Please come to the Permanent Style Anniversary ‘O...
OK, so at the end of last year Permanent Style turned 15. We’ve been trying to think of ways to celebrate with as many people as possible, and this is the idea. On Tuesday, June 27th, we will have an ‘open day’ at the pop-up shop,...
Please come to the Permanent Style Anniversary ‘O...
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Arghhh why can’t I be in good ol blighty on this day? Thanks Simon for all your great work and I’m sure loads of gentlemen here will agree that you are doing God’s work out here, here’s to another 15! Cheers mate...
Look after things you love: Repairing my Reverso
It can be a little galling getting a high-end watch serviced. Given the cost could be between £500 and £1000, it's easy to feel you're spending a lot of money just to get the same thing back again. Perhaps it's easier to swallow if you'...
Look after things you love: Repairing my Reverso
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Many thanks Dominic ,Eugène & Benoit!!!...
The state of independent menswear in the UK
By Lucas Nicholson. With the closure this year of the Oi Polloi shop in Manchester by its owners, JD Sports, it felt like it was an appropriate time to talk about the state of independent menswear stores in the UK. This is something of a passion of...
The state of independent menswear in the UK
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A good article that will always stimulate an argument about peoples favourite stores across the country. it clear that the industry has been going through major changes in the past 5 years. The whole JD and Sports Direct...
A guide to vintage in Japan: Harajuku, Koenji, Osaka
There are more vintage shops in Japan than anywhere else. Particularly in Harajuku, the fashion area of Tokyo, and in Koenji, a district about 40 minutes from the centre. But elsewhere too - Osaka, traditionally a fashion centre in Japan, has high-...
A guide to vintage in Japan: Harajuku, Koenji, Osaka
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Thanks Amon. To be honest that seems a little bit suspicious. Either they don't know what they have, or it might be from a run Levi's Vintage Clothing did a few years ago where they did some big E ones for a kind of recr...
How we wear LEJ
By Manish Puri with André Larnyoh. Luke Walker is the creative director of the brand LEJ. I still remember the first time I saw him. He was strolling across my local green, wearing faded jeans and a loose shirt that appeared to be somewhat re...
How we wear LEJ
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Hi all! I’ve not had any issues wearing it in warm weather. It certainly helps that it’s not close in the body or sleeves. However, I’ve not had a chance to take it out into hot weather. Can I report back in a few ...
Inspiring Japan: The 2023 trip
Last week I was in Japan for 10 days, mainly in Tokyo but also travelling around to Kobe, Osaka and Wakayama prefecture. It was the fourth time I’d been to Japan, but only the third for PS, and one of those had been for only a few days around ...
Inspiring Japan: The 2023 trip
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Yes, that's being updated and will be republished next week...
Video: Carl and Oliver of Rubato, in conversation
One of the things I enjoy about this series is the way each conversation drifts onto grander topics. Even though many of the people are similar, and the questions don’t vary too much, we always end up discussing abstract, interesting ideas. W...
Video: Carl and Oliver of Rubato, in conversation
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I do wear them sometimes as overshirts, yes. I'd keep the curved hem myself...
A Day in the Life
My day begins around 6:30am, when my three-year-old starts shouting over the monitor that she wants to get up. That’s my job, in the highly organised division-of-labour that is our family life. I have to coax her out of her pyjamas and downsta...
A Day in the Life
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Thank you Tim...
The next talk with Rubato, and pop-up shop updates
I’m pleased to say that the next in our series of talks at Mortimer House will be with Oliver and Carl from Rubato, on March 31st. These events have a really nice atmosphere, with everyone milling around, browsing the products and chatting to ...
The next talk with Rubato, and pop-up shop updates
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They are a little warmer, but I think they're still neutral enough for black probably, yes...
PS readers’ Customer Service Award 2023: Anglo-It...
Results of the Readers Awards 2023: Best customer service: Anglo-Italian. Runners-up: Anderson & Sheppard, The Armoury Best product: Private White VC. Runner-up: Anglo-Italian Best styling: Drake's. Runner-up: Rubato Best artisan: Corcos. Ru...
PS readers’ Customer Service Award 2023: Anglo-It...
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Great, Simon! Looking forward to it....
Introducing: The PS Undershirt
For the past five years or so, I’ve been wearing Hamilton & Hare’s tubular T-shirts under things. They’re what I wear underneath knitwear, what I wear under a shirt, even what I sleep in. They’re the best fine-cotton...
Introducing: The PS Undershirt
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We're trying to work out the minimums at the moment Andy. It's like to be after the summer though...
Reader profile: Simon
Simon is only our second reader profile from outside the UK. He lives in New York, although when we talk on the phone he’s actually in Washington DC, having just landed on the red eye from Arizona. Simon travels a lot. He’s a journalist...
Reader profile: Simon
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This is the first time i have seen new balance sneakers be worn with grace and charm...
Spring/Summer 23 on the PS shop
Hello everyone, As has now become customary, I'd like to give you an insight into what’s coming up in the next six months on the shop. Of course we can’t detail everything in advance, but we wanted to give you a rundown on what’s ...
Spring/Summer 23 on the PS shop
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Sure Angus, thank you...
Pitti A/W 2023: Too many negronis, too few makers
By Tony Sylvester It’s been three long years since I last shuffled along the cobbled streets of Florence, winding my way to the Fortezza Da Basso, the medieval castle that hosts Pitti Uomo, the international menswear trade fair. Without statin...
Pitti A/W 2023: Too many negronis, too few makers
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From my prespective, there were people at Pitti who went for work, lifestyle, as well as some who... I can't figure out why they went. I came out of it with a great wealth of new connections and many beautiful purchases....
PS Presents ’23: Arterton, LEJ, Marrkt, Fox...
March 1 update: Rubato and Permanent Style dates confirmed as March 29 to April 1 Rubato will be launching new products, bringing almost everything to try on, and a good range to buy as well Fox will be running different on different days of their e...
PS Presents ’23: Arterton, LEJ, Marrkt, Fox...
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Hi Teo, Yes that's right, and I'll be there with them on Thursday, the first day. It will open at 10am...
Readers awards 2023: Anniversary edition
Five years ago, in 2018, we began the PS awards series by asking about favourite brands, shops and stylists. This year I'd like to invite everyone to do the same, but actively reflect on how things have changed in the past five years. Five years i...
Readers awards 2023: Anniversary edition
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For best brand and best customer service, I'd nominate The Anthology. I've bought two jackets from them online, one of which I've had to exchange because I got my size wrong. The products are fantastic; great fabrics and...
Who are my favourite tailors? (Part two)
Please read part one of this article, here , before this one. Without that context, setting out my priorities, this summary will likely be misleading. Everyone is different, wants different things from bespoke, and simply gets on with people differ...
Who are my favourite tailors? (Part two)
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Does anyone have experience with Mayer and Mortimer in Sackville Street? Is Malcolm Plews still active? I think he has shared M&M’s premises in the past....
Who are my favourite tailors? (Part one)
This is the single question I get asked most, and when it is, I nearly always reply that it’s a complex area that really requires a full in-depth article. I think it actually takes two. In this first article, today, I'll explain my personal ...
Who are my favourite tailors? (Part one)
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I'm afraid not, aside from this post on Melbourne and the comments from readers on it too - a little old, but may still be relevant...
When you buy clothes, what are you paying for?
I’m often asked by readers whether a particular piece of clothing is ‘worth it’. Yet the older I get - the further along my clothing journey - the more I realise how subjective this can be. Also, I’m finding my particular su...
When you buy clothes, what are you paying for?
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Sorry, no Joel, I can't find the source in my files...
Vintage stores embody ‘materialism not consumerism’
During a recent trip to Manchester, I visited a lovely little vintage shop called Bionic Seven. A partner store to Levison's in London, it leans towards more modern and more sports clothing, but has quite a few little gems in amongst the racks. I d...
Vintage stores embody ‘materialism not consumerism’
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Thanks Liam. Yes, I heard and actually we have a nice article on that coming out soon...
Merry Christmas everyone!
Here's wishing you all, wonderful readers, a happy Christmas and a glorious new year. Thank you also for your well wishes, and thanks, on the 15-year anniversary article - it honestly made me quite emotional. I can't believe how long some people hav...
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Great article...
PS is 15 years old! But what is permanent style?
Fifteen years ago today, I was sitting in my office in Playhouse Yard, next to Blackfriars station, writing an article about structured finance transactions. I remember it was very cold, much like today, though there had been no snow. My seat was a...
PS is 15 years old! But what is permanent style?
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I actually earn more now, Shem, though I was lucky to be able to run the two careers in parallel for a few years - if I had had to give one up and start PS when it was earning very little money, it would have been a much...
The steamy social experiment that is a PS party
I’ve learnt a couple of things about glass-fronted shops recently. One is they magnify heat: even on a cold day, an hour’s worth of afternoon sun heats up the space to an incredible degree. I’ve no idea how this is workable in the...
The steamy social experiment that is a PS party
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Oh good, lovely to hear...
Crowley Vintage: Shopping a look
Crowley Vintage is a vintage shop in Brooklyn, New York with a more particular angle than most. We’ve talked in the past about different types of vintage - those that focus on older or newer, on rarity or thrift - but there are few that focus...
Crowley Vintage: Shopping a look
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I find the missing price tags baffling and an instant turn-off. It makes me feel like the shop keeper is sizing you up, ever in the lookout for the next sucker....
Video: Ethan Newton, his style and the evolution ...
It's easy to forget that when Bryceland's first started, the idea was just to do tailoring. Six and half years later, on the eve of opening his third shop in London, Ethan Newton reflects with me on how far he and the brand have come. Hear how he th...
Video: Ethan Newton, his style and the evolution ...
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Yes, I think we begin to be more interested in clothes over time, particularly when we see others wear them well. However, I wouldn't put these in the bracket of black trousers, as they'll fade quickly and basically beco...
