Pop-up 6 is coming! Discover the brands

February 24th 2020

Rubato The Permanent Style pop-up shop is coming back to 37 Savile Row, in the second half of March. Those following PS on Instagram stories might have seen the gradual announcements, but we have just confirmed the final two brands this week: Scott...

Pop-up 6 is coming! Discover the brands

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Navy would be my first thought, then cream knitwear. Maybe black as well?...

February 24th 2020

Sartoria Melina nubuck bomber jacket

June 21st 2019

I liked the made-to-measure jacket I got from Sartoria Melina in 2017 so much, that last year I commissioned something new. This is it: their bomber-jacket style, in a tan colour of their signature nubuck leather. Having worn it for a few months (th...

Sartoria Melina nubuck bomber jacket

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I think so, yes. And to be honest, I'd go for the dark brown over the tobacco as well, if it were me. Even if it seems more boring. It will go with more other things in your wardrobe too...

Casual clothingJune 21st 2019

Sartoria Melina – first London trunkshow, a...

April 24th 2018

After a long wait, Neapolitan bespoke leather experts Sartoria Melina are finally coming to London - on May 16th and 17th. They will be at Mark's Club, and as with Sartoria Ciardi last month, we will hold a small event for them on the Wednesday nig...

Sartoria Melina – first London trunkshow, a...

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The blazer is groundbreaking and nostalgic at the same time and will be (if cared for properly) of a most permanent style. Steve McQueen would definitely give it a go. The rigid naysayers be damned....

Casual clothingApril 24th 2018

Fox re-weave my ecru cavalry twill

February 12th 2018

*Cloth now sold out. Fox are taking pre-orders for the next batch* At our pop-up shop back in April 2017, Fox Brothers brought up some vintage bolts to offer readers, including a rather beautiful ecru cavalry twill. I bought a length myself, and s...

Fox re-weave my ecru cavalry twill

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Good advice - thanks! Worst case scenario, I suppose I could just claim a bad case of the runs....

Cloth - TrousersFebruary 12th 2018

Sartoria Melina bespoke leather jacket – Re...

October 9th 2017

My leather jacket from Sartoria Melina arrived a couple of weeks ago, and I’m relieved to say the fit is good and the product excellent. I was rather worried at the fitting we had in Naples, because the canvas toile they had created was rather...

Sartoria Melina bespoke leather jacket – Re...

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Thanks a million Simon - much appreciated..!!...

Casual clothingOctober 9th 2017

Sartoria Melina – bespoke Neapolitan leather

September 4th 2017

As regular readers will know, I am a big fan of leather and suede outerwear - whether from the superfine Seraphin, historic Chapal or uber-modern Stoffa. I have tried, used and love them all. When it comes to tailored jackets, however, I want to sti...

Sartoria Melina – bespoke Neapolitan leather

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I'd say they're pretty similar, really all aiming at the top available...

Casual clothing - JacketsSeptember 4th 2017

Naples: A sartorial shopping guide

July 12th 2017

Naples has the biggest concentration of high-end handmade menswear in the world. Although not so much for shoes, for tailoring and shirtmaking this is the motherlode, with hundreds of tailors in the city and surrounding region, and thousands working ...

Naples: A sartorial shopping guide

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Can you do a shopping guide for Birmingham next please...

July 12th 2017