Video: Edward Green shoes being made in Northampton
Edward Green recently made this video showing step-by-step the stages of making a pair of shoes in the Northampton factory. I like the lack of pretentiousness to it - others would desaturate the imagery, use slow motion to linger over particular par...
Video: Edward Green shoes being made in Northampton
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Personally I think the Dainite is too thick - the city rubber sole would be OK, but the Dainite is a bit too chunky. Right on the London Grain, but a cord suit could be nice with it...
Video: A hand-sewn wallet, from start to finish
A lovely video this, showing a lot of the detail of making a hand-sewn alligator wallet - from Charlie Trevor at Equus Leather. It was just released today. The music might be a bit much, but I think we can forgive it that. Related posts Husban...
Video: A hand-sewn wallet, from start to finish
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I just received my Lloyd Billfold with black alligator leather outer and black chèvre inner, black Lin Cable, blind embossing and internal note compartment divider. It took seven months to be made because of the pandemi...
Video: Cycling and style
In case anyone's interested in my views on cycling and style - particularly the crossover between technical innovation and luxury - here's a video of an interview I did with Konrad Olsson during Pitti. Konrad is the editor-in-chief of Plaza Uomo mag...
Video: Cycling and style
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Thanks BB. I have done a little bit over the years if you do a search, though not for a while. I was very into the early Rapha things, but less so now, and I don't see anyone else doing interesting things with natural ma...
Video: Quality and craft, an interview at Leather...
Here is the interview produced during my recent visit to the Leatherfoot Emporium in Toronto, as part of their grand opening. Some interesting questions about quality and craft, and you get a bit of a sense of the work of Signor Francesco̵...
Video: Quality and craft, an interview at Leather...
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Anderson & Sheppard. More details in the comments to this post: http://www.permanentstyle.com/2016/04/book-signing-at-the-opening-of-leatherfoot-toronto.html...
Video: How to tie a scarf
Another practical piece for everyone: my five favourite ways to wear a scarf – with a jacket, with an overcoat or with knitwear. Begg & Co and I collaborated on the video, which is also available on their website alongside a w...
Video: How to tie a scarf
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Sorry, no Aaron...
Video: The Tailoring Symposium
Ahead of our next Symposium in Florence next week – focusing on accessories – here’s a reminder of the tailoring edition I organised last summer. The Rake organised this video of our discussion beforehand, at ...
Video: The Tailoring Symposium
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Thanks Irv, lovely to hear...
Video: How to press suit trousers
This is the last instalment in our series on looking after suits at home. The first showed how to brush and generally maintain suits, and the second how to press a jacket. You can see them at those links. It’s been an interesting process...
Video: How to press suit trousers
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Yes, true. I'd say around super 120s...
Video: How to press a jacket
Our latest video on suit maintenance may be the most useful of the lot: How to press your a jacket at home. In the video, Richard is at pains to point out that a lot of the pressing process cannot be replicated at home. Customers would need a hig...
Video: How to press a jacket
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Video: Hand-sewing a belt (and a watch strap)
The more I write about this industry, the longer it is since I first covered someone. It’s nice, but it always surprises me how fast the time goes. I wrote about Equus Leather back in 2011, and purchased one of their ‘lined an...
Video: Hand-sewing a belt (and a watch strap)
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Sadly,it seems that Equus Leather is no longer with us. Their website is closed....
Video: How to look after your suit
This is the first in a series of videos – made in conjunction with Richard Anderson – on maintaining, brushing and pressing a suit. [It’s worth enlarging to full screen if you want to watch it all] They are p...
Video: How to look after your suit
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How wide should such a "wide-shouldered" hanger for suits be?...
The Gathering craft dinner: The video
What a lovely evening. Food, laughter, and some damned serious discussions about cufflink manufacturing and soft-shouldered tailoring. I love serious discussions at dinner. The film of our Gathering dinner last month, in collaboration with Essence ...
The Gathering craft dinner: The video
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I'm afraid not, sorry, it was the property of the magazine Essence, which no longer exists...
First Harrod’s video on suits and style
The film was made to coincide with the made-to-measure events coming up at Harrod’s. You can see the other video with Richard James here.
First Harrod’s video on suits and style
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Oh dear...
Video on suits and their construction
Last week I was profiled in a video series for Harrod’s, giving insights into the construction of Kiton and Tom Ford suits, among others. It should be available in a couple of weeks, coinciding with the launch of a new MTM/bespoke initiative at...
Video on suits and their construction
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Thanks Simon. That looks spot on. Cruel though to send that video to an emigrant Irish man. Rory's accent is killing me. I'll be crying into a pint of Guinness tonight....
Fuera de Serie video
That profile piece in Spain’s How to Spend It is now live, along with a little video. Not entirely sure where they got the footage of Anderson & Sheppard though… You can see the story here. In other news, apparently my co...
Fuera de Serie video
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It is, you're right. Missed that one...