Head Cutter and business owner Richard Anderson patrolling the Row in light rain. Winston at Henry Poole’s preparing a visit to Abercrombie & Fitch down the Row. Source: The Journal of Style

More from my little cloth club, which delivers real vintage stuff, not imitations of the past. Above two magnificent suitings in miniature grey and brown dogtooth. Both are woven in the 1980s by Broadhead & Graves, a venerable but defunct Huddersfield mill. Buy the suitings at the shop.

The Medieval bridge Ponte Vecchio in Florence is amazing but a tourist trap. Arno, the river that runs beneath, is a more relaxing experience, and so are the other bridges in Florence spanning the Arno. No one cares to cash in on them, and you can enjoy a view without being disturbed. In the upper ...

Not every bespokesman loves vintage suitings. Personally, I find them more rewarding. Colours, textures and drape add an extra dimension of joy to the bespoke suit. Cloth nowadays, including the special commissions and “limited editions”, which have become popular, come out a little boring or even kitchy in comparison. In this post, four suitings in ...

A newcomer to Italian crafts cannot avoid noticing the Japanese presence. If you enter a shoemaker in Florence, chances are three to four that you see a young Japanese man or woman working on a pair of shoes. You also encounter a jumble of Japanese faces at Fortezza da Basso, the old castle in Florence ...