Retailers Symposium: The discussion
During my lifetime, there has been a steep fall in the quality and range of menswear retail around the world. Designer brands have expanded aggressively; independent multi-brand shops have closed; and department stores have often lost direction, fil...
Retailers Symposium: The discussion
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For me, Mike is just describing the competitive environment There will always be room for something that is new, different and better. Much more difficult for the Indie is how you sustain the business. A classic example ...
Staples for a hot climate – Reader question
Dear Simon, I recently read your 2014 article, ' The staples of a good wardrobe' and was wondering how you would modify it for warmer climes like Hong Kong and Singapore? Grey flannel isn’t a great option for most of the year here, cashmere i...
Staples for a hot climate – Reader question
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I live in a tropical climate and wear a lot of wool-silk-linen. There is some variety in it with options such as the Caccioppoli 240gsm plain weave wool-silk-linen options wearing very cool indeed and also feeling light ...
What is quality? What about design? – Stock...
At our book launch in Stockholm last week, Konrad Olsson (above) – editor of Plaza Uomo magazine – asked some rather stimulating questions. Such as, what is quality? Well, for me quality (in clothing) is aspects of manufacture that lea...
What is quality? What about design? – Stock...
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Hi Hugo, Well spotted. It will be launching on the website next week - there is a special edition of it just for readers... S...
Getting dressed: Tan jacket and green linen trousers
OK, let’s break this down. There are four major choices of colour here: Trousers: green Jacket: tan Tie: brown Shirt: blue I put them deliberately in that order because that is the order in which they were chosen. Readers are familiar wi...
Getting dressed: Tan jacket and green linen trousers
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Simon, 3 years on from last check in. W Bill Linen - any nice olives in there that you would consider for smart casual trousers?...
Wearing sports jackets and texture: How to dress ...
I know that one of the style areas people find most difficult is wearing sports jackets, or separate waistcoats, with everything else: shirt, tie, hank, trousers. I’ve always loved the way Alan at The Armoury wears these things together, ...
Wearing sports jackets and texture: How to dress ...
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How true. Think what you want about the clothes — for me they are more an exercise in fashion rather than style — that said, all is ruined by the phenomena of 'the dodgy barnett '. All of us that are lucky enough to ...
The Armoury, New York
The best stores – certainly in the modern luxury industry – have a sense of community. Trunk has that in spades, thanks to Hugo, Daniel and now Tim. Anderson & Sheppard (haberdashery) too. And digitally, no more so than The Armour...
The Armoury, New York
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Hello Simon! I am a Swedish gentleman soon to be living in New York. During my last visit I visited the Armoury and was quite pleased with the store, the range that they have and above all the staff. I was serviced by Je...
How to tie your tie
Dear Simon, Ties and their lengths are causing me some problems. I have bought several ties recently, all from Drake’s, but realise that they are slightly too long. Being 5’6’’ I know I am not the tallest of peopl but then, ...
How to tie your tie
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Thank you very much for your suggestions. I’ll definitely buy the white tie with more confidence and, hopefully, with no regrets: I really like it. Have a great weekend, Fabrizio...
Drake’s buys Rayner & Sturges
I recently had my first opportunity to chat to Michael Hill about his takeover last month, with Mark Cho, of the Rayner & Sturges shirt factory. Rayner & Sturges is the last independent factory in the UK making quality shirts. Other n...
Drake’s buys Rayner & Sturges
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van dang contact me charles caine shirts on face book...
How to wear socks with a suit: Reader question
Colours that go with tan Dear Simon, I’m getting stuck putting an outfit together, and what it comes down to is the socks. I’m wearing a mid-grey worsted wool suit with a sky-blue shirt and regimental tie of burgundy and navy st...
How to wear socks with a suit: Reader question
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Not sure I quite agree with Antonio, but if you're not going to think about them, then yes navy is probably the safest option!...
My note board on Pinterest
There are many badly dressed people at Pitti. There are also people like Luca Rubinacci, Lino Ieluzzi, Ignatious Joseph and others – one-man brands – that benefitted hugely from being shot by Scott Schuman and need to be there to ...
My note board on Pinterest
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A superb resource, thanks. It fills that gap between you giving advice on clothing here and providing actual inspiration; your captions are very useful too. Permanent Style keeps on getting stronger!...
Reader question: pleats
D ear Mr. Crompton, I am hoping to follow up quickly on a blog post of yours concerning pleats. I’m having a bespoke suit made up from a Neapolitan tailor, and can’t decide on whether to go with pleats. Do you have any ins...
Reader question: pleats
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No, they shouldn't affect the fit through the back. They will affect the front, for example when you sit down, but not the back...
WW Chan in London this week
Normal.dotm 0 0 1 163 932 EMII 7 1 1144 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Just a quick note to readers that WW Chan is in town later this week, from the 25 th to the 27 th, as part of another Armoury trunk show at The Rook & Rav...
WW Chan in London this week
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Dear Anon, Thank you for being a reader of the blog and for coming to the drinks evening. We are sorry that the evening was not up to expectation, we were indeed understaffed at the time. Patrick of WW Chan and Naoki of ...
Photos from Permanent Style drinks
Me and Theo, in Cifonelli jacket and Paul Stuart shirtThanks to everyone who came along to drinks a couple of weeks ago at The Armoury trunk show. It was to meet everyone and it looked like the prosecco went down well. A few shots of people below, ...
Photos from Permanent Style drinks
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David, if you read this, can you fill Benmoudi in?...
Jeans with a shirt and tie
Normal.dotm 0 0 1 249 1424 Euromoney PLC 11 2 1748 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Dear Simon, In a recent post ( The modern man needs a good blazer) you explained how versatile a blazer or odd jacket can be, and how to wear one. The...
Jeans with a shirt and tie
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Why do you need two of each Amit? One would be fine....
Combining pattern and colour in shirts and ties
Normal.dotm 0 0 1 207 1184 Euromoney PLC 9 2 1454 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false For many, this combination of colours and patterns will be too strong for any occasion, no matter how light hearted. But take out one or two elements &nd...
Combining pattern and colour in shirts and ties
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I love this combination - risky but it works and as you say Simon - Mastery. However, i would like to see the whole outfit to make a final judgement as it would put the outfit in to context. So any chance? Bradley...
Liverano & Liverano trunk show
At the end of next week The Armoury will he holding another trunk show in London, featuring Florentine tailor Liverano & Liverano, Spanish shoemaker Carmina and glasses maker Nackymade. It will be held at the Rook & Raven gallery, jus...
Liverano & Liverano trunk show
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Yes, the Rake changed their site a while ago and didn't redirect the old links. I don't have the article itself anymore, but there's plenty on the site about Liverano: http://www.permanentstyle.com/tag/liverano-and-liver...
Reader question: first bespoke, in Hong Kong
WW Chan jacket, courtesy of The Armoury Hi Simon, As an expat Brit living in Hong Kong, I like to think have a keen eye for style and fashion but surprisingly had never thought about going bespoke until I got married last year. My first attempt was i...
Reader question: first bespoke, in Hong Kong
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I don't much about them Arthur, sorry...
O Mast now at Drake’s
I was recently given a copy of the lovely documentary about Neapolitan tailoring, O Mast, an extract from which can be seen above. For the first time it is now available at the Drake’s store on Clifford Street in London, having been previously ...
O Mast now at Drake’s
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Hi Andie, The Breanish project was based on the fact that it is small enough to make a unique pattern in very small quantities, the special nature of Breanish's construction as a whole that I love, and the fact I was vis...
Liverano and Nackymade at The Armoury in London
In my previous job I used to travel to Hong Kong twice a year. Great place to go out, but not great shopping: all overpriced luxury brands or, at the other end of the spectrum, hard-sell tailors that would offer a ‘bespoke’ suit in 24 hou...
Liverano and Nackymade at The Armoury in London
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Hi Inaki, I've been to their stores in Madrid a few times, talked to the management there and tried the shoes on, but I don't own a pair - so I don't think I can make a straight comparison with EG, G&G etc. Cheers Simon...
