 years ago - it's that era's version of how a navy blazer is…
A jacket to ponder in
Read the commentsThe Dartmoor in black will be available in a couple of weeks Guy. The Colhay's one has some nice style details, but is essentially a standard 2-ply polo and can certainly be both smart and casual. The resort shirt I haven't tried (seeing Ronnie next…
A collared cardigan under a jacket: Ciardi and Colhay’s
Read the commentsI do like that style, much like a bomber, but I'd keep it simple - dark colours, no big patterns or words/numbers. That's if you want it to be fairly smart though, with a loafer or similar
What Ivy means to me
Read the commentsI think it would be, yes. Better on a single breasted coat like a covert. Also, personally I think slanted pockets without a flap look a little strange. At the least, I would have them with flaps and then tuck the flaps if I didn't…
The styles of overcoat (and how to design one)
Read the commentsYes, interesting. I think that ageing shot shows how much of a workboot they are rather than a dress one. They're using a more coated leather and a thicker one, which is good for this kind of boot - but if you got colour change…
RM Williams Craftsman boots: Review
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