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A Lifetime

July 14, 2020

by Reginald Jerome de Mans.   One of the joys of custom clothing, they used to say, is that is supposed to last forever.  Any English teacher would immediately ask, who are “they”? The reassuring v...

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An Englishman in...

July 07, 2020

by Chris Cotonou.   How do you get over a hangover? You shower, and you put on a suit. And while, no – this is not a universal prescription, it is my very own tried-and-tested formula; advice I pro...

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Stag Shag

June 30, 2020

by Reginald Jerome de Mans.   It never ceases to amuse me.  The portion of what we call classic men’s clothing that cannot claim a military origin (as do trenchcoats, khakis, raglan sleeves, cardig...

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The Sincerest Form of Flattery

June 23, 2020

by Alexander Freeling.   It takes a lot of work to make a map, and precious little to copy it. And since map makers, unlike novelists or painters, are all trying to tell the same story, it’s almost...

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Book Review: The First Tailor of Savile Row

June 16, 2020

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.   January 2006. I push the door of Henry Poole in Savile Row for the first time, a length of unusual alpaca Shetland tweed under my arm. A nice-looking young tailor cou...

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Lincoln and Lila

June 09, 2020

by David Isle.   In an 1838 speech, a young Abraham Lincoln lamented that his generation could never achieve a place in history equal to Washington’s. No glory could compare to the “display before...

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Intellectual Property and Menswear

June 02, 2020

by Josh M. “There is no justice in the fashion business,” Karl Lagerfeld once remarked.  Indeed, many clothing designers in the United States would agree.  Recent years have seen a proliferation of...

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Under the Skin

May 26, 2020

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.   Have you, dear reader, heard about Instagram Face? Not an app, but the phenomenon of increasing numbers of people visiting doctors, cosmetic clinics and outright quac...

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