Reader question: What do you wear at the weekend?

Read MoreJun 17th 2011

You spend a lot of time talking about suits and bespoke shoes, but what do you wear at the weekend? I have trouble picturing what you put on to pop out to the newsagent.Here are a few of my favourite things. Two types of chinos: those from Albam, whi...

Reader question: What do you wear at the weekend?

You spend a lot of time talking about suits and bespoke shoes, but what do you wear at the weekend? I have trouble picturing what you put on to pop out to the newsagent.Here are a few of my favourite things. Two types of chinos: those from Albam, whi...

Jun 17th 2011

Jamie's alternative Pitti picks

Read MoreJul 29th 2019

Jamie Ferguson (above), the photographer I’ve worked with over the past few years on Permanent Style, has a different style to me.  He gets tailoring, and wears tailoring, but he also wears more sportswear, more workwear, and experiments more. He ...

Jamie's alternative Pitti picks

Jamie Ferguson (above), the photographer I’ve worked with over the past few years on Permanent Style, has a different style to me.  He gets tailoring, and wears tailoring, but he also wears more sportswear, more workwear, and experiments more. He ...

Jul 29th 2019

If you only had five (casual) shoes

Read MoreJun 28th 2023

This is intended to be a partner to the ‘If you only had five shoes’ article in our Wardrobe Building guide, which was all smart footwear. Today’s piece is shoes that aren’t smart enough for a traditional office or - perhaps a better defini...

If you only had five (casual) shoes

This is intended to be a partner to the ‘If you only had five shoes’ article in our Wardrobe Building guide, which was all smart footwear. Today’s piece is shoes that aren’t smart enough for a traditional office or - perhaps a better defini...

Jun 28th 2023

Moulded Shoe, New York: Home of the modified last

Read MoreDec 5th 2022

Moulded Shoe in New York is a charming shop. A family-run business now in its third generation, It’s narrow and tall, with shoe boxes stacked way up to a double-height ceiling.  There are newspaper cuttings, customer photos and a Japanese cartoon ...

Moulded Shoe, New York: Home of the modified last

Moulded Shoe in New York is a charming shop. A family-run business now in its third generation, It’s narrow and tall, with shoe boxes stacked way up to a double-height ceiling.  There are newspaper cuttings, customer photos and a Japanese cartoon ...

Dec 5th 2022

Experimenting with the smock, or anorak

Read MoreJan 13th 2023

Fifteen years ago, I wrote a piece called ‘Enjoy your fashion cycle’. Ten years later, in 2018, there was one called ‘How I filter fashions’. Today, I find myself thinking along the same lines as we explore casual (but often no less tradition...

Experimenting with the smock, or anorak

Fifteen years ago, I wrote a piece called ‘Enjoy your fashion cycle’. Ten years later, in 2018, there was one called ‘How I filter fashions’. Today, I find myself thinking along the same lines as we explore casual (but often no less tradition...

Jan 13th 2023

Rain: Cap and cordovan, or felt and suede

Read MoreMay 9th 2022

This may be a little niche, but it’s something that often stresses me out in the morning, so hopefully it will be of some use to others.  My plans for what to wear on a particular day usually don’t account for rain.  I might be going into town,...

Rain: Cap and cordovan, or felt and suede

This may be a little niche, but it’s something that often stresses me out in the morning, so hopefully it will be of some use to others.  My plans for what to wear on a particular day usually don’t account for rain.  I might be going into town,...

May 9th 2022

The guide to morning dress: Part one, style

Read MoreMay 16th 2022

Morning dress is an area I’ve always found fascinating, but never have occasion to wear myself. I do want to have some guidance on Permanent Style, however - so when Aleks Cvetkovic told me he was having morning dress made for the first time, I as...

The guide to morning dress: Part one, style

Morning dress is an area I’ve always found fascinating, but never have occasion to wear myself. I do want to have some guidance on Permanent Style, however - so when Aleks Cvetkovic told me he was having morning dress made for the first time, I as...

May 16th 2022

What to wear with the kids at the weekend

Read MoreApr 10th 2023

I get asked surprisingly often what I wear with my children at the weekend - when there’s a chance I’ll be running round a park, on my knees in a playground tunnel, or simply within range of a ketchup spill.  There seems to be a presumption that...

What to wear with the kids at the weekend

I get asked surprisingly often what I wear with my children at the weekend - when there’s a chance I’ll be running round a park, on my knees in a playground tunnel, or simply within range of a ketchup spill.  There seems to be a presumption that...

Apr 10th 2023

The beauty of denim - with Levi’s through the ages

Read MoreMay 8th 2023

Levi’s had exposed rivets on their back pockets until 1937, when complaints about scratched saddles and seats forced them to be covered. A few years later the rivet on the crotch was removed, with the better (but possibly apocryphal) story that cow...

The beauty of denim - with Levi’s through the ages

Levi’s had exposed rivets on their back pockets until 1937, when complaints about scratched saddles and seats forced them to be covered. A few years later the rivet on the crotch was removed, with the better (but possibly apocryphal) story that cow...

May 8th 2023

The weekend gilet or vest

Read MoreDec 1st 2023

As colder weather has arrived recently, there have been a few questions from readers about gilets or vests. It’s not a category we’ve covered in much detail, so Alex and I took a bunch to the studio last week and had a play with a few outfits - i...

The weekend gilet or vest

As colder weather has arrived recently, there have been a few questions from readers about gilets or vests. It’s not a category we’ve covered in much detail, so Alex and I took a bunch to the studio last week and had a play with a few outfits - i...

Dec 1st 2023

The Teba as substitute for a tailored jacket 

Read MoreNov 30th 2022

I don't think I've ever written about this jacket before, which is odd as I've had it a few years and wear it fairly often.  It's the City Hunter 2 from The Armoury - their take on the traditional Spanish Teba jacket.  It has the distinctive lapel ...

The Teba as substitute for a tailored jacket 

I don't think I've ever written about this jacket before, which is odd as I've had it a few years and wear it fairly often.  It's the City Hunter 2 from The Armoury - their take on the traditional Spanish Teba jacket.  It has the distinctive lapel ...

Nov 30th 2022

Should you buy a copy? What’s the harm?

Read MoreSep 13th 2023

A few weeks ago, a reader asked my opinion on a pair of suede boots that were clearly a copy of the popular Open Walk from Loro Piana. That soft, unlaced chukka has become so widespread in a few short years that some don’t even recognise them as a ...

Should you buy a copy? What’s the harm?

A few weeks ago, a reader asked my opinion on a pair of suede boots that were clearly a copy of the popular Open Walk from Loro Piana. That soft, unlaced chukka has become so widespread in a few short years that some don’t even recognise them as a ...

Sep 13th 2023

Overshirts: Two types, ways to wear, where to buy

Read MoreDec 21st 2022

Continuing our recent discussion of jacket replacements - chores, Tebas, safaris and the like - I've shot two of my favourite overshirts in order to talk about different types, and how they can fit into a wardrobe.  The buffalo-check shirt above is ...

Overshirts: Two types, ways to wear, where to buy

Continuing our recent discussion of jacket replacements - chores, Tebas, safaris and the like - I've shot two of my favourite overshirts in order to talk about different types, and how they can fit into a wardrobe.  The buffalo-check shirt above is ...

Dec 21st 2022

The guide to morning dress: Part three, the final suit

Read MoreJul 15th 2022

y Aleks Cvetkovic Having now been to my first Royal Ascot, it strikes me that the hardest thing to do with morning dress is to get the details right, and in so doing capture a kind of comfortable ‘old school’ elegance without looking like you’r...

The guide to morning dress: Part three, the final suit

y Aleks Cvetkovic Having now been to my first Royal Ascot, it strikes me that the hardest thing to do with morning dress is to get the details right, and in so doing capture a kind of comfortable ‘old school’ elegance without looking like you’r...

Jul 15th 2022

How I wear a black tailored jacket

Read MoreDec 30th 2022

This is the first piece of black tailoring that’s been featured on Permanent Style, I think, outside of evening wear. Over the past three years we’ve been exploring how black’s role in the wardrobe can be expanded, beyond tuxedos and lace-ups. ...

How I wear a black tailored jacket

This is the first piece of black tailoring that’s been featured on Permanent Style, I think, outside of evening wear. Over the past three years we’ve been exploring how black’s role in the wardrobe can be expanded, beyond tuxedos and lace-ups. ...

Dec 30th 2022

Black tops and tonal combinations under

Read MoreSep 5th 2022

In many ways, today's outfit is a natural extension of things we’ve been talking about recently.  There was, back on August 12, our discussion about wearing all black, which has some bearing here. The outfit is not all black, of course, but it is ...

Black tops and tonal combinations under

In many ways, today's outfit is a natural extension of things we’ve been talking about recently.  There was, back on August 12, our discussion about wearing all black, which has some bearing here. The outfit is not all black, of course, but it is ...

Sep 5th 2022

Some interesting Pitti picks: Mixing patterns, layering knitwear, wearing volume

Read MoreJan 20th 2023

As we did last year, during Pitti I picked out a few people and outfits that I really liked, but that could have been missed - because they’re not Ethan, Jake or Tatsuya Nakamura. They’re deliberately a mix of smart and casual, tailoring and stre...

Some interesting Pitti picks: Mixing patterns, layering knitwear, wearing volume

As we did last year, during Pitti I picked out a few people and outfits that I really liked, but that could have been missed - because they’re not Ethan, Jake or Tatsuya Nakamura. They’re deliberately a mix of smart and casual, tailoring and stre...

Jan 20th 2023

Introducing: The Fielding shearling coat

Read MoreNov 16th 2022

(NB: The Fielding is available to try in a couple of sizes in the PS pop-up, which runs from today until Saturday at 20 Savile Row. Details here.) Cromford Leather on London’s Chiltern Street make the most beautiful leather coats and jackets. The f...

Introducing: The Fielding shearling coat

(NB: The Fielding is available to try in a couple of sizes in the PS pop-up, which runs from today until Saturday at 20 Savile Row. Details here.) Cromford Leather on London’s Chiltern Street make the most beautiful leather coats and jackets. The f...

Nov 16th 2022

The struggles with shoemaking in Japan

Read MoreMay 12th 2023

Five or six years ago, it was easy to find young people that wanted to be shoemakers in Japan. The wave of enthusiasm for both craft and menswear elsewhere in the world had washed up here just as strongly.  Today, with Covid having only just effecti...

The struggles with shoemaking in Japan

Five or six years ago, it was easy to find young people that wanted to be shoemakers in Japan. The wave of enthusiasm for both craft and menswear elsewhere in the world had washed up here just as strongly.  Today, with Covid having only just effecti...

May 12th 2023

Tailoring for travelling: tough, comfortable, plain

Read MoreAug 29th 2022

In our recent articles on menswear destinations in Rome, a couple of readers asked about the outfit I was wearing for beating around the hot city.  The individual pieces should be pretty familiar:  cotton double-breasted jacket from Ferdinando Car...

Tailoring for travelling: tough, comfortable, plain

In our recent articles on menswear destinations in Rome, a couple of readers asked about the outfit I was wearing for beating around the hot city.  The individual pieces should be pretty familiar:  cotton double-breasted jacket from Ferdinando Car...

Aug 29th 2022

The Spring Top 10: Fun, paper and lavender

Read MoreApr 20th 2022

It’s that time of the year again. Brands have been receiving all the spring clothing they ordered last year, even though they weren’t quite sure whether it would arrive, or be swallowed by an unexpected lockdown.  So rejoice, there are new ideas...

The Spring Top 10: Fun, paper and lavender

It’s that time of the year again. Brands have been receiving all the spring clothing they ordered last year, even though they weren’t quite sure whether it would arrive, or be swallowed by an unexpected lockdown.  So rejoice, there are new ideas...

Apr 20th 2022

The olive PS Trench is back

Read MoreSep 21st 2022

Three weeks ago, I received my new olive PS Trench Coat. I did have one years ago, but it was a size 3 and I’m definitely more of a 4. I also prefer the belt system on the new model.  Wearing that coat over the past couple of weeks has reminded pr...

The olive PS Trench is back

Three weeks ago, I received my new olive PS Trench Coat. I did have one years ago, but it was a size 3 and I’m definitely more of a 4. I also prefer the belt system on the new model.  Wearing that coat over the past couple of weeks has reminded pr...

Sep 21st 2022

Reader Profile: Jeff

Read MoreApr 14th 2023

Jeff Hilliard is Director of Limited Editions at Hodinkee, the watch magazine/empire in New York. But he used to work at The Armoury, until 2017, and then did two years at Mr Porter. So while not strictly working in menswear today, he is certainly me...

Reader Profile: Jeff

Jeff Hilliard is Director of Limited Editions at Hodinkee, the watch magazine/empire in New York. But he used to work at The Armoury, until 2017, and then did two years at Mr Porter. So while not strictly working in menswear today, he is certainly me...

Apr 14th 2023

The Merchant Fox: All the casual jackets reviewed

Read MoreJan 23rd 2023

By Manish Puri In between short walks to the kitchen to restock on mince pies and watching Home Alone for the 83rd time (this genuinely may be an understatement), the festive period offers a singular opportunity to contemplate weighty matters concern...

The Merchant Fox: All the casual jackets reviewed

By Manish Puri In between short walks to the kitchen to restock on mince pies and watching Home Alone for the 83rd time (this genuinely may be an understatement), the festive period offers a singular opportunity to contemplate weighty matters concern...

Jan 23rd 2023

Introducing: The new Reversible Suede Bomber

Read MoreFeb 22nd 2023

The new version of our reversible suede bomber jacket - reversible so you can turn it inside out at the first hint of rain - is finally here.  Much as I liked the previous version, the process of designing the Linen Harrington - essentially from scr...

Introducing: The new Reversible Suede Bomber

The new version of our reversible suede bomber jacket - reversible so you can turn it inside out at the first hint of rain - is finally here.  Much as I liked the previous version, the process of designing the Linen Harrington - essentially from scr...

Feb 22nd 2023