The Christmas drinks: A riot of eveningwear

December 5th 2025

I’m going to call that a success. On Wednesday this week we organised Christmas drinks for friends and readers, closing down the Piccadilly Arcade, and everyone seemed to have a grand old time. We hosted together with Budd, Yard O Led, New &a...

The Christmas drinks: A riot of eveningwear

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There may have been one or two, and we'd certainly advocate self-tie...

Black tieDecember 5th 2025

Christmas drinks in the Piccadilly Arcade –...

November 12th 2025

I've wanted to organise an eveningwear event around Christmas for a long time. Something where everyone who has an excuse to wear that gorgeous black tie they commissioned, but can also wear simply a sharp suit and tie, or anything creative in betwe...

Christmas drinks in the Piccadilly Arcade –...

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I also think this would be a fun event to do in NYC. Are there any spots that you think would be a good place to meet at? Maybe we can pick a bar and descend then in our finery?I work for one of the major NYC menswear sh...

November 12th 2025

Christmas Gift Guide 2024

December 6th 2024

This is always fun. Each year the gift guide is an opportunity for me to mention non-menswear, or at least menswear-adjacent, products and brands. And given PS readers are fussy (perhaps we should we say discerning?), it also necessitates unusual or...

Christmas Gift Guide 2024

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Sorry Ed...

Black tie - Glasses and jewelleryDecember 6th 2024

Our Autumn/Winter Top 10, 2019

October 23rd 2019

Welcome to our small but regular selection of interesting things this Autumn/Winter. As ever, this is a highly personal list, which makes it both idiosyncratic and entirely without commercial angle - no one can ever and will ever be able to pay to a...

Our Autumn/Winter Top 10, 2019

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I haven't seen that one in person. It looks nice though...

Knitwear - ShirtsOctober 23rd 2019

Seeing the trees for the wood: Connolly and Yard-...

March 15th 2019

A reader recently asked whether there was anything I particularly liked on The Rake’s online shop , given how much they’ve added in the past year. I feel I know why he’s asking. The Rake has added so much product recently that it&r...

Seeing the trees for the wood: Connolly and Yard-...

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I don't know the details of the deal, but I don't believe it will be, no. I wouldn't really write anything yet as I don't know details and wouldn't want to speculate....

Casual clothing - Glasses and jewelleryMarch 15th 2019