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Friday Polos – it’s down to the last few…
The latest batch of our Friday Polos has continued to sell well, and we’re down to just a few shirts in each of the various sizes and colours. If any of these are your size-colour permutation, this...
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Santa Maria Novella, Florence – the factory and the quality
The current state of Florentine perfumer Santa Maria Novella raises interesting questions about quality and product perception.Earlier in the year myself and Luke were given a tour around the brand’s...
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Final bespoke gilet, Davide Taub at Gieves & Hawkes
Last August I began this project with Davide Taub, head cutter at Gieves & Hawkes, to create a bespoke gilet that could be buttoned into a variety of jackets. I think it’s fair to say the project...
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Whitcomb & Shaftesbury visit the US
Whitcomb & Shaftesbury, the fabulously good value tailor I have written about recently, visit the US 5-6 times a year. They will be there next in a couple of weeks – in New York for three days...
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Drake’s soft, stylish jackets
Drake’s will always be best known for their ties, then handkerchiefs, then perhaps knitwear. But for the past few years they have also been doing a nice little range of jackets in the Clifford Street...
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I work in an office
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...
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Escorial jacket: The modernity of muted colours
There are many ways in which you can make a sartorial outfit look younger or more modern. Extremes are always wrong: very short jackets, big puffy shoulders. They just look trendy, for a bit. But...
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Florence: A sartorial shopping guide
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...
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Interviews in Sharp and Mr magazines
Sharp magazine interviewed me during a recent trip to Toronto, Canada and wrote up the nice piece above.They were particularly interested in my wardrobe staples, and basic tips on dressing well. You...
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Frank Clegg bags – five years later
I first got to know Frank Clegg five years ago, back when the company was still Lotuff & Clegg. I bought a beautiful leather tote bag in 2011 – and have continued to recommend it ever since....
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Book signing at the Opening of LeatherFoot, Toronto
When I fantasise about running my own shop, stocked with the greatest menswear money can buy, it normally involves having the finest tailor and the finest shoemaker on site, beavering away just for...
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Your next sports jacket: Oatmeal cashmere from Elia Caliendo
This pale, oatmeal-coloured cashmere is my new favourite sports-jacket material.When men are picking colours for sports jackets, their second choice (after the obviousness of navy) is usually grey....
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Seraphin leather jackets – factory visit
I love visiting factories. Always have done. The Best of British book made use of a lot of factory visits I did in the first five years of the blog – to Corgi, Dent’s, Sunspel etc. And The Finest...
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Edward Sexton long overcoat – finished
This is the finished charcoal overcoat from Edward Sexton, and it’s hard to over-estimate how much pleasure it gives me. It’s a very different feeling from my navy Cifonelli coat. That is practical,...
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How to wear trainers – 1: What to buy
Designer trainers – or sneakers as our American friends call them – are all the rage. A cynic would say that’s because brands have realised they can make big margins on a cheap, lightly designed...
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The Rake collaborations
I’ve had a few questions from readers as to my views on The Rake’s new collaborations – products that the magazine started selling on its site a couple of months ago. I’ve seen most of them first...
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James Smith & Son umbrellas, London
The following is an extract from my book Best of British: The Stories Behind Britain’s Iconic Brands, published by Prestel. Dedicated copies are available to buy here–James Smith & SonsTwo or...
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Manning & Manning bespoke tailoring
Earlier this year I started a bespoke summer suit with tailors Manning & Manning. They are a small operation comprising old Row cutter Bryan Manning (above) and his son, with the making...
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Video: Quality and craft, an interview at LeatherFoot, Toronto
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...
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Foster & Son bespoke shoes: Review
A few weeks ago I received my final pair of Foster & Son bespoke shoes. The process has, unfortunately, been both good and bad. First, the good. The fitting I had with John Spencer – Foster’s...
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