Sartoria Panico - a last great of Neapolitan tailoring

Read MoreOct 18th 2017

On the wall of Sartoria Panico in Naples, there is a framed picture of our Tailoring Symposium in 2016. Antonio Panico stands there with other greats of modern bespoke such as Edward Sexton, Antonio Liverano and Lorenzo Cifonelli, basking in the su...

Sartoria Panico - a last great of Neapolitan tailoring

On the wall of Sartoria Panico in Naples, there is a framed picture of our Tailoring Symposium in 2016. Antonio Panico stands there with other greats of modern bespoke such as Edward Sexton, Antonio Liverano and Lorenzo Cifonelli, basking in the su...

Oct 18th 2017

The styles of bow tie - and why they matter

Read MoreDec 20th 2021

I rarely wear a bow tie. Certainly never casually, and the number of black tie excuses has dwindled since I left my job in legal journalism.  Back then there were several award ceremonies a year - we even threw four ourselves - but those have gone a...

The styles of bow tie - and why they matter

I rarely wear a bow tie. Certainly never casually, and the number of black tie excuses has dwindled since I left my job in legal journalism.  Back then there were several award ceremonies a year - we even threw four ourselves - but those have gone a...

Dec 20th 2021

Visiting Bel y Cia in Barcelona, home of the Teba

Read MoreOct 6th 2023

By Manish Puri Bel y Cia opened in 1842 as a camiseria (shirt maker) on Passatge de Bacardí – a narrow walkway that connects Barcelona’s Las Rambla to Plaça Reial. Following the demolition of the city walls (1854-1866) and the end of the Spanis...

Visiting Bel y Cia in Barcelona, home of the Teba

By Manish Puri Bel y Cia opened in 1842 as a camiseria (shirt maker) on Passatge de Bacardí – a narrow walkway that connects Barcelona’s Las Rambla to Plaça Reial. Following the demolition of the city walls (1854-1866) and the end of the Spanis...

Oct 6th 2023

London: A sartorial city guide

Read MoreAug 12th 2015

   I've had quite a few requests by readers over the past year for city guides, so this is the first in a series.  In London, there are so many options that it makes sense to group some together. Also, if I leave too many out I'll get in trouble...

London: A sartorial city guide

   I've had quite a few requests by readers over the past year for city guides, so this is the first in a series.  In London, there are so many options that it makes sense to group some together. Also, if I leave too many out I'll get in trouble...

Aug 12th 2015

Video: Maintaining and caring for your suit

Read MoreNov 9th 2018

The Campaign for Wool recently asked me to help them with a series of videos educating people on caring for wool products. Chaired by HRH Prince Charles, the Campaign is a charity that communicates how environmentally friendly and sustainable wool i...

Video: Maintaining and caring for your suit

The Campaign for Wool recently asked me to help them with a series of videos educating people on caring for wool products. Chaired by HRH Prince Charles, the Campaign is a charity that communicates how environmentally friendly and sustainable wool i...

Nov 9th 2018

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

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

A story in suits: My history with Anderson & Sheppard

Read MoreApr 27th 2022

I had my first suit made at Anderson & Sheppard 12 years ago, in 2010.  As I begin a series looking at the making of a new A&S jacket, I thought it would be interesting, even fun, to look back at that first suit and the ones that followed it...

A story in suits: My history with Anderson & Sheppard

I had my first suit made at Anderson & Sheppard 12 years ago, in 2010.  As I begin a series looking at the making of a new A&S jacket, I thought it would be interesting, even fun, to look back at that first suit and the ones that followed it...

Apr 27th 2022

Hand padding a bespoke jacket: How it’s done and why

Read MoreJul 11th 2022

The various parts of the front of a bespoke jacket are normally sewn together by hand. This hand 'padding’ attaches the canvas that give the chest its structure, and hand sewing shapes the lapel too.  It's often used as a sign of ‘real’ bespok...

Hand padding a bespoke jacket: How it’s done and why

The various parts of the front of a bespoke jacket are normally sewn together by hand. This hand 'padding’ attaches the canvas that give the chest its structure, and hand sewing shapes the lapel too.  It's often used as a sign of ‘real’ bespok...

Jul 11th 2022

Who are my favourite tailors? (Part one)

Read MoreJan 16th 2023

This is the single question I get asked most, and when it is, I nearly always reply that it’s a complex area that really requires a full in-depth article.  I think it actually takes two.  In this first article, today, I'll explain my personal pri...

Who are my favourite tailors? (Part one)

This is the single question I get asked most, and when it is, I nearly always reply that it’s a complex area that really requires a full in-depth article.  I think it actually takes two.  In this first article, today, I'll explain my personal pri...

Jan 16th 2023

How my style has changed over 15 years

Read MoreSep 20th 2023

A few readers have asked recently how my style has changed in the time of writing PS. Here’s an attempt to summarise how I see it today, with a good many links to other articles to flesh out the points.  First, there are a few different causes, wh...

How my style has changed over 15 years

A few readers have asked recently how my style has changed in the time of writing PS. Here’s an attempt to summarise how I see it today, with a good many links to other articles to flesh out the points.  First, there are a few different causes, wh...

Sep 20th 2023

Introducing: The Speciale hand-framed cotton sweater

Read MoreMar 20th 2024

I love cotton knits in the Summer. I couldn’t always see the point of them, but in the past few years I’ve regularly taken one on our holidays (usually to Portugal or France) and I adore the feeling on putting one on as the day cools down. They p...

Introducing: The Speciale hand-framed cotton sweater

I love cotton knits in the Summer. I couldn’t always see the point of them, but in the past few years I’ve regularly taken one on our holidays (usually to Portugal or France) and I adore the feeling on putting one on as the day cools down. They p...

Mar 20th 2024

Reader profile: Shun

Read MoreOct 17th 2022

With the PS reader profiles, we’re always looking to add something different - a different style, a different age, hopefully at some point a different location.  Although Shun’s love of classic menswear will be shared by many, he is a little dif...

Reader profile: Shun

With the PS reader profiles, we’re always looking to add something different - a different style, a different age, hopefully at some point a different location.  Although Shun’s love of classic menswear will be shared by many, he is a little dif...

Oct 17th 2022

The Valet: Becoming a one-stop shop for clothing care

Read MoreMar 18th 2024

The Valet has become an all-round care and repair location in the past couple of years, which is great for our general push to encourage readers to look after their clothes better. Having started with pressing, then adding dry cleaning and shoe care,...

The Valet: Becoming a one-stop shop for clothing care

The Valet has become an all-round care and repair location in the past couple of years, which is great for our general push to encourage readers to look after their clothes better. Having started with pressing, then adding dry cleaning and shoe care,...

Mar 18th 2024

Different ways to pad the chest of a suit

Read MoreJul 13th 2011

A reader commented that the way he spots a good bespoke suit is to look under the lapel and look for the little pinpricks that betray hand padding. This does indeed show where the tailor has come through the suit cloth as he sews the parts of the che...

Different ways to pad the chest of a suit

A reader commented that the way he spots a good bespoke suit is to look under the lapel and look for the little pinpricks that betray hand padding. This does indeed show where the tailor has come through the suit cloth as he sews the parts of the che...

Jul 13th 2011

Royal warrant holders at the Coronation Festival

Read MoreJul 15th 2013

This past weekend saw the Coronation Festival in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, at which holders of royal warrants exhibited. The royal warrant is not exactly the mark of quality that some might assume, given that it includes Austin Reed and Daks...

Royal warrant holders at the Coronation Festival

This past weekend saw the Coronation Festival in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, at which holders of royal warrants exhibited. The royal warrant is not exactly the mark of quality that some might assume, given that it includes Austin Reed and Daks...

Jul 15th 2013

New versions of Sam Cundey's special red tie

Read MoreMay 2nd 2011

The Henry Poole burgundy that was seen as the lining and overcheck on my DB suit has always been used as the colour for the Sam Cundey special red tie. This year that is being expanded into a full range of ties on the same, indivudal weave design. T...

New versions of Sam Cundey's special red tie

The Henry Poole burgundy that was seen as the lining and overcheck on my DB suit has always been used as the colour for the Sam Cundey special red tie. This year that is being expanded into a full range of ties on the same, indivudal weave design. T...

May 2nd 2011

Dege & Skinner celebrate 150 years

Read MoreApr 29th 2015

 This year Savile Row tailors Dege & Skinner are 150 years old - pretty impressive for any business, but particularly one that is still family owned. In fact, the house has done rather well in the last couple because of that heritage, benefiti...

Dege & Skinner celebrate 150 years

 This year Savile Row tailors Dege & Skinner are 150 years old - pretty impressive for any business, but particularly one that is still family owned. In fact, the house has done rather well in the last couple because of that heritage, benefiti...

Apr 29th 2015

Video: Comfort vs style in the fit of a suit

Read MoreApr 24th 2020

Here is the final video in our series on how a jacket should fit. The first looked at the basics of fit, while the second was on the length of a suit jacket. In this third one, we look at how much the fit of a suit is a matter of comfort. So arguing ...

Video: Comfort vs style in the fit of a suit

Here is the final video in our series on how a jacket should fit. The first looked at the basics of fit, while the second was on the length of a suit jacket. In this third one, we look at how much the fit of a suit is a matter of comfort. So arguing ...

Apr 24th 2020

Tariq Mahmoud: Royal College of Art show

Read MoreJun 11th 2012

A couple of weeks ago I had the eye-opening experience of attending the fashion degree show at the Royal College of Art in London. I normally avoid fashion events like the plague, but a group of us who used to work with Lodger went along to support T...

Tariq Mahmoud: Royal College of Art show

A couple of weeks ago I had the eye-opening experience of attending the fashion degree show at the Royal College of Art in London. I normally avoid fashion events like the plague, but a group of us who used to work with Lodger went along to support T...

Jun 11th 2012

The best cloths of Spring/Summer 2018

Read MoreApr 16th 2018

Great as our Guide to Cloth series is, it deliberately doesn’t recommend specific cloths in any of the pieces. This is largely because bunches change regularly (sometimes every six months) and if we did, the Guide would rapidly be out of date. S...

The best cloths of Spring/Summer 2018

Great as our Guide to Cloth series is, it deliberately doesn’t recommend specific cloths in any of the pieces. This is largely because bunches change regularly (sometimes every six months) and if we did, the Guide would rapidly be out of date. S...

Apr 16th 2018

Kathryn Sargent chalk-stripe suit: Style Breakdown

Read MoreMay 10th 2019

  Kathryn Sargent, perhaps unexpectedly, is one of the most structured and square-shouldered of the suit styles in this series. The make is most similar to Huntsman, which we featured here as a hunting jacket in their house tweed, w...

Kathryn Sargent chalk-stripe suit: Style Breakdown

  Kathryn Sargent, perhaps unexpectedly, is one of the most structured and square-shouldered of the suit styles in this series. The make is most similar to Huntsman, which we featured here as a hunting jacket in their house tweed, w...

May 10th 2019

Otis Batterbee

Read MoreFeb 6th 2012

I like the eye masks and neck pillows from British designer Otis Batterbee. I’m not going to pretend they’re the greatest piece of craft ever to grace this site, but they are all made with care, in England, and they function well. They are nice a...

Otis Batterbee

I like the eye masks and neck pillows from British designer Otis Batterbee. I’m not going to pretend they’re the greatest piece of craft ever to grace this site, but they are all made with care, in England, and they function well. They are nice a...

Feb 6th 2012

A guide to corduroy: Colours, wales, fibres, bunches

Read MoreNov 9th 2022

I’ve been buying and wearing more corduroy in recent years - including the new dark-brown jacket above, from Sartoria Ciardi.  I think the reason is that if you’re not dressing for a formal office, worsted is likely to feel out of place; flannel...

A guide to corduroy: Colours, wales, fibres, bunches

I’ve been buying and wearing more corduroy in recent years - including the new dark-brown jacket above, from Sartoria Ciardi.  I think the reason is that if you’re not dressing for a formal office, worsted is likely to feel out of place; flannel...

Nov 9th 2022

Reader profile: Ian

Read MoreAug 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

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...

Aug 14th 2023