According to the Duke of Windsor, his Victorian father favored dark brown suits. This could be puzzling, because we have heard so much about proper city dress being navy blue or grey. But in the 1800th Century, when business men wore frock coats and cutaways, warmer colours in dark shades were common for business wear. ...

As the wardrobe grows, many of us get more adventurous. Repeating navy blue and grey suits and the Harris Tweed jacket is not enough. In comes a garment like the faux tweed jacket. It is patterned like a real tweed jacket but a worsted and more citified cloth. If you are ready for the faux ...

  There is only one proper way to make a wool tie: untipped. The common lined construction will make a wool tie lifeless, and a multi-fold construction will make it clumsy. The Antonio Muro family has handmade these untipped Fall wool ties in their small workshop in San Giorgio a Cremano outside Neaples. To support the knot there ...

I realize that the Pitti Uomo fair in Florence in June is old hat. Nevertheless, I shall stubbornly continue to post my photos from the event. They are handmade one by one, and they take time to bring to market. In the upper photo, the three-piece summer suit in cotton with club collar and monks. ...

Anobody having the habit of reading clothing blogs and online clothing fora, will be aware that Neapolitan tailors are hot. At an attractive price, they fulfill the popular demand for narrow fit and light handmade constructions. True, tailors on Savile Row tailors are getting the market too. That I witnessed, when I visited Chittleborough & ...