A contrasting view: Mixing dark trousers with lig...
February 17th 2025By 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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Glad to know I’m not the only one, Manish. This has always felt most like me, dark bottom, light top. I still do the opposite, but as gorgeous as they look on others I still haven’t committed to a pair of cream trous...
Reader profile: Bent
January 22nd 2025Outfit 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...
Packing for travelling between seasons: cold then...
January 10th 2025When 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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When I say black jeans at any time, I mean ones that are at least a little washed out, not flat black. The ones here are a little washed out, but not extremely and I find you don't need that...
What Frasier could teach us about dressing today
December 4th 2024Every 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
November 25th 2024Pedro 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 ...
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Hey there! The Wythe shirt does indeed still have the neck strap, the shots hide it pretty well. Their chambray shirt design has been pretty consistent over the past couple years. Thanks for reading, cheers!...
Denim and tweed: My Scotland travel capsule
November 15th 2024I 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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No, I didn't really experience much shrinking. You never get it really on ones like the Husbands because that light wash and fading has already been achieved by so much washing already. But the Rubato one I found fine as...
How to do double denim, and mixing rough and smooth
November 6th 2024One 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
October 28th 2024I’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’t po...
Personal and practical: How to dress like Alex Natt
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Glad I read through the comments before asking this. Love these shoes, beautifully worn....
A tonal exercise in 14 looks
October 7th 2024One 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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I don't think a Belgian can straddle those options myself, or if it can it's a little unusual from a style point of view and that has to be something you want. I think you're right that you're going to want two eventuall...
The enlarged, filterable Lookbook
September 11th 2024The 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,...
July 29th 2024The 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 ...
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I do. I don't think it's something I get much, but I imagine that's down to differences in physicality and sizes...
Outfits that define my week: Video with Bucherer
July 19th 2024The 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
June 26th 2024Quite 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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Yes I think Art du Lin would probably be better, though it would be great to see one after a few years...
Reader profile: Tetsuya
June 19th 2024Tetsuya 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...
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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
June 12th 2024A 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 smartly or not ...
‘Bleu de Travail’ workwear
June 5th 2024When 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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Hey Mathijs- Take a look at the flannels from outdoor outfitter Orvis. Wait for their winter offerings for a more varied selection. Currently they are clearing out their summer inventory. Fabric is robust with generous s...
Holiday attire: A sliding scale of formality
May 29th 2024By 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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Have you visited Adret? their choices of cloth are something else, 'exotic' yes, different and unique lots of texture yes! cheap? i mean i saw the hand work and it is mind blowing how many hand stitches are in the hems a...
Which office are you? A cold, current 2024 update
May 22nd 2024The 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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Yes I'd say so...
Permanent Style summer drinks in the Burlington A...
May 13th 2024Last 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
April 26th 2024By 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...
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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
April 1st 2024This 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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In that case I could wear either, black would be a little smarter, a little more modern, but both work well See the article on Friday maybe to get a sense of what I mean, comparing that to the outfit I linked to...
The Casual Style Guide – come to the launch...
March 1st 2024In 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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Hi Simon, How many pages are in the Casual Style guide, and the Style Guide? Thanks, David....
Reader profile: James
February 14th 2024James is a reader I met in Korea last year. A friend of our host Sam Ahn, he joined us for dinner on the last night with Assisi. James has been a customer of various bespoke tailors for about 10 years, but has largely settled down to using Sartoria...
Eight outfits I liked at Pitti – and why
January 19th 2024Pitti Uomo this year felt busier than last, but that was a little deceptive - two of the big buildings were still closed for lack of exhibitors, and more squeezed into the main pavilion. The show’s future still feels a little uncertain. My ti...
What colour theory can teach you about clothing
January 10th 2024by Philipp Fröhlich Between 1966 and 1970, Barnett Newman, a prominent figure in abstract expressionism, painted four versions of a painting he called ‘Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue’ (above). I assume Newman foresaw the intim...
What colour theory can teach you about clothing
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My rule is akin to the doctors' oath to "first do no harm". In other words, with an outfit, avoid major blunders and you have done 90% of what's needed. If a tie is dramatic in pattern, the shirt and jacket must be subdu...