I didn’t think much about it. I just chose the cloth, a vintage Zegna from the 1980s. I loved it. After the tailor had finished his job, trouble came: How should I pair the jacket with shirt, tie, and trousers? The sage green colour, and the large orange-brown-cream PoW checks are stunning, but demanding too. The jacket is ...

Overcoats have become lighter and shorter. A British warm and a ulster are seen rarely nowadays. Pitti Uomo i Florence tells the story. Passing by the stands I saw a good amount of overcoats but of the slip-on type. Lighthearted teddy bear overcoats symbolize the movement. They have a long history in fashion indeed. James Joyce wore one. ...

  In an age of slim fit it is relieving to see generously cut overcoats. You may breath again. Above a double breasted four button balmacaan in prince of wales (check out  similar cloth at the store). The year is 1955. Details: Flapped pockets, swelled edges, and turnback cuffs. Footwear: Once again “wallabee” shoes before Clarks promoted them. ...

Jeans and tweed are related, aren’t they? Years ago they were both workwear, and they still seem to share a certain coarseness, which may hang out once in a while. I have appeared once before in the tweed-jeans combination. Now I try again pairing tweed and jeans with a red-white gingham shirt and a bandana. Howdy. Photo: The ...

What to do, if traditional bespoke is out of your budget? Jakub, a law student at University of Copenhagen, shows a solution. He orders his suits from a travelling MTM tailor based in Thailand, when he visits Copenhagen quarterly. The price of two-piece starts at 350 Euro. What I really like is that Jakub demonstrates that taste, not the ...