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The imperfect shirt
There's no such thing as the perfect shirt. Never was, never will be. The notion, a lazy, familiar one, doesn't stand up to even the most cursory logic test: the... Lire plus...
Cord, raglan; raglan, cord
Some things, some say, are meant to be. This may or may not be true. But it is one way to explain the coming together of Lancastrian cord and the... Lire plus...
Wind and rainproof Ventile mac
Let's be honest. You don't need Ventile. Ventile is technical. Ventile is high performance. It's by right the preserve of action heroes and top-level twitchers. Rain bounces off. Wind thinks... Lire plus...
London weaving, pt. 1
Not every day does the prospect of weaving cloth in London with the yarn of rare breeds of British sheep come along. It’s an exciting prospect, an unprecedented one, and... Lire plus...
Quietly does it
The times when, to the outside world, there seems not much going on are usually the times that are busiest. Take the past two months. Not a whisper of a... Lire plus...
Spotting the difference
If only you could judge a factory at face value. If only — since good factories look very often just like their not-at-all-good counterparts. This stands to reason. They do similar... Lire plus...
Beyond the bell marked 1
The workshop has been open for nigh-on ten weeks. Ten weeks of people stepping over the threshold from "out there", and inside the four walls and 160 sq. feet of... Lire plus...
Two-button neat jacket
The two-button neat jacket is unassuming, relaxed. It's an example of few materials — fine wool-cashmere, crisp cotton, buttons of natural corozo — combined in a straightforward manner, and a... Lire plus...
Cuffs, collars, sleeves, and yokes
The Kent shirtmaker. Just about the last of its kind. It stands at the top of the road on a leafy hill, twenty miles outside London, in a Victorian-era workhouse,... Lire plus...
Lightweight but not lightweight
Linen again — this time linen woven in Ireland into an intricate herringbone pattern. Crisp on leaving the mill, it has since been washed, softened, crumpled a little, and then made... Lire plus...
Inward appearances
"Doesn't matter what's on the outside — it's the inside that counts," the old adage goes. A daft thing to say when it comes to attire, true, but it helps... Lire plus...
Soft cloth, stout make
Makers. Specialist makers. That's what it's all about. Establishments that make one type of garment and make it as good as can be. That's why the new spring raglan shirt... Lire plus...