I hate to upset British and American readers, but I have found a source, which claims that the French introduced the dinner jacket. It doesn’t cancel the tale that the dinner jacket appeared with the Prince of Wales and future King Edward VII in 1865, when he ordered a smoking jacket at Henry Poole’s for private use. ...

Admittedly, I sometimes think about, how much sense bespoke clothing makes today. The supply of ready to wear in all sorts of models and sizes is vast. Prices are accessible. Clothing is no longer a limited resource, and the element of seriousness in dress seems to have vanished, consequently. The bespoke approach, which was born, when ...

It is good preparation to consider your Autumn and Winter wardrobe in Spring, if you want your tailor to have finished the garments in time. In other words, here in late April I’m launching six tweed jacketings for Autumn and Winter. Like before these lengths are finest and carefully selected cloth from the 1970s, 1980s, ...

I got an email from reader Jimmy Poulsen. He is nearsighted, and now he had decided to upgrade his glasses. He would go downtown Copenhagen to place an order with Cold & Heggem. Would I like to join? Yes, I would, thank you. Cold & Heggem makes bespoke glasses only. It was started by Rasmus Cold ...

Well done, I thought immediately when I saw Mads Peter Christensen’s use of tweed, corduroy and accessories. Energy and boldness are present, and the dress is still a whole. And check out the hacking jacket. Copenhagen bespoke tailor Peter Undén made it, clearly one of the best sports jackets I’ve seen from him. “The vent ...