The seven shirts I ordered last year
We don't talk about shirt commissions that often on Permanent Style, unlike suits or coats or shoes. But I steadily add a handful every year, on top of the PS ones we make up like the Madras or Ramie . The choices tend to be a mix of remaking old f...
The seven shirts I ordered last year
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Oh good, so lovely to hear Gez...
The Online Symposium: How luxury menswear can bec...
One of the things bespoke artisans have struggled with during the Covid-19 crisis is not being able to travel. Savile Row makes more than half its money in the US, and the Spring trips weren’t possible. Should they try to do remote fittings? C...
The Online Symposium: How luxury menswear can bec...
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Mostly the style...
The guide to denim and chambray shirtings
A denim or chambray shirt can be great with tailoring. Perhaps more than anything else, they have the ability to subvert its corporate, even dandy associations. They reliably give the appearance of being both casual and practical. The two terms, howe...
The guide to denim and chambray shirtings
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Hi Ayush I think the combination is very dark for summer. A lighter colour, washed denim shirt could be nice here. Although, any denim shirt is likely to be heavy, so a knitted polo sounds like a great option....
Factory visit: Albini shirtings
Although we’ve covered several mills over the years on Permanent Style (such as Pennine, Loro Piana, Robert Noble and VBC), I’ve never visited a shirting mill. The fact that our first one was Albini was pure coincidence, but it worked ou...
Factory visit: Albini shirtings
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Hi Will. Great story, but I don't think so, no. Only a very small part of a mill's fabric is available to buy by the metre, for bespoke. Because for that to be possible the mill has to weave it all themselves, hold the s...
