Chapal made-to-measure leather jacket, Paris
Fans of vintage clothing should love Chapal. They’re using the same leathers, the same linings, the same hardware they supplied to the French and US airforces 100 years ago. When I wrote about fellow French leather-specialist Seraphin earlier ...
Chapal made-to-measure leather jacket, Paris
Fans of vintage clothing should love Chapal. They’re using the same leathers, the same linings, the same hardware they supplied to the French and US airforces 100 years ago. When I wrote about fellow French leather-sp...
The Finest Menswear in the World
Finally, wonderfully, the book on luxury craft I began writing three years ago is coming out: The Finest Menswear in the World. – You can buy your own personalised copy of The Finest Menswear in the World in the Permanent Style shop &...
The Finest Menswear in the World
Finally, wonderfully, the book on luxury craft I began writing three years ago is coming out: The Finest Menswear in the World. – You can buy your own personalised copy of The Finest Menswear in the World in t...
Zilli, Phineas Cole and Paul Stuart custom
If you like Permanent Style, don’t forget to check out my latest articles on The Rake online. In the past week we have learnt why peccary is so hard to make into a leather jacket (at Zilli) and the inside line on both Ralph Auriemma and Mar...
Zilli, Phineas Cole and Paul Stuart custom
If you like Permanent Style, don’t forget to check out my latest articles on The Rake online. In the past week we have learnt why peccary is so hard to make into a leather jacket (at Zilli) and the inside line on b...
Hello from Lyon
In Lyon this week, visiting the Zilli factory where they make the most beautiful leather products. The leathers in the jackets, particularly, are gorgeous. More next week. (Lesser mid-blue flannel suit, Anderson & Sheppard; shirt, Turnbull &...
Hello from Lyon
In Lyon this week, visiting the Zilli factory where they make the most beautiful leather products. The leathers in the jackets, particularly, are gorgeous. More next week. (Lesser mid-blue flannel suit, Anderson & S...
Wandering into Zilli
It will not surprise you to learn that I had never walked into Zilli before, the store on Bond Street with a startling amount of coloured crocodile in the window. But it turns out there is a serious craft story there, behind the reptiles and chinch...
Wandering into Zilli
It will not surprise you to learn that I had never walked into Zilli before, the store on Bond Street with a startling amount of coloured crocodile in the window. But it turns out there is a serious craft story there,...