Postcards from Thailand

April 16th 2025

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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Linens do vary, some are heavier. But the ones you see in fabric books like that are not designed to be made into untucked or overshirts, they're designed to be worn tucked in, a little smarter, and coolness is the prior...

Casual clothingApril 16th 2025

The versatility of the camel coat

February 28th 2025

The pre-order for the PS Donegal coats, including this one, will open on Monday. Details in an article then. Instinctively, you wouldn't think a camel-coloured coat (whether actual camelhair or not) would be that versatile. It's not the business s...

The versatility of the camel coat

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How would you wear a camel blazer/sportcoat?...

CoatsFebruary 28th 2025

A contrasting view: Mixing dark trousers with lig...

February 17th 2025

By Manish Puri . When I started to wear more tailored clothing - and it won’t surprise you to learn that coincided with when I began to read PS regularly - it seemed to me that the epitome of elegance was the ability to mix darker jackets with...

A contrasting view: Mixing dark trousers with lig...

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Hi AKG Thanks so much! It’s usually The Anthology 😊 the light grey pair are slimmer because they were my first ever pair of bespoke trousers. However, the charcoal trousers (which were made a few years later by them...

Style - TrousersFebruary 17th 2025

The case for the ‘stimulating’ shirt

December 2nd 2024

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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Yes I love this method and I use it to test out ideas I have without having to fully invest in something new....

ShirtsDecember 2nd 2024

The versatility of olive: Anthology MTM in PS/Fox...

November 27th 2024

By Manish Puri. I’ve had my eye on a dark green suit for a long time. So when Simon very kindly offered me a length of the olive flannel that he’d collaborated on with Fox Brothers, I jumped at the chance. To give me an idea of what I wa...

The versatility of olive: Anthology MTM in PS/Fox...

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I enjoy reading Manish. Also, he's really handsome =)...

SuitsNovember 27th 2024

Personal and practical: How to dress like Alex Natt

October 28th 2024

  I’ve admired the style of photographer Alex Natt – who takes most of the pictures for Permanent Style these days – for several years. He’s not the kind of person to talk about it much, and he certainly doesn...

Personal and practical: How to dress like Alex Natt

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Do you know what others will be wearing? That's the first consideration. Is it the kind of thing where they will be wearing black?...

StyleOctober 28th 2024

Made-to-order Anthology shirt: Review

October 21st 2024

The Anthology has an interesting shirt offering that I only really discovered recently. Perhaps because it’s not that clearly flagged up on the website. You can get most of their shirts to order, selecting a size that determines the chest and...

Made-to-order Anthology shirt: Review

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Their linen is a little darker and perhaps flatter, but not that dissimilar otherwise...

ShirtsOctober 21st 2024

What I’m looking forward to wearing this winter

September 13th 2024

By Jamie Ferguson. Hey there Permanent Stylers. Longtime contributor, first time writer so go easy on me. Now I may be in the minority here but I LOVE summer dressing. I enjoy the feeling of a cool breeze betwixt my nethers, brazenly unclasping that...

What I’m looking forward to wearing this winter

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Beautiful Inis Meain sweater, and great style generally. Simon, Jamie - or anybody really! - do you know if there’s anywhere that makes Aran or Shetland knitwear, where I could do some MTO/MTM? Unfortunately my arms ar...

Jackets - KnitwearSeptember 13th 2024

Introducing: Japanese denim shirts

June 7th 2024

A couple of years ago, we discontinued the denim shirts sold on PS largely because of issues with producing and storing the cloth. Since then we’ve been working on alternatives, and finally settled on a Japanese-woven cotton last year. These ...

Introducing: Japanese denim shirts

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I do, though I also have some bespoke options. There is quite a big difference between sizes in the shirts, so that might account for why the large seems so large to you. Sometimes there is a very small amount of shrinka...

Denim - ShirtsJune 7th 2024

Holiday attire: A sliding scale of formality

May 29th 2024

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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Very helpful, thanks!...

StyleMay 29th 2024

How to pack for a week-long trip: Video

April 29th 2024

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....

Bags - VideoApril 29th 2024

A Guide To Chambray Shirts – Part Two: Mode...

April 21st 2024

By Manish Puri In part one of this guide, I provided a brief history of chambray and why it became the de facto choice for work shirts, before turning my focus to shirts on the market that are reproductions of traditional US work shirt models. In th...

A Guide To Chambray Shirts – Part Two: Mode...

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Brilliant! Thank you so much for your helpful reply. Your observations for PS are the ones I most closely follow. Somehow I only recently realized that a considerably longer shirt for me feels more comfortable when tucke...

ShirtsApril 21st 2024

Manish’s five bespoke lessons: Picking cloth

February 16th 2024

By Manish Puri. This article is the second in a series dealing with my personal experiences of having bespoke/MTM clothes made over the last six years. The first covered some of my tips for working with tailors, while this piece focuses on the lesso...

Manish’s five bespoke lessons: Picking cloth

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ClothFebruary 16th 2024

Eight outfits I liked at Pitti – and why

January 19th 2024

Pitti Uomo this year felt busier than last, but that was a little deceptive - two of the big buildings were still closed for lack of exhibitors, and more squeezed into the main pavilion. The show’s future still feels a little uncertain. My ti...

Eight outfits I liked at Pitti – and why

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StyleJanuary 19th 2024

Manish’s five bespoke lessons: Working with...

November 29th 2023

By Manish Puri I’ve been commissioning made-to-measure and bespoke garments for six years. In any other sphere, that amount of experience might qualify me as an expert. So, it’s telling about the nature of bespoke - the slow production ...

Manish’s five bespoke lessons: Working with...

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Manish, which bespoke tailors, with an upper budget cap of £2500, can create a mid-night blue or within that ball-park a jacket designed for versatility and comfort, meeting the following specifications: a very relaxed,...

Jackets - SuitsNovember 29th 2023

The Permanent Style Anniversary dinner

June 21st 2023

Last November marked 15 years since the founding of Permanent Style. To celebrate the occasion, we planned two things: a personal dinner with friends in Florence and a more public event in the pop-up shop on Savile Row. The public event, to which al...

The Permanent Style Anniversary dinner

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June 21st 2023

Expressing yourself: How to dress like Milad Abedi

February 15th 2023

  The photographer Milad Abedi is someone whose style I’ve liked for a long time, but in a quiet way. Whenever we’ve shot together I’ve been interested in what he’s wearing and found something I liked, but he wasn...

Expressing yourself: How to dress like Milad Abedi

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Do you mean the shoulder was squarer, more pointed? I think they used to be cut more like that because they were universally worn over tailoring, whereas that's much less the case these days...

StyleFebruary 15th 2023

Who are my favourite tailors? (Part two)

January 18th 2023

Please read part one of this article, here , before this one. Without that context, setting out my priorities, this summary will likely be misleading. Everyone is different, wants different things from bespoke, and simply gets on with people differ...

Who are my favourite tailors? (Part two)

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Hello YJ, Not at all, very happy to help. I wouldn't go to Tom Ford. Overpriced for what it is, only go if you absolutely love the style and nothing else comes close. A&S and Caraceni are quite different styles, and I wo...

January 18th 2023

Luxury chore coats compared

December 16th 2022

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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With flannel it should be fine I think...

JacketsDecember 16th 2022

Overshirt, chore, teba: Defining the new casual j...

November 23rd 2022

In recent years, casual alternatives to the tailored jacket have become increasingly popular, and we've talked about a lot of them on PS. However, it's not always clear what's meant by different terms and types, or what their differences in style a...

Overshirt, chore, teba: Defining the new casual j...

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That is helpful, as always. Thank you Simon....

Casual clothing - JacketsNovember 23rd 2022

What I pack when I travel – on holiday

July 22nd 2022

  A 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 expecte...

What I pack when I travel – on holiday

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Well, in terms of the bag you just have to suck it up I'm afraid! Wear more casual clothing or carry a tote. Some summer clothing, eg from workwear brands, is more sturdy and less fine, if you need that. It's a good poin...

July 22nd 2022

Summer Top 10: Polos, more polos, and espadrilles

July 6th 2022

I wasn’t going to do a ‘high summer’ version of our seasonal Top 10. After all, the spring edition back in April included such things as panama hats and boat shoes. But everyone’s stock has been arriving so late that the int...

Summer Top 10: Polos, more polos, and espadrilles

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They tend to lose it over time...

Casual clothing - ShoesJuly 6th 2022

This feels like me

May 2nd 2022

I get a lot of joy out of wearing this outfit, though I’m not quite sure why. It might be that it’s clearly dressed up – tailored jacket, tailored trousers – but not that stuffy. No tie, and not even a proper shirt, just a po...

This feels like me

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I'd say it's usually just as subtle, yes. Maybe not quite as smart, but that only matters if you do want to be that smart...

Jackets - StyleMay 2nd 2022

Double denim – in new Anthology tweed jacket

January 19th 2022

Denim shirts can often be the saviour of classic menswear - adding an obvious casual, even democratic touch to tailoring . But when should you wear a denim shirt with jeans? When put on what is sometimes snidely, sometimes admiringly, referred to a...

Double denim – in new Anthology tweed jacket

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It's a straight lapel that then looks like it curves inwards when worn. If you lay it flat it is perfectly straight I'd say a little more casual and relaxed, yes, as the fronts seem more to be rolling open more naturally...

Denim - JacketsJanuary 19th 2022

If you had five coats: A versatile selection

December 1st 2021

  As with our previous article in this series – on bags – five coats might seem like a lot, but actually chances are many readers already have that in their wardrobe, if they account for smart and casual coats, for warmth...

If you had five coats: A versatile selection

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Yes, as long as it's a really dark navy. A charcoal or mid-grey might look nicer though...

CoatsDecember 1st 2021