Hong Kong tailoring; Sartorial Asia; WW Chan fitting
Hong Kong has a particular energy, especially around Central, that seems to come from a combination of old, narrow streets and modern, ever-changing high-rise. It's a merchant town, on the corner of the sea, and trading towns reward bustle. This co...
Hong Kong tailoring; Sartorial Asia; WW Chan fitting
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Hi Leonardo, I just checked the pit-to-pit on one of mine and it's 54cm. However, you really should go off what feels most comfortable to you and your style. Use that as the main guide...
Who are my favourite made-to-measure tailors?
A few readers asked for this piece after I did my article on my favourite bespoke tailors of all time last year. I haven’t tried as many made-to-measure as bespoke - 20 rather than 60 - but it’s still a good number in terms of pricing, s...
Who are my favourite made-to-measure tailors?
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No, he just uses Instagram or phoning the shop...
Can I wear a linen jacket with linen trousers?
Linen jacket with linen trousers We used to write a ‘ reader question ' article every time someone had an inquiry here on PS. These days, questions are answered many times in the comments, and it takes something special to get a dedicated arti...
Can I wear a linen jacket with linen trousers?
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Yes I know what you mean. A linen overshirt like ours can work well - see here as an example. If you want something more casual then a jungle jacket can be good. Also, other inspiration in our recent casual summer jacket...
My Favourite Madras Shirt: Original Madras Tradin...
By Manish Puri In 1973, Ranjit Shah left his hometown of Madras (now Chennai) carrying a suitcase full of cloth swatches and emigrated to New York City. Within a few years, he’d established Original Madras Trading Company (OMTC) on West 38th S...
My Favourite Madras Shirt: Original Madras Tradin...
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I think you'll have to ask them I'm afraid Will, sorry...
Friday Polos, Linen Overshirts and T-shirts: The ...
There are quite a few things to catch up on with regards to PS products, and it feels like readers have quite a few questions too, given the number that have come up in comments. So it might be good to have all of those answered in one place. First,...
Friday Polos, Linen Overshirts and T-shirts: The ...
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I wear lots Joners, and you'll see them around the website in various articles - perhaps search for 'linen overshirt' and you'll see quite a few combinations...
The Casual Style Guide back in stock
I swear, we didn't try to create any of this hype. The Casual Style Guide, the book Jamie Ferguson and I published in March, was just popular. Particularly with wholesale accounts - menswear shops around the world - who bought up much of the stock b...
The Casual Style Guide back in stock
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Ha! Lovely to hear Aaron, and feel free to carry on asking questions here....
The Armoury’s full range of tailoring surveyed
The Armoury offers one of the best, and certainly widest, ranges of MTM tailoring around, but it can be a little confusing. Five years ago, I wrote an article setting out the models in New York and what I thought about them. Given that was popular,...
The Armoury’s full range of tailoring surveyed
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I can't remember I'm afraid Jason, sorry...
New York: A menswear shopping guide
New York is a strange town for menswear. It doesn’t have the same traditional shops as Europe and bespoke is substantially undermined by visitors from Savile Row. If there is a tradition, it’s for value and department stores: low-priced s...
New York: A menswear shopping guide
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It depends on your body shape a little Edwin, and then how much you care about a nuanced fit. Do you just want the right length, sleeve length, waist etc, or do you want something closer to bespoke...
Book launches in Paris and New York
We're going to have launch parties for the new book, The Casual Style Guide, in both Paris and New York over the coming months. The Paris launch will be on April 18th at Beige, and New York on May 16th at The Armoury. I'm really excited about this. ...
Book launches in Paris and New York
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Great news. I can't wait to hear more about the book launches in Paris and New York. It's fantastic that there will be stock available at the launch events, even though the book sold out online so quickly....
The Teba as substitute for a tailored jacket
I don't think I've ever written about this jacket before, which is odd as I've had it a few years and wear it fairly often. It's the City Hunter 2 from The Armoury - their take on the traditional Spanish Teba jacket. It has the distinctive lapel s...
The Teba as substitute for a tailored jacket
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A little, but I was thinking more the material, as the linen for a piece like this would be more a tailoring-type linen and quite sharp...
Overshirt, chore, teba: Defining the new casual j...
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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Lining would help a little, in that it would make it heavier, but really the issue with that kind of tailoring material is that it's designed to have more of a jacket structure to it - canvas and so on...
A shopping guide to ready-made trousers
By Manish Puri If my years of reading Permanent Style have taught me anything, it’s that few things make a man look better than a tailored jacket. If my years of having eyes have taught me anything, it’s that few things make a man look w...
A shopping guide to ready-made trousers
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Hey Colin - no sorry, we don't have any here. I'm sure Anglo would be able to help you out though...
This feels like me
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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It sounds like you've built some really good foundations there Daniel. I'd say a mid-grey herringbone would be a good choice, but as a jacket not a suit, with a different colour of separate trouser perhaps - dark brown? ...
A guide to piqué cotton polo shirts
By Manish Puri Whilst the recent sun in London has brought a sugar rush of excitement for the warmer days that lie ahead, it also brings a more troubling, recurring question: how do I usually dress for summer? It shouldn’t be difficult to answ...
A guide to piqué cotton polo shirts
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I recently bought two Fedeli North M.M. pique polos (M.M. is apparently an Italian abbreviation for “short sleeves”) and can highly recommend them. The best polos I have ever had, and I had quite a few brands. Since ...
A guide to brands of unstructured jacket
By Manish Puri Whilst soft tailoring is hardly a new concept, there’s something about unstructured tailoring that feels particularly in sync with modern life: it’s indisputably more casual, reframes imperfections as characteristics, is l...
A guide to brands of unstructured jacket
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No worries, and yes cuffing might be ok on such a casual jacket...
Reader profile: Ben C
I’ve known Ben for a long time now. He worked round the corner from me during my journalism days, and we were both customers of visiting artisans like Elia Caliendo and Simone Abbarchi. We even did a shoot together for Elia years ago. Ben and ...
Reader profile: Ben C
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Love the semi-casual....
Crockett & Jones ‘Harvard’ loafer...
I’ve always recommended Crockett & Jones to readers over the years, as a solid, good-value English shoe. But I’ve only briefly owned a pair. I had some when I was in my twenties, but bought the wrong size - so sold them within a ...
Crockett & Jones ‘Harvard’ loafer...
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Yes I'd say so...
The Armoury’s ‘Dayware’ jackets reviewed
Unstructured jackets, or shirt-jackets, have become very popular in recent years, and The Armoury offers a bigger range than almost anyone else. So I thought it would be useful to review all of them together, and run through what I think of each mo...
The Armoury’s ‘Dayware’ jackets reviewed
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Probably matte-black linen, though silk varies a fair bit so it's hard to say much about it without seeing it in person...
Playing around with white bucks
During sunny weather in the past few weeks, I've been playing around with these old shoes from Lodger, the shoe shop that used to be on Clifford Street in London, and where I first started writing about menswear . The shoes were a recreation of a 1...
Playing around with white bucks
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Forty plus years ago, I had a pair of Brooks white bucks, and a buck bag. Somewhere along the line, I got rid of the bucks but kept the bag. Now, I'm 72 and trying to find my unspent youth, with a new pair of white bucks...
Introducing: The PS short-sleeved shirt
Last Summer, I had coffee with a friend on a hot afternoon in Mayfair. Sitting outside a pavement cafe, he was wearing loafers, a beautifully tailored trousers and - to my surprise - a short-sleeved shirt. I’ve never really liked short sleeve...
Introducing: The PS short-sleeved shirt
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More non-jacket myself...
The (17) made-to-measure tailors I have known
*NOTE: This article has now largely been superseded by the 2025 piece ' Who are my favourite made to measure tailors?' Although I haven’t covered the same number of MTM tailors as bespoke ones, Permanent Style has steadily accumulated a good r...
The (17) made-to-measure tailors I have known
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Hi Martins, Many thanks for your comments here!...
The rules and how to break them #10: Suits withou...
This is a new installment in the series ‘ The rules and how to break them ’, which has been a little neglected in recent years. It’s a great little guide, exposing myths of menswear and calmly explaining the rationale behind advice...
The rules and how to break them #10: Suits withou...
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I'd say they are unusual, but not really more casual....
Best e-commerce (and video) 2021: The Armoury
Best e-commerce: The Armoury Runners-up: Mr Porter, Luca Faloni Mark Cho and I have been playing e-mail tag for a while. First he had to move the call, then I did, and when we finally connect, he’s in the back of a cab on his way home. &ldquo...
Best e-commerce (and video) 2021: The Armoury
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Ah, nice to hear that Leo. I do it really just to keep myself entertained, so good to know when readers like it too!...
Armoury workwear chinos: How great things age
We all know different materials age in different ways. Leather is probably the most beautiful, and certainly the most varied. As a skin, if untreated it darkens when exposed to dirt or hands, yet lightens where it’s exposed to sunlight. It wil...
Armoury workwear chinos: How great things age
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Thank you JMA, yes I like it...
The Armoury 101 made-to-measure suit: Review
With the continuing aim of covering more made-to-measure, I was keen to feature The Armoury’s tailoring on PS - both because I like the style, and because frankly there is little at their level in New York or Hong Kong. New York has lots of vi...
The Armoury 101 made-to-measure suit: Review
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I wouldn't say so, no...
