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Male pattern boldness, pt. 1
The peacoat. By 'eck it’s a full-blooded thing. Anyone with even passing familiarity of its origins in the lore of menswear will find it hard to separate the style from... Mehr lesen …
Straw hat argument
Okay. Fair cop. Panama isn't a suburb in Luton. It isn't the posh part of Stockport. Panama, hands up, isn't even in Britain. It is, rather, a sovereign entity in... Mehr lesen …
Of middling quality
Mankind has been placing one garment on top of another — starting with the one nearest the body, and working step-by-step outwards — since just after the concept of wearing... Mehr lesen …
Caan-do
There’s no such word as “balmacaan’t.” There is, though, a word “balmacaan.” It is one which originates from the Balmacaan Forest, which is a place very popular with people, usually... Mehr lesen …
SEHK-SH-01 revisited
Change, whether we want it or not, comes to us all. It has come even to that most under-radar of garments, the shirt — which until now had gone about... Mehr lesen …
Fur heads
The question is enough to keep you up at night. How does a hat come into being? A proper hat, that is, made with felt. Because it seems a thing... Mehr lesen …
Relapelling
New lapels have abounded this year, but what are they all about? Ask well you might: after all, so long as there’s a front, a back, and a couple of sleeves,... Mehr lesen …
Some Ventiles, pt. 4
Some Ventiles are thicker than others. Okay — you may have heard that before. But, really, some Ventiles are really, really thicker than others; so much thicker they teeter, at... Mehr lesen …
A spectacle frame, pt. 2
It turns out that developing a spectacle frame, a new one, from scratch, takes much longer than you think to get right. You can get it mostly right in no... Mehr lesen …
Eilean hopping, pt. 3
One thing you get with linen woven in the land of tweed — the Outer Hebrides, that is — is character. This is very apt, because it surely takes great... Mehr lesen …
The shirt line
The thinking with the shirt here has always been that the shirt should be a simple thing, an unassuming thing; should be the base on which other things — more... Mehr lesen …
Some Ventiles, pt. 3
It is with pride that north-western wünder-cloth Ventile has been a staple here since even before its mid-War Manchester conception. It is with even more pride to introduce a new... Mehr lesen …