What I’m looking forward to wearing this summer (...
By Jamie Ferguson. Fourth instalments are usually the best ones right? Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , Fast and Furious , The Phantom Menace … Ah nuts. Well, here’s hoping this chapter in the What I’m Looking ...
What I’m looking forward to wearing this summer (...
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Just picked up the Armoury version as Grenson doesn’t seem to directly offer that particular design. Curious if you ever wear them with socks given they still offer higher breathability than fully-enclosed shoes?...
The design and quality of LEJ’s new outerwear
The brand LEJ has expanded rather in the past year, adding interesting outerwear and overall designs that are a little more sophisticated, a little more refined. And as a result, perhaps more suited to the PS reader. Luke Walker, the founder, is an...
The design and quality of LEJ’s new outerwear
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PS: Today's release email from LEJ reminded me that my quick release is of course in the cotton poplin cloqué fabric (not the HBT, which is the heavier cotton that they use for the Plage). Everything else that I said st...
What I’m looking forward to wearing this winter (...
By Jamie Ferguson. As Jack Frost’s icy fingers slowly begin their wintery crawl across the nation, and that shivering breeze has us reaching for the warm comforts of wool and cashmere, fear not my brethren, for the Prince of Whimsy hath retu...
What I’m looking forward to wearing this winter (...
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It's the Gardiolo, and it's suede (flesh)...
Postcards from Thailand
By Manish Puri . There’s a scene in Frasier where Niles is packing some clothes to keep at his girlfriend Daphne’s place, for the morning after the nights he stays over. Daphne, becoming increasingly concerned that she doesn’t have...
Postcards from Thailand
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Hi Manish, on such casual shirts, which fit do you aim for the collar? I am size 15 in neck on my shirts. With this measurment they fit exactly perfect around the neck. How much do you care for shirts like the bigman or ...
The case for the ‘stimulating’ shirt
By Lucas Nicholson. Whilst nattering away to Simon as I usually do on one of our days working together, I mentioned I had a revelation recently. In my past life at Drake’s, I always favoured slightly eccentric tailoring (cream cord suit anyon...
The case for the ‘stimulating’ shirt
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Hi Lucas, Well worth catching "To the Manor Born", currently being repeated on the Drama Channel in the UK; his suits and shirts matching his wonderful acting.. Seeing him in this and his other TV rolls encouraged me to ...
How to do double denim, and mixing rough and smooth
One of the things Jamie and I were keen to do with The Casual Style Guide was bring in comments from some of the people featured - what they thought about the outfits, rather than just us. So we approached five people, and asked them to give us a co...
How to do double denim, and mixing rough and smooth
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The double denim look seems to be stirring some controversy, but in my opinion it could work on colder and darker cloudy days sans loafers which look oddly out of place for the overall effect to work well. It couldn't be...
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 Tooting Lido was just too inviting...
How I learned to love shorts
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Holiday attire: A sliding scale of formality
By Manish Puri Last week’s article by Simon, ‘Which office are you? A cold current 2024 update’ , focused on cold, wintry colours. I’m here to provide a similar step through using warmer, summery tones. The colours I’ve...
Holiday attire: A sliding scale of formality
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Have you visited Adret? their choices of cloth are something else, 'exotic' yes, different and unique lots of texture yes! cheap? i mean i saw the hand work and it is mind blowing how many hand stitches are in the hems a...
How design works: Classic menswear and fashion co...
The main reason I wanted to bring designer Luke Walker onto our series of talks was his experience working at both fashion brands (Lanvin, McQueen) and classic menswear (Dunhill, Drake’s). I love what he does at his own brand, LEJ, and we tal...
How design works: Classic menswear and fashion co...
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What a breath of fresh air Luke is ... so many gems, anecdotes and wisdom (Oh ... and a dusting of luxuriant chest hair). Loved it all....
The PS talks are back – with Luke Walker of...
A new season of talks is starting this Autumn, following the same format as the four we held last year - with Ethan Newton, Tony Sylvester, Jamie Ferguson and Rubato. The evenings at Mortimer House were immensely enjoyable, with around 50 readers ga...
The PS talks are back – with Luke Walker of...
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Hi, Yes it did, and yes there will be. Should be a week or two. No, LEJ was never part of this pop-up. They used the space back in the Spring, but we don't have that space any more so this Autumn we're just on our own fo...
Spring/Summer Top 10 ’23: Shirts, shorts an...
It may still be cold outside (in the UK), but it’s late April and time for a write-up of the Spring/Summer pieces I’ve liked from our favourite brands. If you have any questions about other releases from these brands (or indeed brands n...
Spring/Summer Top 10 ’23: Shirts, shorts an...
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I cannot comment on the substance of their environmental activism, if that is primarily marketing, but as far as my information goes, at least the working conditions in the supply chains of Patagonia are no better than a...
How we wear LEJ
By Manish Puri with André Larnyoh. Luke Walker is the creative director of the brand LEJ. I still remember the first time I saw him. He was strolling across my local green, wearing faded jeans and a loose shirt that appeared to be somewhat re...
How we wear LEJ
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Yes I agree, it could be. I think I can speak to that as it's less specific to the colour and a more general point about casual outerwear. For most people, the brown will be more versatile, but it depends a lot on what e...
PS Presents ’23: Arterton, LEJ, Marrkt, Fox...
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 on different days of their e...
PS Presents ’23: Arterton, LEJ, Marrkt, Fox...
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Hi Teo, Yes that's right, and I'll be there with them on Thursday, the first day. It will open at 10am...
Luxury chore coats compared
By Manish Puri Not all chores are made equal. Some take longer, some require more exertion, and some involve going out into the cold. On a typical weekend you’ll find me frantically searching for loopholes in the chivalric code so I can cherry...
Luxury chore coats compared
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I actually think that's quite a nice mix for something like this that is meant to be technical, so more water resistant. It feels nice. I found it a bit too short for me, but then I'm above average height so it's always ...
The Spring Top 10: Fun, paper and lavender
It’s that time of the year again. Brands have been receiving all the spring clothing they ordered last year, even though they weren’t quite sure whether it would arrive, or be swallowed by an unexpected lockdown. So rejoice, there are n...
The Spring Top 10: Fun, paper and lavender
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Regarding Trumpers. Apart from ordering a tub of Almond Shaving Cream which is utterly superb and highly concentrated in a very generous 200g tub... probably the best value of all the prestige London barbers, I asked for...
