The new Linen Overshirt in India
I mentioned in the cotton-crewnecks article last week that I enjoyed wearing tan accessories a lot during my recent trip to India. This might seem like a small thing, but when you get into a routine with clothing, anything that suddenly gives a twis...
The new Linen Overshirt in India
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Probably next year I'm afraid David...
What I’m looking forward to wearing this su...
By Jamie Ferguson. I’m back baby. Ya miss me? It’s only been what six months? Speaking of months they sure are getting warmer and that can mean only one thing… It’s time to shave all your knee hair off ‘cause shorts se...
What I’m looking forward to wearing this su...
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Hi Jamie, Your PoW linen suit is lovely. The checks are bold, but not loud. The type that you can still make out from a significant distance, rather than quickly blending into a melange. You mention it was a Harrison's b...
Dark Ivy
A friend referred to this outfit as ‘dark Ivy’ recently, and I liked the idea. Traditional Ivy style has much to recommend it today, particularly the way it mixes sportswear and tailoring together. I set out the ways I like that attitude...
Dark Ivy
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A contrasting view: Mixing dark trousers with lig...
By Manish Puri . When I started to wear more tailored clothing - and it won’t surprise you to learn that coincided with when I began to read PS regularly - it seemed to me that the epitome of elegance was the ability to mix darker jackets with...
A contrasting view: Mixing dark trousers with lig...
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Hi AKG Thanks so much! It’s usually The Anthology 😊 the light grey pair are slimmer because they were my first ever pair of bespoke trousers. However, the charcoal trousers (which were made a few years later by them...
Reader profile: Bent
Outfit 1: Green cord suit Suit: Schaap tailors, green 700g Holland & Sherry cord Jumper: De Bonne Facture Shirt: J Press Tie: Drake’s Shoes: Alden cordovan, modified last Socks: Frans Boone Watch: 1960s IWC Hi Bent. How would you descr...
Reader profile: Bent
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Hi Neil, I personally have one from Cordings that I find quite enjoyable and wear often. The collar is a bit prone to curling inwards but the design and fabric are otherwise very nice. I did have to shorten the sleeves, ...
Packing for travelling between seasons: cold then...
When I travelled to Thailand last month, I had a slightly different packing challenge to usual: in London it was eight degrees (celsius) with cold drizzle; in Bangkok it was 30 degrees and balmy. Now I wouldn’t be outside in the UK that long ...
Packing for travelling between seasons: cold then...
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Mark G what down vest do you recommend? this is something i never owned...
What Frasier could teach us about dressing today
Every evening, our family goes to the living room after dinner and watches an episode of a sitcom together. My wife, me, and my two eldest daughters all on the sofa. It’s lovely family time and now such a tradition that no evening feels comple...
What Frasier could teach us about dressing today
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Indeed. great source. Thanks for this lovely article, Simon. Merry Christmas!...
Reader profile: Pedro
Pedro is a reader in New York - one I’ve known to say hello to, but never really had a long conversation with. It was lovely doing so a couple of weeks ago. He’s thoughtful about clothes and his relationship to them, self-aware yet also ...
Reader profile: Pedro
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I don't know I'm afraid, best to reach out to him on Instagram...
Denim and tweed: My Scotland travel capsule
I usually find packing for work trips quite straightforward. I know what I’ll be doing, in what kinds of places, and therefore what clothing will be appropriate. The challenge is smaller things like a summer jacket that will go with both tailo...
Denim and tweed: My Scotland travel capsule
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Remarkable photo album. I instantly found myself inspired to cavort through the Highlands with a healthy selection of tweeds at the ready....
How to do double denim, and mixing rough and smooth
One of the things Jamie and I were keen to do with The Casual Style Guide was bring in comments from some of the people featured - what they thought about the outfits, rather than just us. So we approached five people, and asked them to give us a co...
How to do double denim, and mixing rough and smooth
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The double denim look seems to be stirring some controversy, but in my opinion it could work on colder and darker cloudy days sans loafers which look oddly out of place for the overall effect to work well. It couldn't be...
Personal and practical: How to dress like Alex Natt
I’ve admired the style of photographer Alex Natt – who takes most of the pictures for Permanent Style these days – for several years. He’s not the kind of person to talk about it much, and he certainly doesn...
Personal and practical: How to dress like Alex Natt
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Do you know what others will be wearing? That's the first consideration. Is it the kind of thing where they will be wearing black?...
A tonal exercise in 14 looks
One of the things that first attracted me to Rubato as a brand was their style: that particular mix of laid-back Ivy and tonal Scandinavian (ref. our five casual paradigms ). It managed to feel refreshing yet familiar. Style is more important to th...
A tonal exercise in 14 looks
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So far, it will only have a small effect on products that are over $800. But it could add more to those under 800 if the de minimis restriction is removed for all goods (currently that's only being done for China and hk)...
The enlarged, filterable Lookbook
The Lookbook page on PS has long been a hidden jewel. A lot of readers find it useful but others don’t know it’s there. I blame the way people (including me) use websites today, searching and asking before reading and browsing. Well, th...
The enlarged, filterable Lookbook
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Thanks Ed. I think that might be hard, yes, but we are working on a piece on types of evening wear which might help I think...
The Pink Heap: Summer inspiration from Nantucket,...
The image above - often referred to as ‘The Pink Heap’ after the nickname of the car - has been an inspiration for me for years. If I had a moodboard, it would be on my moodboard. I had it on a Tumblr page at one point, then a Pinterest ...
The Pink Heap: Summer inspiration from Nantucket,...
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It's a perennial issue, I've never found a really good one. I'd say the closest is probably the Rubato ones, or the Ralph Lauren field chino...
Outfits that define my week: Video with Bucherer
The watch company Bucherer recently made a 'Day in the Life' video about me, which they shared on their social media and I've included below. It includes some nice points about Permanent Style - how proud I am of the community it's become over the y...
Outfits that define my week: Video with Bucherer
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I'm not a foodie (Lucas will be able to say more) but I really like it. Nice relaxed atmosphere, good food and cocktails...
Brown ‘Art du Lin’ suit from Pirozzi and Whitcomb
Quite a few people have asked about how the ‘Art du Lin’ linen from Solbiati performs, as it’s become quite a trend across different tailoring brands. Indeed, I hear Solbiati have now largely sold out of a lot of it and there are l...
Brown ‘Art du Lin’ suit from Pirozzi and Whitcomb
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If you love that linen then you clearly don't mind heavier stiffer things! The AdL is great, I love it, though I wouldn't say it feels that heavy. Spring Ram is a great high twist but quite scratchy to my taste. I'm not ...
Reader profile: Tetsuya
Tetsuya Yamashita is a reader that Lucas knows rather than me. Back in the days when he ran the Drake’s pop-up in the old Beige shop in Paris, Tetsuya was a regular visitor, and is still a friend of Beige today. In fact we used their shop as a...
Reader profile: Tetsuya
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I think it's unlikely to be honest Matthew, so many people we want to do! But maybe...
The complete Summer capsule wardrobe
A reader asked recently for a summer version of our Complete Capsule Wardrobe , which proved so popular back in 2020. As with that one, the challenge with today’s capsule wardrobe is knowing who it is aimed at, particularly how smar...
The complete Summer capsule wardrobe
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Blimey - so hard to give advice when the dress code is so specific yet unusual. Yes I'd wear off-white or ecru and not in the whole outfit, just part. Eg an ecru suit with an earth-tone shirt, or a cream linen jacket, wh...
‘Bleu de Travail’ workwear
When I covered chore coats about this time last year, I mentioned that there were three major workwear materials that could be interchanged for different looks: blue denim, US-military green and duck-cotton canvas . It could be a Type II jacket with...
‘Bleu de Travail’ workwear
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You are totally right. I have mentioned those two brands in response to Mont St. Michel's reference since this brand, apart from bleus de travail also makes some marinières whereas Armor Lux and Le Minor are mostly into...
Holiday attire: A sliding scale of formality
By Manish Puri Last week’s article by Simon, ‘Which office are you? A cold current 2024 update’ , focused on cold, wintry colours. I’m here to provide a similar step through using warmer, summery tones. The colours I’ve...
Holiday attire: A sliding scale of formality
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Very helpful, thanks!...
Which office are you? A cold, current 2024 update
The article ‘Which office are you?’ in 2016 was one of the most popular we have ever done on PS. I think largely because it showed clearly how outfits could be adjusted to different levels of formality, at a time when office attire was a...
Which office are you? A cold, current 2024 update
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No, probably charcoal a little more, mostly for the reasons Manish sets out in this piece...
Permanent Style summer drinks in the Burlington A...
Last Thursday we held a really lovely event in the Burlington Arcade. It hadn't occured to me at the time how ballsy it was to announce them as ‘summer drinks’ when we sent out the invites , given the event was only in early May. But it...
Permanent Style summer drinks in the Burlington A...
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I love that olive suit paired with a denim shirt. Where can I get a suit like that?...
Reader profile: Niyi
By André Larnyoh I’ve known Niyi for three or four years and he’s always someone I’ve learnt from. His style is eclectic: classic menswear brands alongside contemporary fashion, bursts of colour with subdued tones. Yet someh...
Reader profile: Niyi
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A great example of someone not trying to be anything other than himself...and maybe that's the point of everything....
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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Not really, just enjoy the faded colour! I'm sure there will be other things you like it with (eg often great with navy)...
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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Hey Wen, That's the Jack bomber from Adret. Not a material that's available by the cut length I'm afraid, but the jacket was reviewed here....