Pleasures and problems with Passaggio Cravatte

October 30th 2013

I’ve had a frustrating relationship with Passaggio Cravatte. Gianni, who runs it, is a young guy, very keen, very inventive and with some good people making his ties in Naples. It is a sign of his ambition that he has started making entirel...

Pleasures and problems with Passaggio Cravatte

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A fraud reaches out to a grifter. The grifter knows nothing about the topic and can’t distinguish high quality from fake and is willing to endorse anyone who will pay him. When reality hits the grifter excuses are made...

October 30th 2013

Permanent Style collaborations

August 30th 2013

Someone pointed out recently that some Permanent Style collaborations – with La Portegna, for example, or Passaggio Cravatte – have ended without any news as to how they went or the product was received. Both of those sold out, and we s...

Permanent Style collaborations

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I didn't realise that Phillip, would you mind sending me the details and I'll look into it? There may be some excess available Simon...

August 30th 2013

Reminder: Passaggio regimental ties

September 6th 2012

Just a nudge to remind readers that the collaboration between Permanent Style and tiemaker Passaggio Cravatte is still running, with some limited edition Italian regimental silks available to make into just one or two ties each. The two swatches belo...

Reminder: Passaggio regimental ties

Just a nudge to remind readers that the collaboration between Permanent Style and tiemaker Passaggio Cravatte is still running, with some limited edition Italian regimental silks available to make into just one or two ti...

September 6th 2012

UPDATE: Passaggio Cravatte x Permanent Style

August 28th 2012

Thanks everyone for your enthusiastic response to the tie offer, which went online yesterday. We have already sold a handful, with the vintage Italian silks It3 and It4 selling out. To try and placate those who couldn’t get their hands on t...

UPDATE: Passaggio Cravatte x Permanent Style

Thanks everyone for your enthusiastic response to the tie offer, which went online yesterday. We have already sold a handful, with the vintage Italian silks It3 and It4 selling out. To try and placate those who couldn’...

August 28th 2012

Permanent Style x Passaggio Cravatte: regimental ...

August 27th 2012

Following our r ecent project with Italian tiemaker Passaggio Cravatte, I’m pleased to offer the second iteration of this collaboration, focusing on regimental ties. (You can see the samples at the bottom of the post.) For anyone who missed the...

Permanent Style x Passaggio Cravatte: regimental ...

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I think the reference these days is so rare that it's not really an issue, particularly so with regimentals this old...

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Passaggio Cravatte: Almost all gone

June 19th 2012

PS2 PSC2 PSC4 PSC5 Of the potentially 20 ties in our offer of exclusive Passaggio Cravatte silks on Permanent Style, only six remain. These are one tie in PS2 silk, one in PSC2 and two in both PSC4 and PSC5 (all pictured above). I’m not sur...

Passaggio Cravatte: Almost all gone

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Read the last line of the post!...

June 19th 2012

Passaggio Cravatte and Permanent Style offer

June 13th 2012

As promised in my previous post on superlative tie maker Passaggio Cravatte, we are offering a series of vintage silks to be made to order, exclusively for Permanent Style readers. The prices quoted below also reflect a small discount to Passaggio&am...

Passaggio Cravatte and Permanent Style offer

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Hi Simon, Wondered if you'd come across Seaward & Stearn's ties please. Would you know if they have a retail presence in London?...

June 13th 2012

Passaggio Cravatte ties

June 1st 2012

There isn’t much to the making of a good tie – a slip stitch, good silk – but it’s surprising how few ties there are out there that I rate. Tiny things in cut, design and cloth make a big difference. One tie maker who contacte...

Passaggio Cravatte ties

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Thank you Peter, great to flag up...

TiesJune 1st 2012