As I mentioned in the piece about Savile Row, there is still little room for brown shoes in the City of London. With a lounge suit black shoes rule. Yesterday The Guardian had a story, which elaborates on the situation. English class society is lurking in the background, of course. “In the City of London, it’s ...
Four or five ago I bought a few deadstock meters of J. & J. Minnis’s Rangoon. I used the cloth to make a large curtain. Not long ago I realized the cloth would serve better as sartorial material than a curtain. So, some of the cloth has taken on a new life becoming trousers, a pair of light ...
The grip of a dress code for a specific occasion is loosening. It has been going on for decades. The dress code hasn’t disappeared, of course. Human beings are social creatures, and they will continue to position themselves against each other under the rule of norms, for instance dress codes. Yet, what is right clothing and what is ...
Where have all the checks gone? I notice solid blue blazers again and again, and solid grey and solid brown sport coats occasionally. I use these three colour designs myself most of the times when wearing an odd jacket. Solids are easy to sport. A wardrobe of solid jackets only is a limited wardrobe though. ...
I’ve had a length of russell plaid stored for five years. Now I can’t find out to have it made up. Instead a friend of mine has outpaced me. Russell plaid, a/k/a glen stripes, since the design is a glen plaid with pronounced vertical glen stripes only, is a true show-off tweed. Usually, glen stripes will ...
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