You will stumble upon a lot of technical and very specific advice, if you want to find out, how to combine colours and patterns in classic dressing. “Don’t pair a striped tie with a striped shirt.” “Only apply two colours.” “Don’t mix patterns in different scales.” Or … “Mix patterns in different scales.” An otherwise great book like ...

I apologize for the title of the post, if you wear a bow tie on a daily basis but in general there are not many bow ties out there. True, the bow tie has had a comeback for some years now. Fashion players have promoted it fiercely. Still the bow tie is an exception and a ...

Beau Brummell dress on The Continent: Johan Christian Ryberg, son of the rich merchant Niels Ryberg, with his wife Engelke, dressed in blue tailcoat, pale buckskin trousers, hessian boots, and fox hunting top hat … … and father Niels Ryberg in the same painting in late French court dress. Notice the silk stockings, the breeches, the ...

The height and construction of trousers vary, unless you always wear the same cut. Most of us are not that disciplined, so one pair of braces will not be enough. We need braces in different lengths and designs, so the buckles on the front can be placed below our chest, where they make less noise, and so that ...

The suits haven’t changed much, but the large pointed shirt collar, the big tie knot, and hairstyle reveal what decade we are in. The footage introduces Henry Poole mainly. A young Angus Cundey, father of the present manager Simon Cundey, is there with his father. A very good-looking double breasted suit at the end, by the way.