Interview with Paul Garrett, Managing Director of the world-famous Fox Umbrellas.
An umbrella is a quintessentially British necessity. As a nation, we are known the world over, due to our inclement climate, for our almost daily ritual of commenting, speculating and complaining about the…
A brief insight into Savile Row tailoring, by Simon Crompton of Permanent Style
Savile Row may be one of the most powerful brands for menswear anywhere in the world, but few understand it. It conjures up, perhaps, a sketch of an English gentleman: dapper and exceedingly…
An interview with Julius Walters, ninth-generation owner of Stephen Walters & Sons.
Silk has always been synonymous with the highest echelons of quality, as the traditional idiom about sow’s ears and purses illustrates, and has set the standard in luxury fabrics for millennia, originating from…
Interview with Sue Simpson, MD of Lock & Co hatters.
Mayfair London, one of the most famous addresses in the world, is home to James Lock & Co, St James’s Street, one of the most famous hatters in the world; in fact, the…
Interview with Emma Willis, owner of Emma Willis Bespoke Shirts.
Swiss and Egyptian cotton, Irish linen, it sounds like any discerning woman’s wish-list, yet Emma Willis is not just any woman, although discerning, she most certainly is. As the only female shirt-maker in…
Interview with Michael Hill, MD of handmade tie and accessories firm Drake’s.
Drake’s London is the largest independent maker of handmade ties in England. Founded in 1977, by Michael Drake, the company has developed into a luxury clothing accessories brand, noted for its particular style…
An interview with the founders of 31 Chapel Lane, producers of Irish Linen goods.
Linen has always been recognised as the strongest natural fibre, even more so wet, and therefore it made perfect sense that the sails of the famous tea-bearing clipper ships, the Cutty Sark being…
