Thanks for all your support
For the first time last month, the numbers of visits to Permanent Style topped 250,000. (That’s visits, not visitors – which is less – or impressions – which is more.) In the past six months our traffic has gro...
Thanks for all your support
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Bonne Année, Simon, and to your regular and casual readers as well. I really enjoyed reading your posts in 2012! John...
The Tailor & Cutter – a square dinner ...
This drawing from The Tailor & Cutter is lovely; but it’s not really my style. Not because a white dinner jacket would be too showy unless I were dining in truly balmy weather. But, rather, because everything about it is too squa...
The Tailor & Cutter – a square dinner ...
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Dear Patrizio, Thanks for the question. The links don't seem to work for me, but I can see the images from the email you originally sent, which shows Prince Charles in a rather nice dinner jacket with vents. Are you sugg...
Variations on the summer dinner jacket
The Burma shade summer dinner jacket Esquire, August 1936: “The old summer formal combination of blue jacket and white flannels got the gong because of its obvious incongruity with summer evening dresses. “Hence the white dinner j...
Variations on the summer dinner jacket
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Hi Simon, Can I ask your advice about a white dinner jacket. I am thinking of having one made for use in the summer. I was planning on a single-breasted peak lapel with one button. What advice would you have about cloth ...
Silk and wine with your evening wear
The fair haired boy of the beach walk Esquire, January 1935: “This is the semi-formal evening outfit that will be worn by the best-dressed men at Palm Beach this winter. It consists of a white shawl collar dinner jacket with dress trousers ...
Silk and wine with your evening wear
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Simon, Very true, I had a feeling of this but I was blinded by a designer piece. Thanks for the feedback, Julio B....
Black suits are for glamour, not business
I have a friend that loves black suits. Can’t get enough of them. For him, a black suit and a white shirt are the chicest things a man can wear. He is a big fan of Reservoir Dogs, so that might have influence him somewhat, but he still has a po...
Black suits are for glamour, not business
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It's hard to say, these things aren't that universal anymore. But if in doubt, I'd go with charcoal - always err on the side of propriety with an event like that...
My 50-year-old black tie
I had heard ‘stories’ about treasures found in second-hand shops before. The way it goes, one day the author is browsing through the racks while his girlfriend tries on shoes, and all of a sudden he discovers an Anderson & Sheppa...
My 50-year-old black tie
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The way it goes, one day the author is browsing through the racks while his girlfriend tries on shoes, and all of a sudden he discovers an Anderson & Sheppard suit in exactly the right size. It seemed a little unlike...
Reader question: Covering the black tie waist
MC: Simon, I’m interested in your thoughts on a waistcoat pairing for my upcoming wedding. My tuxedo is single button, peak lapel (grosgrain). I have flexibility on the shirt style (wing or standard collar) and the waistcoat. Would you recommen...
Reader question: Covering the black tie waist
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Thank you very much!...
The three black-tie sins
Criticism of what people wear to black-tie events tends to focus on obvious sins: wearing a lounge suit, wearing a coloured tie and wearing a long tie instead of a bow ( though this is less objectionable than one may think). These are some of the big...
The three black-tie sins
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Yes that can be nice, certainly...
Black tie: What does correct mean?
During comments on a recent posting, discussion of the use of the word ‘correct’ came up in reference to black tie. Unfortunately, that word has almost no firm meaning today in reference to menswear. Even with regards to black tie, which ...
Black tie: What does correct mean?
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That an SB dinner jacket is the most formal? Yes...
Evening wear: Why a four-in-hand is better than a...
Aren’t you just sick of celebrities turning up to the Oscars in a four-in-hand tie? A black tie event demands a bow tie. A long tie may be trendier, but this is an outfit steeped in history. History and tradition demand a bow tie. Right? Wrong....
Evening wear: Why a four-in-hand is better than a...
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Dear Simon living in Zurich I have the advantage of beeing in Milano in three hours. I have not only bought traditional Marinella ties but also more modern ones from AD56. The shop owner wears them very casually, the thi...
