Black jeans: Exploring your style map
Five years ago, I’d never worn black jeans in my life. People didn’t really wear them when I was a kid, and until recently I didn’t really see them on people other than women and more fashion-forward guys. That slowly started to c...
Black jeans: Exploring your style map
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How great things don’t age: Cashmere shawl ...
Most of the time with stories in this series , we’ve celebrated how quality clothing becomes more beautiful with age - unlike the cheap product we see everywhere around us. It always feels like a story worth telling, one few adverts shout abou...
How great things don’t age: Cashmere shawl ...
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I think a slightly larger armhole is often good, it give it more of the relaxed look you're after...
My blue period: Packing for a weekend break
By Manish Puri. A couple of months ago the stars of friendship aligned for one glorious weekend when two of my dearest London mates - Simon (now residing in South Carolina) and Kevin (now in the Netherlands) - happened to be in New York on the same ...
My blue period: Packing for a weekend break
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Hey, I have a question for Manish if possible. I love the RRL shirt! As it's not a current product, I was wondering if you possibly have the product code from somewhere on the shirt?...
Reader profile: Myles
Myles is a reader living in Dubai - we actually met years ago, when he used to work at a PR agency in London, but he has since taken himself off to the Middle East and now works part-time while taking care of his two-year-old daughter. Myles came b...
Reader profile: Myles
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Interesting, thanks Wilmer...
Repairing my vintage denim jacket – with Cl...
The denim jacket I featured in our article a couple of weeks ago was second-hand and clearly in need of repair when I bought it (from Union Fade in Milan, which I'd highly recommend by the way). The fades on the jacket were incredible, as it had bee...
Repairing my vintage denim jacket – with Cl...
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A guide to the best denim jackets
By Ben Chamberlain. Denim jackets, there’s a lot of them – which in terms of choice is a good thing, but it can make it hard to tell them apart. From high-end repro to high-street fashun-fodder, most brands from Levi’s to Louis Vui...
A guide to the best denim jackets
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Hi Gordon, I’m looking at Bryceland’s 133/type 1 now for the same reason. I have relatively long, 35” arms at 5’11”. What’s the sleeve length on your washed 133?...
My favourite jeans: Bryceland’s, Rubato, Blackhor...
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 brands, who make or at least a...
My favourite jeans: Bryceland’s, Rubato, Blackhor...
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Hey Jules, Good question. I don't think there's a good formula to use, because part of it is a question of personal style. You'll find it more satisfying and useful in the long term if you sense it by eye. However, bear ...
How to pack for a week-long trip: Video
This is the second of two videos we made recently talking through what to pack for travel. The first suggested clothes for a three-day trip - basically wearing one outfit and packing another, but with every piece interchangeable. This second one exp...
How to pack for a week-long trip: Video
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It's the Aspen from Begg. The clothes are all listed at the end of the video....
Layering up for travel: Shawls, cardigans and vests
It was effing freezing in Paris two weeks ago: officially minus five, felt like minus ten. I know that’s not extreme if you live in Sweden or North Dakota, but it’s not the kind of weather you’re used to in London, I can tell you. ...
Layering up for travel: Shawls, cardigans and vests
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I made mine with Yves Salomon in London. Their headquarters is in Paris. Most furriers would be able to make something though....
Buying second-hand US-made Levi’s
Getting good mid-blue jeans can be tricky, given the prevalence of raw denim among most high-end makers we cover. Several do offer washes - like Orslow and Full Count - but the range and therefore the choice is usually less. Plus of course that&rsq...
Buying second-hand US-made Levi’s
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I haven't really slimmed them, no, but you can do if you have to. I'd say perhaps wear them a fair bit first, just to make sure you're certain about the alteration. There is a piece here on what can be altered in jeans...
The beauty of denim – with Levi’s through t...
Levi’s had exposed rivets on their back pockets until 1937, when complaints about scratched saddles and seats forced them to be covered. A few years later the rivet on the crotch was removed, with the better (but possibly apocryphal) story tha...
The beauty of denim – with Levi’s through t...
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New pink and green-stripe oxford shirts
Two new stripes in the PS Oxford shirt have been added to the shop today: a light pink and a pale green . As is often the case with PS products, they have been chosen as particularly understated, easy-to-wear styles. The pink is the same as that us...
New pink and green-stripe oxford shirts
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It depends on the oxford to an extent, as there is a lot of variety in how fine the material is, some really feel like dress shirts. For a traditional, coarser oxford, I'd personally go with a placket but it wouldn't loo...
Wear loafers with jeans
In 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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It's fairly normal when you have a slimmer foot Ray, and I find loafers difficult for that reason. The easiest thing is to watch out for loafers that have a narrower heel (Alden is particularly bad for this) or that have...
Reader profile: Tim
Tim 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. ...
Reader profile: Tim
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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 makes quality jeans – and should you c...
A reader commented recently (I paraphrase): “Why should I care about old jeans? They were all mass produced and basically the same.” There are a couple of things wrong with that. The first is that mass production doesn’t necessarily...
What makes quality jeans – and should you c...
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Introducing: The olive overshirt (and Summer rest...
This is the new colour of the PS Linen Overshirt - a pale olive green. I love it, but it is a touch unusual so I thought it was worth shooting with different colours, just to illustrate how I think it can work particularly nicely. The overshirt is ...
Introducing: The olive overshirt (and Summer rest...
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The watch pictured is a 1960s Tank Normale measuring 23 x 30mm...
Reader profile: Patrick
Patrick Dawson is a retired news correspondent, now living in London. During his career he worked for ABC, CNN and NBC and covered the Balkans War from Kosovo, the Gulf War from Kuwait, and was the first NBC correspondent on the ground during 9/11. ...
Reader profile: Patrick
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Patrick always exhibited class and elegance in his dress style while working as a reporter in NYC. Neat, precise, and understated....
Le Vif: A vintage shop like a regular shop
Le Vif in Paris is one of the most curated vintage stores around. What do I mean by that? Well, it has a particular view on the clothes it offers - in terms of quality, style and origin. It sells Americana, normally American-made. There’s no...
Le Vif: A vintage shop like a regular shop
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Yes, like a lot of that 16th experiment, it's moving to a more standard part of town. No actual location yet though I don't think...
Reader Profile: Andrew
This is the third in our series of articles meeting, and questioning, Permanent Style readers. The first profiled Manish , who enthused about Russian watches and recommended that readers should start building a wardrobe with good trousers. And the s...
Reader Profile: Andrew
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David - did you ever end up commissioning a suit or jacket with T&G? Do you visit Rome often? I was wondering because I saw that you are in LA, and I thought it may be difficult to do a bespoke commission on vacation...
The jungle jacket: Summer’s M65
This might be our last piece on summer clothing this year, and I wanted to use it to talk about one of my most useful pieces of the last few months - this vintage ‘jungle jacket’. I bought it two years ago, at the now sadly closed Vinta...
The jungle jacket: Summer’s M65
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White jeans: how to buy, wash and wear
White jeans are a classic example of menswear that has been damaged unreasonably by association. Unfortunately, they carry connotations of flash Mediterranean men, wearing their white jeans with a shirt unbuttoned to the navel. Or skintight ripped ...
White jeans: how to buy, wash and wear
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How to wash and wear raw denim
People get in a real muddle over raw denim. A reader commented a couple of weeks ago that he didn’t like it because ‘you’re never allowed to wash it’. Of course you can wash raw denim. You might want to wash it less, at the ...
How to wash and wear raw denim
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Thanks Ray, I'll keep that in mind. There is one post here on a vintage pair of mine...
My favourite outfits
In our recent article ' Outfits that I got wrong', a reader commented that he would be interested in the opposite post. Not outfits I got right - hopefully there are lots of those - but ones I got the most right, or I like the most. Perhaps, those t...
My favourite outfits
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The Galway just about, the Ambleside yes with the storm welt etc...
How jeans can be altered
One of the big disadvantages of jeans over tailored trousers is their inability to be altered. It means that, over the years, they’re less able to adapt as you change shape. And given that a key appeal is their longevity - that in fact, jeans...
How jeans can be altered
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I disagree that it has to, but it certainly can do if taken too far and I can see why they'd maybe rather not do it given the risk/judgment required. Try Claxies...
Introducing: PS Selvedge Chambray
Back in 2017, Jamie Ferguson and I visited fabric mills in Japan - like Hosoo, in Kyoto (pictured below) , which produces the most extraordinary silks. It was really interesting to see the weaving side of Japanese heritage, and the typically innovat...
Introducing: PS Selvedge Chambray
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Hello Eric Yes we will get a restock of this but likely not until after summer maybe around September....
