It was effing freezing in Paris two weeks ago: officially minus five, felt like minus ten. I know that’s not extreme if you live in Sweden or North Dakota, but it’s not the kind of weather you’re used to in London, I can tell you. It was bitter...

Florence is a surprisingly good city for shopping, quite apart from any menswear shows that happen to be going on.  It’s always been a hub for craft, and even in the city centre you’ll often walk past a little workshop with someone restoring ant...

By Emilie Hawtin Developing a personal uniform is a common goal for those that are into clothing, I find. It has the twin benefits of being personal yet easy, distinctive yet versatile. Where some people want depth and variety in their wardrobe, and ...

I thought it would be interesting to do a post on what clothing I packed for my recent Japan trip. People always seem to like these capsule pieces, although this trip was particularly challenging for a couple of reasons.  First, I needed a full rang...

One more photo from Pitti Uomo this week. Trying to use a shawl (Loro Piana) and hat (Lock) to keep off the rain. Above from Tommy Ton, below from JCR

  Bruce Boyer is my style icon, my favourite writer and, I'm honoured to say, a reader. We recently had a conversation - following the coverage of Pitti on Permanent Style - about experimentation, classic dress and personal style. In order to try...

One of the less-discussed sides of Pitti Uomo is the increasing number of tailors that set up in a hotel or appartment at the same time as the fair, in order to see customers. Although the majority of visitors to Pitti are buyers from around the wo...

As mentioned at the time, there was little that really excited me at Pitti Uomo this year. But a meeting with one little company has led to further collaboration: La Portegna. A tiny operation in Madrid, La Portegna makes simple, leather and canvas p...

There are many badly dressed people at Pitti. There are also people like Luca Rubinacci, Lino Ieluzzi, Ignatious Joseph and others - one-man brands - that benefitted hugely from being shot by Scott Schuman and need to be there to maintain that profil...

  This is the first in a series of posts about producers I met in Pitti and Florence more generally.   Maffeis is part of a family of companies around Bergamo, in northern Italy. Another is Bresciani socks, which of course I’ve visited and wri...

 A quick reminder that we use Instagram for photo updates on events - such as Pitti Uomo this week - alongside posting old shots for the new Insta audience. If you want updates and diary-type shots of our events, follow us @permanentstylelondon. Ab...

"Edward, Edward," said Antonio Panico, in a conspiratorial whisper. "What was it like to fit Mick Jagger?"Just like the Shoemakers Symposium we ran in January, the biggest pleasure of our Tailors Symposium at Pitti this week was bringing together won...

  A reader commented to me recently that one of the things he likes about Permanent Style is the fact I work in an office, just like him. It hadn’t really occurred to me before, but the fact that I work in a modern, professional office every day ...

   Florence is best known as a tourist destination in the summer - the Uffizi, the Duomo, the Ponte Vecchio - and a menswear hub in January and June, when it plays host to the men’s trade show Pitti Uomo.  But it has enough unique shops to mak...

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 maga...

We'll be taking a break from the Symposium series of talks this summer, because frankly the Style Guide and the Savile Row pop-up have just been too much. And there's another dinner to come. So I can finally enjoy an instalment of Pitti without hav...

Details for our Media Symposium at Pitti. It's going to be such a laugh. Please do RSVP, as the places are a little limited by the theatre space and dinner. Thanks

In our recent article 'Outfits that I got wrong', a reader commented that he would be interested in the opposite post. Not outfits I got right - hopefully there are lots of those - but ones I got the most right, or I like the most. Perhaps, those tha...

By Tony Sylvester It might seem counterintuitive to be talking about past fads or subcultures on a platform named Permanent Style. But while it is certainly admirable for a man to build a wardrobe around the timeless and perennial, it would be foolis...

    We’re starved of good, independent shops in London. It’s great for fashion brands – if there’s a trend or a hot new label, they’ll have a boutique here. But the only small, craft-orientated shops are very old ones. And many of those...

Rather like Maglia, which we discussed earlier in the week, Merola is among the very best makers in its field – in this case, gloves. Both are also based in Rome and have a similarly stellar roster of private-label clients. There is more competitio...

It’s been a while since we’ve included anyone in this series – which began with Bruce Boyer and Alan See – for which I apologise. The next to be included is George Wang, owner of the BRIO store in Beijing, China. George is a good friend ...

In this instalment we're going to be debating how fashion media is changing, and how it's affecting brands and customers. Should be really interesting - and lively! Great speakers to be announced. There will also be an exhibition of tailors in a v...

If there’s one thing I have a (very relative) lack of, it’s summer sports jackets - casual pieces for warm days, using the linen/wool/silk mixes the Italians are so good at. So it was nice to have this jacket from Dalcuore made up in time for Pi...

Great as Instagram is, a definite flaw is its lack of an effective archive. There’s no way to search old images, so unless you save an image yourself, you can't find old pieces or browse effectively.  Just as important a frustration - for me - ...