Reader profile: Shun
October 17th 2022With the PS reader profiles, we’re always looking to add something different - a different style, a different age, hopefully at some point a different location. Although Shun’s love of classic menswear will be shared by many, he is a li...
Reader profile: Shun
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They're good quality and good value, but most of the styles are too chunky for me personally...
Wear loafers with jeans
October 10th 2022In the hyper-casual world we’re living in, any opportunity to add a little smartness to everyday clothing should be grabbed with both hands. One of the most effective ways to do this, I’m finding, is wearing loafers with jeans. Jeans ar...
Wear loafers with jeans
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Seon Hwang from Villa del Corea. Full details on that photo here...
Introducing: The navy Donegal Coat
September 28th 2022The cut and contours of this, the PS Donegal Coat, will be familiar to most readers. So I’ll focus on the colour to begin with. This is our navy iteration, and it is primarily a large, 3x3 herringbone weave that alternates between navy and bl...
Introducing: The navy Donegal Coat
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I’m so happy to read that, I was so sad I missed the sizes in this color and the dark navy....
Reader profile: Tim
August 10th 2022Tim owns an antique luggage and travel accessories shop, and spends a lot of his time either in the store or on the road sourcing. His clothes are eminently practical, but they also speak of a love of old things, including all second-hand clothing. ...
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Great story! I reuse or repair a lot of my families old ranch clothes! Its a great aesthetic, and I dont have to pay for a high quality jean shirt, when I have vintage made in the USA wrangler shirts ready to go! Also, P...
What I pack when I travel – on holiday
July 22nd 2022A few years ago, I wrote a piece detailing what I packed when I travelled – focused on Naples in wam weather, but with application to colder weather too. However this was a ‘work’ trip for me. One where I was expected to give a...
What I pack when I travel – on holiday
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It's probably too hard to go into in a comment, but as you'd expect the main drivers are comfort and function, eg a soft jacket with pockets, comfortable shoes that can cope with your feet swelling, and so on...
Reader profile: Cedric
June 17th 2022Cedric works in the art world, and as such is rarely formal. But he retains an interest in tailoring, has childhood memories of going to Huntsman, and is even talking to Fred Nieddu about his first bespoke. He also has a depth of interest in Americ...
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I know what you mean Leif. I would say that, at least in my context, it's more swinging towards the seventies when done well, as basically no one does. If the fit and cut are done well, and perhaps there's a little extra...
Rain: Cap and cordovan, or felt and suede
May 9th 2022This may be a little niche, but it’s something that often stresses me out in the morning, so hopefully it will be of some use to others. My plans for what to wear on a particular day usually don’t account for rain. I might be going int...
Rain: Cap and cordovan, or felt and suede
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Hi Craig, I find the Rider's good for warmer weather, hence the shots of me wearing it with just a T-shirt underneath. For umbrellas, anything from a quality maker will be good, perhaps Swaine or James Smith...
Smart/casual and high/low: How to dress like Oliv...
April 8th 2022I was surprised when I realised we hadn’t ever featured Oliver Dannefalk in our ‘How to dress like’ series, given I’ve admired his style for years, particularly since he launched Rubato with Carl Pers. I assume...
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Thank you Paul, that's very helpful. I'll add it now...
The Alden modified last, and Anatomica sizing
April 1st 2022Alden has this particular shape of shoe, on what is referred to as the ‘modified’ last. It’s unusual, almost orthopaedic in appearance, with a narrow waist that hugs the middle of the foot and rather bulging sides to fully accommo...
The Alden modified last, and Anatomica sizing
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I’m having similar issues with Zonkey Boots. I was recommended a longer size, and my widest part of my foot also sat a few cm back of the widest part of the shoe. I want to try my regular size but wider, but just don�...
Anatomica, Paris: The clothes and the history
March 23rd 2022Anatomica is one of my favourite shops in Paris. It’s unique, with a range of menswear that’s often exclusive to them - whether under their brand or others’ - and always centred around quality. In fact it has such a reputation - of...
Anatomica, Paris: The clothes and the history
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It's often referred to as a Browns Beach waistcoat, after the original maker of the material I believe. Something vintage guys love. If you can wear a waistcoat like that, it's not the hardest one to combine with other t...
Reader profile: Daniel
February 14th 2022Meet Daniel. A regular at the pop-up shop, and a man who knows more about wine glasses than you’d care to ask. It’s fair to say that Daniel appreciates good clothes, and knows what styles he likes. But he doesn’t obsess about it. ...
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I like that look as well. However, what colour are the trousers - dark navy, dark brown, dark green? Surprisingly difficult to tell from the photos....
Reader profile: Mattia
January 17th 2022I met Mattia during our recent pop-up shop on Savile Row. A Permanent Style reader, he is also a fashion student, which gives him an interesting perspective on classic menswear. I enjoyed talking to him, and his friends, about their studies and the...
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I loved reading this and I love Mattia's style. As someone who doesn't earn a lot of money most of my reading here is pipe dream stuff. But me and mattia are on the same boat - there is a way to dress well for under 3k! ...
Down parka from Nigel Cabourn: How great things age
January 14th 2022Over the winter, quite a few readers have asked what I wear for very cold weather. If it’s formal, the answer is a simple variation on the coats we’ve already featured: a heavyweight overcoat like my 30oz from Sartoria Ciardi , for insta...
Down parka from Nigel Cabourn: How great things age
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I wouldn't say so unfortunately. Shearling can be nice and warm, but down parkas like this are always going to perform better...
Adret ‘Jack’ bomber jacket: Review
August 11th 2021Although there has been quite a bit of coverage of Adret in the past two years (including on PS), pictures of the clothes in the wild are rare. I thought it would be useful to shoot my most significant purchase from Adret, therefore, and reflect up...
Adret ‘Jack’ bomber jacket: Review
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They are, I haven't got it to hand but I'd say it's around 30L...
Tailoring and milsurp: How to dress like Ethan Wong
May 21st 2021Like many men that feature in this ‘How to dress like’ series, I find the differences between how I and Ethan Wong dress just as interesting as the similarities. In fact more so. We have similar influences in classic menswear and vint...
Tailoring and milsurp: How to dress like Ethan Wong
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Ethan and Simon are the two writers on style that I enjoy reading the most. My personal style is more like Simon’s – probably because I’m staunchly middle aged and live in Northern Europe. However, Ethan’s concep...
The joy of cordovan – and how to wear and m...
February 3rd 2021I'm a relatively recent convert to cordovan, but have come to love it as I've started to wear more casual clothing, and darker colours. It also added a layer of love visiting the Horween tannery in Chicago last year (shown below). That’s worth...
The joy of cordovan – and how to wear and m...
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1) Yes - I'd see it as an interesting alternative to black, but in those kinds of outfits in can work very well 2) I don't think there's much difference between calf and cordovan, but if you want more casual you could tr...
Postcard from Stockholm
October 9th 2020So here's the weird thing about Stockholm: nothing is weird. Everything feels normal. No one wears a mask, and while there’s still social distancing, it's minimal and feels almost like politeness. People do sanitise their hands frequently, an...
Postcard from Stockholm
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No, sorry Stefan, it’s never really been a focus of the site. I also don’t usually have the money to spend on luxury places!...
Clutch Cafe: A guide to my favourite brands
September 7th 2020There is a handful of menswear shops in London that I recommend regularly to friends visiting from abroad. They include Trunk, Connolly, Drake's and Anderson & Sheppard Haberdashery. All boutiques, all founded in the past decade. The most ...
Clutch Cafe: A guide to my favourite brands
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Much better, but also a very different look...
My Summer shoes
July 29th 2020Shoes can be one of the trickiest areas for clothing in the summer. Unless we require a jacket, it’s pretty simple to wear a well-cut polo shirt on top and drapey linen trousers on the bottom, and stay cool. But shoes are always required, and...
My Summer shoes
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Between the two shoes in a pair? I wouldn't have said that was that normal, no...
Light relief: Jamie’s clothes and style
April 8th 2020OK, so. Friend and photographer Jamie Ferguson has been locked up indoors for weeks, as we all have. And he’s gone a bit stir crazy. We had started talking a while ago about shoots we could do remotely. Perhaps looking at a few outfits of his...
Light relief: Jamie’s clothes and style
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Love the penny loafers worn barefoot! Very hot look...
Holiday snaps 2019: No shorts in the city
August 14th 2019I just got back from our annual summer holiday: two weeks in Portugal, in a villa with my wife and children, miles away from anything. I normally write a post running through things worn on holiday, as I know readers find it interesting having diffe...
Holiday snaps 2019: No shorts in the city
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'It's possible to be overdressed in this way, too'. If such an outfit which you are wearing or for example an outfit like a shirt/polo with linen trouser and espadrilles can seem overdressed then what does the average cr...
Editing Instagram: Dressing for different walks o...
August 7th 2019Great as Instagram is, a definite flaw is its lack of an effective archive. There’s no way to search old images, so unless you save an image yourself, you can’t find old pieces or browse effectively. Just as important a frustration &...
Editing Instagram: Dressing for different walks o...
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Anyone know Peter’s height? Just curious....
Should your belt match your shoes? (Or bag)
September 21st 2018This question might seem like an easy one, but I do get a lot of comments and emails about it, so I thought I’d lay it out in a post. No, in short, a leather belt and leather shoes do not have to match. But they should be closely related. So a...
Should your belt match your shoes? (Or bag)
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5cm, yes...
Wearing warm and cold colours
April 4th 2018Taka from Liverano. Lots of colour and pattern, but overall quite cold Being able to judge the relative formality of an outfit is a key component of dressing well in modern, variable working environments. Many things contribute to this formality: Mo...
Wearing warm and cold colours
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Hi Simon, I'm a first-time commenter but a longtime reader, and Permanent Style is easily my favorite menswear resource and a big influence in my style journey, so thank you for that! I do have some constructive criticis...
Interview: John Happ of Alden, and the danger of ...
October 5th 2016During Alden’s recent trunk show at Trunk Clothiers in London, I chatted to John Happ (Alden’s Director of European Sales) about why he dislikes talking about heritage - and the penny loafers they didn’t make for Ernest Hemingway. ...
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I don't know the reason, but I do know Alden has been in massive demand in recent years, but has not been able to increase production, so stock is thin everywhere...
