A Guide To Chambray Shirts – Part Two: Mode...
By Manish Puri In part one of this guide, I provided a brief history of chambray and why it became the de facto choice for work shirts, before turning my focus to shirts on the market that are reproductions of traditional US work shirt models. In th...
A Guide To Chambray Shirts – Part Two: Mode...
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Hi Joe, thank you for your interest! Kindly send your enquiry to us at [email protected]. We've got a great customer service team that can look after our customers with some assistance in size gauging and all...
The Permanent Style Summer drinks – taking ...
Have you got a summer suit that needs an outing? Linen tailoring sitting in the closet with no matching 'garden party' invitation? Come to Permanent Style drinks on May 9th! We're taking over the Burlington Arcade, closing the space for just us and ...
The Permanent Style Summer drinks – taking ...
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Thank you Tamaki...
Collars are more flattering with tailoring –...
I’ve regularly worn T-shirts or crewnecks under tailoring over the years. Not as frequently as a collared shirt, but when you’re always looking for more ways to wear suits and jackets, the more relaxed look of a T-shirt has perennial app...
Collars are more flattering with tailoring –...
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Really enjoyed the exchange (above). Brilliant contributions....
Vittorio Salino tweed jacket: Review
I'm back! Hello everyone, I hope you had a nice week in the amiable arms of Manish, and you haven't all decided he is better in every respect than me. Although even if you have, fear not - he will be writing again very soon, including the second par...
Vittorio Salino tweed jacket: Review
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Usually, yes. Sometimes tailors don't do it and charge international customers the same in Italy, just to keep things more consistent, but the costs of making through trunk shows is hugely more and most need to charge mo...
Are you a menswear snob?
By Manish Puri Forgive me for starting with such a blunt question. I know that, in common parlance, ‘snob’ is a pejorative term. However, when it comes to matters of dressing, it’s worth recalling the words of Yves Saint Laurent w...
Are you a menswear snob?
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Indeed… wicked smart and a good take on times present and past. Always dress to please your hostess or host. Looking good in the setting they create is the highest of compliments. Are we all not eager to please or prov...
A Guide To Chambray Shirts – Part One: Repr...
By Manish Puri Imagine a Venn diagram with three rings representing quality cloth, construction and design. If you buy an item of clothing that sits in one of those rings you’re still doing better than half the landfill-peddled-as-fashion you&...
A Guide To Chambray Shirts – Part One: Repr...
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Ah. Yes that is certainly smarter - sorry, hadn't seen the image. The colour of the indigo makes that difference as well though, as does the single pocket and so on...
A. Marchesan, Stockholm: Curated Period Menswear
By Manish Puri There’s not exactly a shortage of quality secondhand and vintage stores in Stockholm. Take a stroll along Hornsgatan for example - a busy road running through the Södermalm neighbourhood - and within just a few hundred metr...
A. Marchesan, Stockholm: Curated Period Menswear
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Never heard of this shop, and I live one (1) subway station away… 😄...
I’m going on holiday
For the past 16 years I’ve never taken a holiday from publishing and replying to comments on Permanent Style. I normally take a break on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, but that’s about it. You could call it dedication if you want, but I ...
I’m going on holiday
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Well deserved! Enjoy the holiday Simon....
Come to our next talk: Tony Gaziano at Mortimer H...
Things have been a bit crazy recently with the pop-up shop and the book launches - now three, in London, Paris and New York. But I'm glad to say we're also re-starting our popular reader talks, where we interview an interesting person in menswear al...
Come to our next talk: Tony Gaziano at Mortimer H...
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Tony’s a lovely guy and like so many other famous brand owners has, along with Dean Girling, the daily stress of managing staff, suppliers and customers. We clients who love high grade clothing tend to focus only on th...
Husbands: Still sexy after all these years
Husbands in Paris makes quality menswear - tailoring and related clothing - in a particular seventies-influenced style that has remained impressively consistent over the past dozen years. The suits aren’t usually my style, but the fabrics are ...
Husbands: Still sexy after all these years
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I stumbled upon their site not too long ago. Cool brand but not my style; nice to hear they have such a broad MTM tailoring offering though....
Wearing black shoes with jeans
This is something I’ve had questions about recently - I assume because fashion generally has taken a turn towards black and, combined with the general casualisation going, black shoes and jeans have become a more common styling choice. So the ...
Wearing black shoes with jeans
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It definitely could work. Perhaps a little bit harder than with a brown-suede shoe, but as long as being sockless looks natural (ie warm weather, casual clothing/tailoring) and the shoe isn't too formal either, it should...
Book launches in Paris and New York
We're going to have launch parties for the new book, The Casual Style Guide, in both Paris and New York over the coming months. The Paris launch will be on April 18th at Beige, and New York on May 16th at The Armoury. I'm really excited about this. ...
Book launches in Paris and New York
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Great news. I can't wait to hear more about the book launches in Paris and New York. It's fantastic that there will be stock available at the launch events, even though the book sold out online so quickly....
Vittorio Salino: His philosophy, and fitting a ja...
Having met the Florentine tailor Vittorio Salino last summer, I took the opportunity of being in Florence this past January to commission a jacket. I got on with Vittorio, was impressed with his outlook, and realised PS readers would be interested i...
Vittorio Salino: His philosophy, and fitting a ja...
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In the right fabric, yes it can do....
Yuketen, Crescent Down Works, Big Rock Candy Moun...
Last week I wrote about visiting the Paris trade shows for the first time, and being able to interview some new brands as a result. Today I’m going to highlight three that we found particularly interesting. The first is Yuketen, the craft-bas...
Yuketen, Crescent Down Works, Big Rock Candy Moun...
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Edward Sexton great coat: Style Breakdown
This great coat from Edward Sexton is probably the most unusual model in this series , which has been looking at the styles of my various bespoke coats, in particular how they are cut and made. Sexton coats tend to have a bit of drama to them anyway,...
Edward Sexton great coat: Style Breakdown
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I think this a really interesting comment - stylistically it does look closer to something by Paul Harnden or Elena Dawson, so I wonder if this might be an area worth exploring. I'm not suggestion Simon go full-on Carol ...
Introducing: The Speciale hand-framed cotton sweater
I love cotton knits in the Summer. I couldn’t always see the point of them, but in the past few years I’ve regularly taken one on our holidays (usually to Portugal or France) and I adore the feeling on putting one on as the day cools dow...
Introducing: The Speciale hand-framed cotton sweater
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Thank you, Simon. All useful information....
The Casual Style Guide is live
The Casual Style Guide - the new book by myself and photographer Jamie Ferguson - is now live and available to buy. You can get it on the PS Shop here, but also at more than 50 stockists around the world (!) - from Stockholm to Bangkok, Dallas to Me...
The Casual Style Guide is live
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Hey Noel, No the darkness was a choice and to do with the paper, rather than a result of the printer. But thank you for the feedback, that's helpful. Interesting on the binding, I'll take a look, it should be similar, an...
The Valet: Becoming a one-stop shop for clothing ...
The Valet has become an all-round care and repair location in the past couple of years, which is great for our general push to encourage readers to look after their clothes better. Having started with pressing, then adding dry cleaning and shoe care...
The Valet: Becoming a one-stop shop for clothing ...
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Just collected my Crockett and Jones today after a simple polish. Very happy with the speed and quality of Tom's work...
How does Paris compare to Pitti? Pendleton, Frizm...
Boots on display at Viberg, at Man/Woman; above, Welcome Edition This past January, after Pitti, I went to see the equivalent shows in Paris for the first time. I’d never been before and was interested to see how it compared to Pitti in terms ...
How does Paris compare to Pitti? Pendleton, Frizm...
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No, sorry Avi...
Pre-order for the Cashmere Crewneck and Cashmere ...
The pre-order window for our most popular product last year - the Cashmere Crewneck - and my personal favourite - the Cashmere Rugby - opens today. The point of the pre-order is to make sure no one misses out on them - as some did last year - and t...
Pre-order for the Cashmere Crewneck and Cashmere ...
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Hello Joe The official date of the preorder closing was last Friday, however I am still sorting the order so if the product is still live it is possible to order, the products will probably be taken down in the next 24 h...
Why Ferdinando Caraceni is closing: An interview ...
Ferdinando Caraceni is one of the world's best-regarded bespoke tailors, based in Milan. It has been run since his death in 2004 by Ferdinando's daughter, Nicoletta, and they have made me three jackets over the past 10 years. You can see them and ot...
Why Ferdinando Caraceni is closing: An interview ...
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That's great. Enjoy! I have a cut of Lumbs to be made up in a spring jacket sometime in the next year or so - I hope it lives up to its reputation...
How to sell a watch
I know a few people that are looking to sell watches they bought in recent years. The market’s probably been through a peak of popularity, and it’s not surprising that there some who regretted something they bought, or perhaps need the c...
How to sell a watch
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No problem, very helpful thank you...
B&Tailor double-breasted overcoat: Review
We covered the Korean outfit B&Tailor in some detail here at the beginning of the month. For details on them, their history and their style, please read that article. It might seem a little odd splitting things up like this, but I find it m...
B&Tailor double-breasted overcoat: Review
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A bespoke overcoat is always full canvas Larry, and I would always have that. Even on a lightweight summer jacket I would always have full canvas - just make the canvas lighter...
How to pack for a three-day trip: Video
The ' travel capsule' posts we've done are always popular - I think because they are useful for actual travel, but also for anyone looking to build a versatile wardrobe in general. In that way they're one more addition to the 'wardrobe building' ser...
How to pack for a three-day trip: Video
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For a smart pair, something in a dense weave like a cavalry twill or a whipcord...
The Casual Style Guide – come to the launch...
In two weeks time, on March 14th, we will be holding a launch party in London for our new book, The Casual Style Guide , written by myself and photographer Jamie Ferguson. The party, at Clutch Cafe, will run from 6-8pm and the books will be availab...
The Casual Style Guide – come to the launch...
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Thanks Matthias. There will be some extracts of the book published, but I'm not sure we will do a digital version I'm afraid. We do like producing something physical that readers enjoying browsing and keep around as a re...
