Suits and shirts: A sliding scale of formality

January 6th 2025

Linen : Linen We haven’t done one of these in a while, but a reader requested one in a comment on the ‘ How to pick shirt fabric ’ article, and it reminded me how useful people find the sliding scales. The idea is we break down tw...

Suits and shirts: A sliding scale of formality

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It's a matter of local visual language! The Brooks Brothers shirt is deeply embedded in classic American tailored aesthetics. See for instance Robert Mueller, who is always dressed in perhaps the most classic American st...

Shirts - SuitsJanuary 6th 2025

Bryceland’s made-to-order chambray shirt: Review

December 11th 2024

Made-to-order services are useful with workwear shirts, where bespoke makers can rarely replicate the construction or the materials. We covered one such service recently, from The Anthology , and today we’re reviewing another, from Bryceland&r...

Bryceland’s made-to-order chambray shirt: Review

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Thanks Tom, pleased do say hello next time if you can! It's always nice. Happens maybe once or twice a week, but it's always lovely...

ShirtsDecember 11th 2024

The case for the ‘stimulating’ shirt

December 2nd 2024

By Lucas Nicholson. Whilst nattering away to Simon as I usually do on one of our days working together, I mentioned I had a revelation recently. In my past life at Drake’s, I always favoured slightly eccentric tailoring (cream cord suit anyon...

The case for the ‘stimulating’ shirt

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I may have recommended it here in the past, but I'd suggest taking a look at David Batchelor's Chromophobia. It traces the fear of color (and the "dangerous other") among the elite of western culture back to the venerati...

ShirtsDecember 2nd 2024

What does a green shirt (and a brown stripe) go w...

November 13th 2024

I really love playing with new colours in clothing. It’s like a fun little exercise in how much you know about what goes with what - how far you’ve come in your menswear journey. Yet at the same time, I also find it consistently throws ...

What does a green shirt (and a brown stripe) go w...

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Yes we will have some more of that too. I would wear it with browns perhaps, but not usually and I might want something in between them, eg a belt between shirt and trousers, and a jacket that wasn't brown...

ShirtsNovember 13th 2024

Made-to-order Anthology shirt: Review

October 21st 2024

The Anthology has an interesting shirt offering that I only really discovered recently. Perhaps because it’s not that clearly flagged up on the website. You can get most of their shirts to order, selecting a size that determines the chest and...

Made-to-order Anthology shirt: Review

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I don't in the Goodman. The Lazyman I like but find too short for me, even when I go up to a 42 chest. Manish also had his views on them here...

ShirtsOctober 21st 2024

The Suede Overshirt made-to-order programme

October 11th 2024

The Suede Overshirt in tobacco has recently been restocked on PS, having sold out quickly back in the spring. But we’re also going to try a made-to-order programme, as the makers Rifugio are happy to make in small numbers. The idea is that re...

The Suede Overshirt made-to-order programme

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It's very dark - approaching black but not quite. Sorry about the lack of photos...

ShirtsOctober 11th 2024

How my shirt fit has changed in the past 15 years

August 30th 2024

I know, a graph! Given the nerdery that’s often included on these pages, I’m surprised it’s taken so long for us to lead with a graph. (Mobile users: try opening the image in a new tab.) Let me tell you what it shows. This plots my...

How my shirt fit has changed in the past 15 years

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ShirtsAugust 30th 2024

The versatility (or not) of navy hopsack – ...

August 21st 2024

I wore this new hopsack jacket from Paolo Martorano quite a bit this summer, which surprised me. Although I’ve had navy jackets in the past, since I stopped working in an office I tend to wear more earthy colours, such as browns, taupes or tha...

The versatility (or not) of navy hopsack – ...

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Glasses and jewellery - JacketsAugust 21st 2024

My Favourite Madras Shirt: Original Madras Tradin...

August 9th 2024

By Manish Puri In 1973, Ranjit Shah left his hometown of Madras (now Chennai) carrying a suitcase full of cloth swatches and emigrated to New York City. Within a few years, he’d established Original Madras Trading Company (OMTC) on West 38th S...

My Favourite Madras Shirt: Original Madras Tradin...

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For buying i alread found the answer :) https://www.permanentstyle.com/2022/12/overshirts-two-types-ways-to-wear-where-to-buy.html...

Casual clothing - ShirtsAugust 9th 2024

Friday Polos, Linen Overshirts and T-shirts: The ...

July 26th 2024

There are quite a few things to catch up on with regards to PS products, and it feels like readers have quite a few questions too, given the number that have come up in comments. So it might be good to have all of those answered in one place. First,...

Friday Polos, Linen Overshirts and T-shirts: The ...

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Hey Mateusz, I'm afraid that will be too soon, yes. They will probably be in there during October...

ShirtsJuly 26th 2024

Introducing: Japanese denim shirts

June 7th 2024

A couple of years ago, we discontinued the denim shirts sold on PS largely because of issues with producing and storing the cloth. Since then we’ve been working on alternatives, and finally settled on a Japanese-woven cotton last year. These ...

Introducing: Japanese denim shirts

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Not for a few months I'm afraid BC...

Denim - ShirtsJune 7th 2024

Introducing: The Suede Overshirt

May 17th 2024

A few readers have asked over the years about a suede overshirt on PS - particularly following the series of articles we did this time last year, on jacket substitutes like overshirts , chores and tebas . So when we visited the suede workshop Rifug...

Introducing: The Suede Overshirt

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Hi Jack, That's lovely to hear, thank you. I'm not sure if Pinnas do leather/suede alterations, you'd have to ask them. So my default would be Valet, or Cromford Leather...

ShirtsMay 17th 2024

Buck Mason, Novesta, New & Lingwood: Spring ...

April 24th 2024

Our seasonal summary of things I’ve seen and liked rolls around again, and as ever is a good mechanism to answer questions about new products from established brands, such as the City Moc from Saman Amel (above). But it’s also, by design...

Buck Mason, Novesta, New & Lingwood: Spring ...

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Hey Mike, I'd wear it with something like brown chinos or flannels and then black loafers or boots. Or perhaps charcoal trousers and brown boots, something along those lines. I also wear it with the first combination and...

Belts and wallets - Casual clothingApril 24th 2024

A Guide To Chambray Shirts – Part Two: Mode...

April 21st 2024

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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Does anyone own or have experience with the fortela made in japan chambrays ?...

ShirtsApril 21st 2024

A Guide To Chambray Shirts – Part One: Repr...

April 10th 2024

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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Hi Nicolas Sounds like a great shirt. Darts seem to be the best option here. Hope it works out!...

ShirtsApril 10th 2024

Wythe: Tasteful and accessible Americana

November 27th 2023

Peter Middleton is an affable Texan with a real passion for fabrics. We talked previously for a PS piece on Navajo rugs , and also for an article about the design side of Ralph Lauren , where Peter (above, right) worked in fabric research. But when ...

Wythe: Tasteful and accessible Americana

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ShirtsNovember 27th 2023

The importance of visiting your makers (repeatedly)

November 17th 2023

Readers have asked in the past what it’s like developing new clothing, what helps and hinders, what the challenges are. One piece of advice a friend gave me a while ago was to visit the factory more than you think - that even a one-day, flying...

The importance of visiting your makers (repeatedly)

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Cheers Riccardo, yes you can't really ever please/fit the majority of people...

ShirtsNovember 17th 2023

Rolling shirt sleeves

October 23rd 2023

An area we rarely talk about in menswear is how we wear clothes, rather than which ones we choose. Buttoning shirts, wearing collars up, belting trench coats and so on. I know, it’s classic overthinking. No one needs to be told how to roll the...

Rolling shirt sleeves

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Cheers Simon!...

ShirtsOctober 23rd 2023

Reader profile: Ian

August 14th 2023

Ian is retired, and got into luxury menswear late in life. But he always had an interest in clothes, from his early days in Ivy clothing to the forties and fifties influences that came with learning jive dancing. It could be easy to see him as bein...

Reader profile: Ian

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Amazing! I bet Ian must have loved that. Thanks for letting me know...

Shirts - ShoesAugust 14th 2023

Speciale: Fine Florentine tailoring and haberdashery

August 9th 2023

Speciale is a beautiful little shop in the west of London, making fine bespoke tailoring and unique shirts and knits. I should have covered Bert and George earlier and I haven't, and it's entirely my fault. My only excuse is location. Speciale is a...

Speciale: Fine Florentine tailoring and haberdashery

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Hey Josh - finally got confirmation, it's Holland & Sherry 2024002...

Jackets - KnitwearAugust 9th 2023

How much do you actually know? An interview with ...

August 4th 2023

By Manish Puri A few months ago I had the privilege of speaking with Alan Flusser about the history of New York bespoke tailoring . From the opening beats of our conversation it was clear that Alan wasn’t about to be constrained by the narrow ...

How much do you actually know? An interview with ...

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Alan Flusser is remarkable man, who has his own style without any need to fit in. That is what a smart person should appreciate. By the way, all guys here in this forum trying to ridicule Mr. Flusser should really grow u...

Shirts - SuitsAugust 4th 2023

Schostal: Socks, shirts and pyjamas in Rome

July 10th 2023

In quite a few European cities, including most in Italy I’ve visited, you see small, slightly old-fashioned shops selling underwear and nightwear, often with these little hand-written price cards. Although charming, the quality in these shops...

Schostal: Socks, shirts and pyjamas in Rome

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Yes Daniel there is another Schostal here in Rome, known as "Schostal Roma" not "Schostal Originals" and run by a different branch of the family, with different merch. It's in Parioli, the affluent and hilly residential ...

ShirtsJuly 10th 2023

Tokyo: A sartorial shopping guide – 2023 Up...

June 7th 2023

  Tokyo is one of the most varied, creative and stimulating retail experiences in the world. Not only is the city huge, but each area has a distinct feel and atmosphere, reflected in its shopping. There are small, niche brands everywhere, as...

Tokyo: A sartorial shopping guide – 2023 Up...

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Thank you Dave. Yes you do get Tabio here in the UK carried by a few stores...

Bags - Belts and walletsJune 7th 2023

Spring/Summer Top 10 ’23: Shirts, shorts an...

April 28th 2023

It may still be cold outside (in the UK), but it’s late April and time for a write-up of the Spring/Summer pieces I’ve liked from our favourite brands. If you have any questions about other releases from these brands (or indeed brands n...

Spring/Summer Top 10 ’23: Shirts, shorts an...

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It's hard to tell Ayush, but if they were pyjamas I'd probably use something softer, like a light cotton...

Casual clothing - Hanks and scarvesApril 28th 2023

New pink and green-stripe oxford shirts

March 27th 2023

Two new stripes in the PS Oxford shirt have been added to the shop today: a light pink and a pale green . As is often the case with PS products, they have been chosen as particularly understated, easy-to-wear styles. The pink is the same as that us...

New pink and green-stripe oxford shirts

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We received half, now waiting on the other half.......

ShirtsMarch 27th 2023