February 2024
My case for the lightweight English jacket
Liverano ulster coat: Style Breakdown
B&Tailor: Real bespoke, distinctive style
January 2024
Cifonelli jacket: Finding a new home for good things
Layering up for travel: Shawls, cardigans and vests
Charlie Borrow pilot bag: How great things age
Repairing a rug jacket - with denim-like darning
Journal article on my children
Eight outfits I liked at Pitti - and why
The bowler hat in the fifties: My grandfather's blog
Sartoria Ciardi ulster coat: Style Breakdown
The Overcoats Style Breakdown series: Introduction
What colour theory can teach you about clothing
Why I love my Ferdinando Caraceni blazer
Reader Profile: Ben (and the community of menswear)
How I organise outfits - and get my style inspiration
December 2023
The jacket-as-coat: Seiji’s commission from Tailor Caid and others
Lost in translation: What menswear phrases really mean
The story behind the English Tweed coat
Where to buy a RTW double-breasted navy overcoat
The breadth and style of Korean tailoring
Bespoke loafers with Seiji McCarthy: Commissioning and fitting
Seoul: A menswear shopping guide
The future of Savile Row, with Anda Rowland: Video
Christmas Gift List 2023: Do not read!
The craft and range of Begg blankets
November 2023
Manish's five bespoke lessons: Working with a tailor
Wythe: Tasteful and accessible Americana
Roberto Ugolini bespoke boots: Review
The Bureau, Belfast: Big brand mix and exclusive styles
The importance of visiting your makers (repeatedly)
Swedish craft companies playing the long game: Svenskt Tenn and Märta Måås Fjetterström
Casual suits with collared knits: A new default
Stolen valour: Issues with wearing military clothing
Berlin: A menswear shopping guide
Wythe, Bally, P Johnson: A/W 2023 highlights
Introducing: The English Tweed overcoat
October 2023
Come to our last talk of the year, with Anda Rowland
Dressed-up New Yorkers: The view from the pop-up
How design works: Classic menswear and fashion compared, with Luke Walker
Coherence: What we liked in January, that you can actually buy now
Frieze art fair: How the rich collector dresses
Arthur Sleep, Aimé Leon Dore and Acme/Mori: Three things that didn't quite work
Introducing: The grey cashmere crewneck
The appeal of Solaro: Suit from Cristina Dalcuore
Is there still such a thing as an ‘investment piece’?
Visiting Bel y Cia in Barcelona, home of the Teba
Introducing: The Rider’s Raincoat
The London pop-up, Autumn 2023
September 2023
Mr Vintage Fayre: Bringing vintage menswear together in London
Heavy, slubby, transitional linen jacket from Ciardi
The style of King Charles: Top-level classic menswear
Introducing: The New Friday Polo
How my style has changed over 15 years
On baseball caps - and logos in general
We're coming back to New York (and bringing Seiji)
Should you buy a copy? What’s the harm?
If you only owned five pieces of knitwear: A capsule collection
Brown chalkstripe suit from Fred Nieddu/Taillour: Review
Los Angeles: A city shopping guide
Sartoria Seminara and Vittorio Salino: Maintaining Florentine tailoring
August 2023
The first sportswear jacket: A ‘Ricky’ or gab jacket
The PS talks are back - with Luke Walker of LEJ
Buying second-hand US-made Levi’s
Visiting the 45R headquarters, Tokyo
Autumn/Winter 2023 on the PS Shop
Questions about unlined loafers - with my Belgravia
Five good ready-made suits under £1000
Ludens: Japanese belts and leather goods
Speciale: Fine Florentine tailoring and haberdashery
Sandals: Slides and huaraches, open-toe and closed
How much do you actually know? An interview with Alan Flusser
Tracksmith running clothing: Review
July 2023
The glow and romance of it: Douglas Fairbanks on stage
Talon zips and velvet chandeliers: The Real McCoy's headquarters in Kobe, Japan
Kind of showy: All black jacket and jeans
Wimbledon smart/casual: Everyone loves an excuse
Swimming shorts: Simple, tasteful, flattering
Sartoria Ripense: Visiting Andrea Luparelli in Rome
How different materials decompose - The Aigat pond
Summer casual chic: Riviera style Part 2
Schostal: Socks, shirts and pyjamas in Rome
The guide to hopsack (and mesh, mock leno and basket weave)
Friends and fun at the PS anniversary Open Day
How loopwheel sweatshirt fabric is made – at Aigat, Wakayama
June 2023
Rapid multiple borrowings: Riviera style today
If you only had five (casual) shoes
Sticking with Yohei: Commissioning black oxfords
Nicoletta Caraceni on fitting Silvio Berlusconi
The Permanent Style Anniversary dinner
Black corduroy suit from Zizolfi/Pommella: Learning how to wear it
Thank you for being interesting and useful: Comments on PS
The Bores jacket: My Fox version
Overshirts and oxfords back in stock, plus restocking schedules
Tokyo: A sartorial shopping guide - 2023 Update
Parker Boot Company: Roper boots review
Please come to the Permanent Style Anniversary ‘Open Day’
May 2023
Look after things you love: Repairing my Reverso
Solakzade glasses and jewellery (plus Goro’s)
How to correct a flattened lapel
Packing for travel: My Japan capsule wardrobe
The state of independent menswear in the UK
A guide to vintage in Japan: Harajuku, Koenji, Osaka
Assisi bespoke double-breasted tweed: Review
Dunhill Tailors: The brothers that dressed the party of the century
The struggles with shoemaking in Japan
A guide to wool/silk/linen: Mixes, colours, bunches
The beauty of denim - with Levi’s through the ages
Finest Polos back in stock, with charcoal and black
Assisi bespoke tailors, Korea: Fitting a tweed DB
William Fioravanti: The power tailor
April 2023
Spring/Summer Top 10 '23: Shirts, shorts and a hairy cardigan
Inspiring Japan: The 2023 trip
Video: Carl and Oliver of Rubato, in conversation
The history of New York bespoke tailoring: An introduction with Bruce and Alan
The practicality of a sweater over the shoulders
What to wear with the kids at the weekend
Reintroducing: The Finest Crewneck (and new Dartmoor)
Hosoi Paris: Hand-sewn and original leather bags
Vibram resoling: Rescuing my ‘grail’ Nike ACG hiking boots
March 2023
The cartridge bag: A small eccentricity
The Squarzi capsule: How to dress like Alessandro
New pink and green-stripe oxford shirts
RM Williams Craftsman boots: Review
Celebrating local dress: My travels and Afghan Style
Tonal layering with black jeans: Comfy, drapey, easy
Bryceland’s black unsanforised jeans: Review
To whisper with your clothes - or why I’m fascinated by old Italian industrialists
The next talk with Rubato, and pop-up shop updates
Paolo Martorano bespoke hopsack jacket: Review
Wearing pink: Tips and combinations
PS readers’ Customer Service Award 2023: Anglo-Italian
Introducing: The PS Undershirt
February 2023
Ettore de Cesare bespoke navy overcoat
Introducing: The new Reversible Suede Bomber
Video: Jamie Ferguson on photography and style
Day in, day out: On uniform dressing and travel
Expressing yourself: How to dress like Milad Abedi
Tobacco, black and white (some T-shirts in stock)
The Simone Abbarchi workshop, in a little street, outside Florence
What makes a quality sweatshirt?
Spring/Summer 23 on the PS shop
Pitti A/W 2023: Too many negronis, too few makers
Subtle vs showy: A way to think about casual clothing
January 2023
An Hermes silk scarf with all navy
PS Presents '23: Arterton, LEJ, Marrkt, Fox and Rubato
Readers awards 2023: Anniversary edition
The Merchant Fox: All the casual jackets reviewed
Some interesting Pitti picks: Mixing patterns, layering knitwear, wearing volume
Who are my favourite tailors? (Part two)
Who are my favourite tailors? (Part one)
Experimenting with the smock, or anorak
When you buy clothes, what are you paying for?
Proportions and high/low: Lessons from womenswear
The Cromford fur hat: Shearling for deep winter
Esquire 'Five Fits' feature: Tonal shirts and jackets
Vintage stores embody ‘materialism not consumerism’
December 2022
How I wear a black tailored jacket
How to hand wash knitwear: Video
The Apres Ski boots from Ludwig Reiter: A Review
Overshirts: Two types, ways to wear, where to buy
PS is 15 years old! But what is permanent style?
Anto: Shirtmaker to Hollywood, on and off screen
Drake's corduroy Mk.I Games Blazer: Review
Christmas gift list 2022: Towelling, tooling and totes
Moulded Shoe, New York: Home of the modified last
Collectable cards show the ages of British Costume
November 2022
The Teba as substitute for a tailored jacket
A Dad in California: Styling with Davide of Ghiaia
The steamy social experiment that is a PS party
Overshirt, chore, teba: Defining the new casual jacket
Indulgent Shawl Cardigan back in stock, with new black
Crowley Vintage: Shopping a look
Introducing: The Fielding shearling coat
Video: Ethan Newton, his style and the evolution of Bryceland's
Our next talk - with Edward Sexton on December 12th
The Bores jacket from Chato Lufsen: Review
A guide to corduroy: Colours, wales, fibres, bunches
Double brown: Just a touch less subtle
Come to pop-up drinks - and other updates
Why do people turn up (or cuff) their jeans?
October 2022
Autumn/Winter picks 2022: J Press, RM Williams, Aimé Leon Dore
A shopping guide to ready-made trousers
J Press, Stock Vintage, CHCM, Snyder: New New York
This year’s winter pop-up: A whole calendar of events
Doek tennis shoes: How great things age
Cashmere Rugby restock, with navy
My new watch: Why I bought a seventies Speedmaster
Women and clothes: An interview with Emilie Hawtin
My Anderson & Sheppard cord suit: How great things age
Sartoria Giuliva and Giuliva Heritage: Inspiration from Gerardo
September 2022
Niwaki Japanese tools and knives: Levels of quality
Introducing: The navy Donegal Coat
Our next talk in London: Ethan Newton, October 25th
Trousers and what they go with: A sliding scale of formality
Seiji McCarthy bespoke shoes: East Meets East
PS outerwear available to try on in London - at William Crabtree & Sons
Video: Tony Sylvester, style and subcultures
Tommy & Giulio Caraceni: Modernising the Roman tailor
The three wardrobes that define my week
New colours in the Arran scarf and PS watch caps
Pressing: An unsung art of bespoke tailoring (video)
Black tops and tonal combinations under
Bespoke Anto shirt from La La Land - tucked and untucked
August 2022
Coming up on the PS Shop this Autumn/Winter
Tailoring for travelling: tough, comfortable, plain
Chez Dede: Andrea Ferolla and Daria Reina
My watches - eight years later
Chato Lufsen: French vintage and modern recreations
Bocache & Salvucci, Rome: Bespoke shoes and much else
Holiday snaps 2022: Illustrating versatile packing
Come to a talk with Tony - and other things coming up
How Florence changed with the pandemic: Abbarchi, Ugolini, Vestrucci
Subtlety and drama: The appeal of the purple sock
Atelier Bomba, Rome: Chic handmade tailoring
Rayon shirts, and tucking in or out
July 2022
Coloured summer jackets: Final Anderson & Sheppard commission
The appeal of a silk dressing gown - at New & Lingwood
What I pack when I travel - on holiday
Introducing: The striped short-sleeve shirt
Hunter, Desii, Tartan: Florence's surprising range of vintage
The guide to morning dress: Part three, the final suit
Aimé Leon Dore launches in the UK – worth a visit?
Hand padding a bespoke jacket: How it’s done and why
La Manual Alpargatera: How espadrilles are handmade
Summer Top 10: Polos, more polos, and espadrilles
If you only had five pairs of (casual) trousers
June 2022
The canvas chore coat - and buying vintage online
My battered Barbour: A rewaxing service to recommend
Peter Nitz hand-sewn briefcase: Review
Dege & Skinner lightweight summer jacket: Review
Dominique Lelys and Artumes: Taking on the spirit of Arnys
How to avoid getting burnt out
Thoughts on my tattoo, three years later
The guide to morning dress: Part two, cut and make
Filson briefcase: How great things age
Fitting a bespoke jacket - in de Le Cuona stone-washed linen
May 2022
Brut Archives, Paris: Evolving vintage
The guayabera shirt: A report from our man in Mexico
What makes quality jeans - and should you care?
What shoes should I wear with brown trousers?
Can you look good in cheap clothes?
Pirozzi dupioni-silk jacket: Review
The guide to morning dress: Part one, style
Introducing: The olive overshirt (and Summer restocks)
The pattern in bespoke tailoring: A new jacket at A&S
Rain: Cap and cordovan, or felt and suede
The English Country House Look
April 2022
The rules and how to break them #11: Always button your jacket
A story in suits: My history with Anderson & Sheppard
Harpo, Paris: Generations of Amerindian jewellery
Hob-nail boots, pince-nez and Rubato denim - at the pop party
The Spring Top 10: Fun, paper and lavender
So close and yet so far: TV pundits at the FA Cup
Mohair cardigans and Rubato chinos
Introducing: The Linen Harrington
Le Vif: A vintage shop like a regular shop
Smart/casual and high/low: How to dress like Oliver Dannefalk
J Mueser made-to-measure jacket: Review
A guide to piqué cotton polo shirts
The Alden modified last, and Anatomica sizing
March 2022
Fred Nieddu belted suede jacket: Review
If you only had five (smart) trousers
Anatomica, Paris: The clothes and the history
The Finest Polo back in stock, with grey, with notes
The Spring pop-up: Rubato, Bentley's, Ludovic and Jake
A view on emerging Chinese shoemakers
Shopping in person at Marrkt, York
A collared cardigan under a jacket: Ciardi and Colhay’s
People to follow: Lesser-known Instagram accounts
The formality of types of knitwear
Introducing: The tapered T-shirt
February 2022
Sex appeal: Between vulnerability and confidence
William Crabtree made-to-measure cord jacket: Review
My bespoke bow tie, from La Bowtique
Would you (could you) wear a cowboy boot?
A day out at Rag Parade, Sheffield
Chapal USAAF jacket: How great things age
A guide to brands of unstructured jacket
An investment dressing gown, made-to-order by Budd
January 2022
My favourite clothes ever: Awards 2022
Bespoke braided belt from @Tightly_Stitched: Review
Edward Sexton overcoat: How great things age
The Real McCoy’s: Modern authenticity, casual luxury
Tonal dressing - with new Indulgent Shawl Cardigan
Double denim - in new Anthology tweed jacket
Down parka from Nigel Cabourn: How great things age
PS Awards 2022: What are your favourite clothes, ever?
Perro: The collection tried and reviewed
Linen, paisley and velvet interiors: de Le Cuona
Resoling sneakers and trainers: RforPeople and end-of-life
December 2021
Cocktail attire: An argument for a new type of evening wear
Edward Sexton double-breasted flannel suit: Style breakdown
Lutays made-to-order jacket: Review
The styles of bow tie - and why they matter
The guide to Shetland sweaters: Part two, brands
The guide to Shetland sweaters: Part one
Introducing: The Cashmere Rugby
Chester Mox hand-sewn leather folio: Review
How I wear a black leather jacket
If you had five coats: A versatile selection
November 2021
Clutch chinos review: Soundman, Pherrows, Warehouse...
The Sale Shop: Permanent Style, Marrkt and J.Girdwood
The new Permanent Style x Cromford shearling coat
Turnbull & Asser: The Sustainability Framework
How jeans can be repaired (and when they can’t)
Christmas gift list 2021: Shawls, soap and Swan Songs
How my jacket style has changed
Crockett & Jones 'Harvard' loafers: Review
Repair, recycle and de-pill knitwear: Cashmere Circle
The Armoury’s ‘Dayware’ jackets reviewed
October 2021
The best things from the pop-up: Bryceland’s, Colhay’s, and on to Scott and Masaru
Introducing: The Herringbone Donegal Overcoat
Updates: Pop-up from this Thursday afternoon
The jackets I picked for winter
The guide to knitwear fibre: Wool, cashmere and cotton
Combray: Vintage, high-end menswear
Brioni bespoke jacket and trousers: Review
Autumn/Winter Top 10: Wax, Ivy and secateurs
The pop-up is back! With Bryceland's and more
Comfortable yet elegant: A cosy winter combination
The work of Fred Nieddu, 'Taillour'
A hoarder reformed: Downsizing my wardrobe
September 2021
Real bespoke chinos, in design, cloth and cut
Introducing: The PS Arran scarf
Wax Walker back in stock - and the fit of vintage knitwear
The suede overshirt (or shirt-jacket, or shacket)
A Sustainability Framework: Stoffa and Permanent Style
Pirozzi corduroy suit: Style breakdown
If you only had five bags: A capsule collection
The case for the Summer Suit. With tie
Be open minded. Or, what is style?
What would I buy from Massimo Dutti?
August 2021
The jungle jacket: Summer's M65
The guide to types of knitwear: Gauge, end and ply
Introducing: Permanent Style Plaid
Good Art Hlywd: Unexpected craft and beauty
Colour, size and drama: How to dress like André Larnyoh
Adding interest to a navy blazer and grey trousers
Why has Italy been so influential?
Adret 'Jack' bomber jacket: Review
Artists’ clothing: Comfortable, practical, modern
Playing around with white bucks
Carreducker remote-fitted bespoke boots: Review
July 2021
The menswear merger: Sportswear and tailoring
Introducing: The PS short-sleeved shirt
What are your primary and secondary interests?
Being yourself: How to dress like Gianluca Migliarotti
Blackhorse Lane chinos: Review
New black bullskin tote, and angled DBs
Should you dress for yourself, or for others?
The (17) made-to-measure tailors I have known
The craft and beauty of Navajo weaving
MTM chore suit from William Crabtree: Review
June 2021
The rules and how to break them #10: Suits without ties
Revisiting Thom Sweeney casualwear
Introducing: The PS linen overshirt
Behind the scenes: The design work at Ralph Lauren
Dege & Skinner tobacco-linen suit: Style breakdown
The Real McCoy's chinos: Review
The Western shirt four ways (with Begg & Co cardigan)
Remote, manufactured bespoke boots from Carreducker
Blouson, chore, or leather jacket? An exercise in casual paradigms
Desert boots (and knitwear, and bespoke) at Anglo-Italian
Interwar art, posters and menswear - with Fab Gorjian
May 2021
Transforming ends, scraps and waste: Yves Salomon raincoat liner
Casatlantic ‘Mogador’ trousers: Review
Tailoring and milsurp: How to dress like Ethan Wong
Learning to dress my body better
Rubato officer's chinos: Review
Blackhorse Lane made-to-measure jeans
Viberg Service Boots: My choice of work boot
Layering and accessories for cold Spring days
Both chic and bold: How to dress like Angel Ramos
Dalmo made-to-measure cashmere
April 2021
Spring/Summer Top 10: Chores, shirts and sweats
Massura made-to-measure jacket: Review
Hang-Up Vintage (and repairs, and creations)
The craft and eccentricity of 45R
The Adret store: Full-blown beauty
Support our shops. At least the real ones
The custom-block service, from Optimo
Whitcomb & Shaftesbury RAF-blue suit: Style Breakdown
White jeans: how to buy, wash and wear
These are the tools: you have to use them
March 2021
Saman Amel hand-framed cricket sweater: Review
How to wash and wear raw denim
Introducing: The new PS Trench Coat
Inside the Bresciani sock factory, Spirano
Hats with coats: A sliding scale
Review: Stoffa ribbed polo (and vintage knitwear cuts)
Made-to-order umbrellas at Francesco Maglia
The (17) bespoke shoemakers I have known
Artisan of the Year 2021: Whitcomb & Shaftesbury
Edward Sexton Offshore Bespoke suit: Review
Bemberg, cupro, ermezine: The guide to linings
February 2021
Pyjamas and working from home: Baudoin & Lange Lunes
Best e-commerce (and video) 2021: The Armoury
Why have these bespoke shoes aged so well?
Giving to charity: No Man Walks Alone, Covid and Black Lives Matter
Casual chic: The inspiration of vintage leisure and sportswear
Bespoke basted alterations: Chittleborough & Morgan suit
The future of Crockett & Jones
Behind the scenes at the Loro Piana factory
The heritage brands of John Simons: Vetra, Dehen, FOB and more
The joy of cordovan - and how to wear and maintain it
January 2021
John Simons - the shop, the history, the influence
Brexit: Don't worry, nothing has changed
Edward Sexton 'offshore bespoke' tailoring
What are the best knitwear colours under tailoring?
The Ivy League shirt: History, traditions and style
Bruce Boyer's A&S jacket: How great things age
Nicholas Templeman bespoke shoes: Review
The Permanent Style Awards 2021: Charity, e-commerce, and best shoes
New daily email and comments page, plus 1.2 million and counting!
Designing the Anthology polo coat
Elasticated waists - the good and the bad
Check mate! A guide to checked shirt patterns
December 2020
Armoury workwear chinos: How great things age
New Friday Polos - black and green (and menswear trends)
New shop, outerwear and trousers at Saman Amel
The imagery that inspires me, by Oliver Dannefalk
The height of knitwear: why necklines matter
WW Chan bespoke tweed jacket: Review
Which brands do we cover, and why?
Heavy brown Brisbane Moss cords
The perspective of medieval menswear
Shirt style: Structure and lining, types and traditions
Petru & Claymoor bespoke shoes: Review
November 2020
How great things age: Nicoletta’s 50-year-old jacket
The Permanent Style x Cromford shearling coat
The style and price of Berg & Berg
Benson & Clegg flannel suit: Review
Video: How to deal with stains on tailoring
Introducing: The yellow PS Oxford (shirt and fabric)
Buying vintage - with Oliver and Carl of Rubato
Carmina unlined chukka boots: Review
The styles of overcoat (and how to design one)
The Winter Top 5: End, GRP, Real McCoy's, Baudoin & Acronym
The symbolic value of clothes: An interview with Philip Warkander
October 2020
Collar and armhole: How bespoke craft enhances fit
Knitwear and necklines - with Ciardi overcoat in 'British Warm'
Video: How to hem trousers, like a Savile Row tailor
New book: Bespoke Style, the cuts of 25 of the world's finest tailors
Fashion is running out of ideas, faster and faster
Francesco Maglia umbrellas: Past, present and future
New Dartmoor colour - and what to wear underneath
Name that stripe! A guide to shirt stripe patterns
40 Colori made-to-measure knitwear and tie: Review
Colour in the city: How to dress like Jean-Manuel Moreau
September 2020
The formal tieless jacket - with Steven Hitchcock blazer
Introducing: The new donegal coat
If you only had five jackets: A capsule collection
Dobrik & Lawton: Dramatic, unique bespoke tailoring
Anglo-Italian made-to-measure jacket: Review
Workwear and tailoring: How to dress like Willy Wang
Clutch Cafe: A guide to my favourite brands
The guide to cloth for black tie (or tuxedo)
How Permanent Style works as a business
August 2020
The guide to shirt collars - and what suits you
The Armoury 101 made-to-measure suit: Review
How to launch a menswear brand
Introducing: PS Selvedge Chambray
40 Colori: Italian made-to-order, London
Gieves & Hawkes linen suit: Style Breakdown
We will not all be wearing T-shirts and sweatpants
Pink PS Oxford shirts available
How to sew a button - like a Savile Row tailor
Navy jacket and jeans (with recommended cloths)
What are low, medium and high-rise trousers?
July 2020
My colours in the Baudoin & Lange ‘Ginkgo’ loafer
Shibumi bespoke checked jacket - Review
Casual chic: The art of looking smart without a suit
Escorial Tweed is available again
The Online Symposium: How luxury menswear can become more digital
The Summer Top Five: Adret, Anglo, Anthology, Connolly and Luca
The complete capsule: Prices, budgets and timelines
Local UK tailors: Controlled crowdsourcing
Nicholas Templeman bespoke shoes: Introduction and fitting
The best cloth for unstructured jackets
Espadrilles: Style, occasion, and brands
Kenjiro Suzuki bespoke, Paris: Review
June 2020
What are the best cheaper shoe brands?
Video chat: How to build a wardrobe from scratch
Jetted pockets: Signs of a good finishing
Lockdown looks: What I really wore at home
The accidental columnist: A conversation with Robert Armstrong
Wearing red - with L'Etiquette
Jean-Manuel Moreau made-to-measure suit: Review
Introducing: The (brown) reversible Valstarino
How to darn socks and knitwear
The (55) bespoke tailors I have known
Nicola Cornacchia grey summer suit: Review
May 2020
Summer smart/casual: Three looks, three levels of formality
Introducing: The Finest Cardigan
Video chat: Going to a maker for the first time
Bespoke socks, at Mes Chaussettes Rouges
The knit polo shirt: My Summer staple
Why I buy vintage (with Levi's 501s)
The Coronavirus: We will survive because we care
The French style of Kenjiro Suzuki (and mute cutters)
Video question: How can I dress up without a suit?
The unexpected inspiration of Ralph Lauren womenswear
Panico flannel suit: Style breakdown
April 2020
Why I rarely wear a pocket square today (and what I do instead)
Benson & Clegg bespoke - and George VI's monkey jacket
Video: Comfort vs style in the fit of a suit
Orazio Luciano made-to-measure jacket: Review
Shoes in wet weather: The best ways to prevent rain damage
Yohei Fukuda bespoke shoes: Review
Don your highborn cloak: Ralph Lauren, saviour?
Three things I've bought on lockdown: Stevenson Overall, Harley, Hamilton & Hare
Light relief: Jamie’s clothes and style
Wellema bespoke felt hat: Review
How to dress like Shuhei Nishiguchi (book on PS)
March 2020
Video: How long should a jacket be?
How to deal with moths: Cleaning and smoke bombs
The quality and style of Wellema hats
The T-shirt under a shirt (and tailoring)
The best cloths of Spring/Summer 2020 - featuring Anglo-Italian
Yohei Fukuda bespoke shoes: The style and shop today
Video: How a jacket should fit
Shoes in wet weather: How to deal with rain and salt damage
Baseball cap, white jeans and Ivy: Pick and choose
Artisan of the year 2020: Sartoria Ciardi
February 2020
Tengri: Sustainable, luxurious yak fibre
Grey and lilac: Ralph Lauren style, in Cifonelli
Pop-up 6 is coming! Discover the brands
What makes quality in machine-made clothing?
Fashion and sustainability: Interview with Alex McIntosh
Video: Audie Charles on swapping a shirt for a sweater
Thom Sweeney checked jacket: Style breakdown
Introducing: The button-down Friday Polo
Best menswear shop 2020: Dick's, Edinburgh
Ascot Shoes 'Kaan' cordovan shoe: Review
January 2020
Paolo Martorano bespoke, New York
PS readership survey: The results
The style of a belted wrap coat - with Whitcomb, Saman Amel and The Armoury
Colhay's: Slim Scottish knitwear
Suit style 9: Trouser cuffs, belts and tabs
Video: What makes a quality hat?
The Permanent Style Awards 2020: Value, investment and women
Introducing: The white PS Oxford
Adamley hand-screen printing, Macclesfield
Michael Browne bespoke coat: Review
The guide to winter shirt fabrics
Masaru Okuyama bespoke shoes: Review
December 2019
Video: What 'spalla camicia' really means
Removable fur lining - from Yves Salomon
Junk clothing and joke clothing
Wearing navy trousers as separates
The Permanent Style readership survey (with prize)
Introducing: The indulgent shawl-collar cardigan
Video: How much can you alter a suit?
How cordovan is made, at Horween tannery, Chicago
The velvet jacket and modern evening wear, in Cifonelli
Interview with Michel Barnes - and L'Etiquette
November 2019
The appeal of shirtmaker Wil Whiting
Vestrucci charcoal suit: Style Breakdown
Video: English and Neapolitan jackets compared
The Anthology bespoke tailoring: Review
Suit Style 7: A guide to pleats on trousers
Alfredo Rifugio: Luxury Neapolitan leather jackets
Michael Browne: Building the perfect tailor
The Optimo hat factory, Chicago
Video: The cut and parts of a bespoke jacket
Three RTW trousers compared: Drake’s, Anglo-Italian, Anderson & Sheppard
Gaetano Aloisio - by Bruce Boyer
October 2019
Ivy Style today: The Symposium video, New York
Seraphin made-to-order project with Connolly
Red Rabbit silver jewellery, New Mexico
Steven Hitchcock tweed jacket: Style Breakdown
Our Autumn/Winter Top 10, 2019
The best cloths of Autumn/Winter 2019
The vintage industry: Interview with Wooden Sleepers
How to buy vintage clothing: Three experts give their tips
A vintage shopping story: M47 Parka
Marrkt sale: Finding a good home for my second-hand clothes
The (21) shirtmakers I have known
Come to the next New York Symposium - on Ivy style
Introducing: The Donegal Overcoat
September 2019
Video debate: The future of tailoring, with Saman Amel
How great things age: The Belgravia loafer from Edward Green
Retrospecs gold, Chapal sheep, Informale twill, Lof & Tung cordovan
The guide to denim and chambray shirtings
The Trench Coat with casual wear
Blackhorse Lane, Holland and Sherry, Tusting and Stefano Bemer: Pop-up week one
Rubato knitwear: Easy elegance
If you only had five shoes: A capsule collection
Asking the next question: An interview with Kirby Allison
August 2019
The knitted, fully fashioned T-shirt
King & Tuckfield: Evolutionary fifties fashion
Panic, spite and satisfaction: My job now
The PS Presents opening party with Holland & Sherry - and new brands added
Fashion terms and what they mean - by Bruce Boyer
Hand-dyed Mandarin jacket from Prologue
Holiday snaps 2019: No shorts in the city
Kindness, sexiness, materialism: Gauthier Borsarello
Video: How a bespoke suit can be repaired
Editing Instagram: Dressing for different walks of life with @UrbanComposition
Cifonelli navy suit: Style breakdown
My glasses: A journey in eyewear
July 2019
Interview: Gene Krell, a life in clothing
Jamie's alternative Pitti picks
Paris: A sartorial shopping guide - 2019 update with Holiday, Beige, Husbands
The pop-up shop is back in September, with six new brands
Gieves & Hawkes bespoke linen suit: Review
The inside of a London factory - by Paul of SEH Kelly
Earthy, refined colours for summer: Biagio Granata, Marol, Baudoin & Lange
If you only had five casual suits: A capsule collection
Couture and bespoke, the linen trouser, and other journalism
Tatsuya Nakamura and Tomoyoshi Takada of Beams - and Ivy Style
The new Lightweight Friday Polo
June 2019
The Wedding Style Guide: It’s not about you
Introducing: The Sartorial Travel Guide
A/MARELLI x Chapman camera bag: Review
Sartoria Melina nubuck bomber jacket
A Pitti diary: The experience, the brands, the parties
Musella-Dembech cotton suit: Style Breakdown
Video: Douglas Cordeaux and Gianluca Migliarotti in conversation
Ciardi jacket in vintage gun-club tweed, from Lafayette Saltiel
The guide to summer shirt fabrics
Which sports-jacket office are you?
Stoffa made-to-measure trousers: Review
May 2019
Giving clothes a new lease of life: The Valet, Real McCoy's, Cleverley
The Japanese Bespoke Symposium, Tokyo
Green/black linen suit, with Davide Taub at Gieves & Hawkes
Fur clothing: Ethics and sustainability
Video: A conversation of cordwainers
PS shirts available to try in Prologue, Stefano Bemer, and Whitcomb & Shaftesbury
The guide to synthetic and performance cloth
Re-introducing, the Dartmoor polo-collar sweater!
The colours and combinations of Hermes
England and Florence: Understated, rural style
Kathryn Sargent chalk-stripe suit: Style Breakdown
How sustainable is luxury, bespoke clothing?
Biagio Granata summer jacket: Review
The future of media and fashion: Handcut Radio interview
Come to the Japanese Bespoke Symposium - in Tokyo
PS Shorts back in stock (with new khaki)
April 2019
Working with craft companies - a talk with Douglas, Gianluca and myself
If you only had five business suits: A capsule collection
Men need a core casual wardrobe
Our Spring/Summer Top 10, 2019
Maison Bonnet bespoke glasses: The craft in London
Dalcuore brown suit: Style Breakdown
Prologue semi-bespoke summer jacket: Review
My new favourite underwear: Hamilton & Hare lyocell
Introducing: The reversible Valstarino
Menswear craft in China and Hong Kong: Symposium video
The Armoury tailoring: Ring Jacket, Orazio, Liverano
Saman Amel, Licia Luchini, Billy Tannery: Things that didn't quite work
Video: How to buy a bespoke suit
A Connolly tonal outfit: cream, grey and brown
March 2019
The shoe Super Trunk in London - and best shoemaking in the world
Dressing for complexion and skin colour: Should you care?
Everyday Denim shirts back in stock, and Lighter Denim for the first time
The best cloths of Spring/Summer 2019
Hermes silk printing, Lyon: Factory visit
Artisan of the year 2019: Gaziano & Girling (or, the ideal artisanal journey)
Seeing the trees for the wood: Connolly and Yard-O-Led on The Rake
Bryceland’s: Sawtooth shirt review and range overview
Best lookbook 2019: Drake’s (or, what is heritage summer?)
Rubinacci donegal jacket: Style breakdown
Video: A bespoke shirt fitting
The Grand from Baudoin & Lange: Review
The Guide to Performance Shirtings
February 2019
Best US shop 2019: The Armoury (or, how to break the US)
Introducing: The leather envelope folio
Our first Hong Kong Symposium - please RSVP
The pop-up, the goods, and the opening party
Best-dressed man 2019: @Gusvs9 (or, dressing simply but well)
Optimo bespoke felt hat: Review
The Joshua Ellis mill: Factory visit
Video: Buying a pair of bespoke shoes
Pop-up number 4! Come to the opening party...
Milano Unica: My first visit to the cloth fair
Introducing: Striped PS Oxford cloth
Sartoria Ciardi cotton suit: Style breakdown
One million readers on Permanent Style
Carreducker: The pains of learning to saddle stitch
January 2019
The unique workwear of SEH Kelly
New York bespoke tailors - Updated
Japanese boro cloth: Sri Threads, Brooklyn
Watch Caps back in stock - in navy and cream
Video: How to care for wool knitwear
New pop-up brands announced: Adret, Prologue, Anthology
Two reader stories: Starting and building a wardrobe
Yves Salomon: re-using, remodelling fur
Belted polo coat, from Whitcomb & Shaftesbury
The Permanent Style Awards 2019
How to wear a horsehide jacket: Armoury x Real McCoy's
New pop-up shop - with Bryceland's, Optimo and more
Frank Clegg, Fall River: Factory visit
December 2018
Everyday Denim cloth back in stock
Olive-green corduroy suit - from Ettore de Cesare
Solito summer jacket: Style breakdown
The rules and how to break them 9: Tan shoes with pale trousers
What's been your favourite post?
The guide to overcoating cloths
Amended Friday Polos in stock - and available to try on
Ciro Zizolfi bespoke tweed jacket: Review
Licia Luchini: Bespoke knitwear, Florence
Holiday giveaway competition, and pre-worn sale of my clothes
November 2018
The Armoury trousers: Osaku, Pommella, Ring Jacket, Rota
Liverano & Liverano purple jacket: Style Breakdown
The PS square scarf: available again
How I dress now: The jacket/trousers uniform
The guide to Superfine shirtings
The Blackhorse Lane haberdashery
Bespoke v Made-to-Measure: Eduardo de Simone jackets
The appeal of workwear, and my favourite pieces
Video: Maintaining and caring for your suit
White tie and blue shirt: Sunny formal in Sartoria Ciardi
Video: The New York Symposium - Dressing up and down
October 2018
Introducing: The PS Bridge Coat
No Man Walks Alone A/W: Frank Leder, Monitaly, Soulive, Sage de Cret
Ferdinando Caraceni herringbone suit: Style breakdown
The New York Symposium: Speakers and audience
John Demsey hosts Budd and Anderson & Sheppard
How to polish shoes: Part 2, polish and mirror shine
The best cloths of Autumn/Winter 2018
Introducing: Everyday Lighter Denim
How to polish shoes: Part 1, context and cream
Nicola Cornacchia: Bread and murals in Puglia
Our Autumn/Winter Top 10, 2018
Charcoal donegal-tweed jacket - from Steven Hitchcock
Now available: PS Oxford shirts
The guide to cashmere and precious fibres
September 2018
Dunhill leather and knitwear: Taste, style and fashion
Jacket and jeans: vintage cashmere from Eduardo de Simone
The New York Symposium - please RSVP!
The guide to casual shirt fabrics
Should your belt match your shoes? (Or bag)
Paris: Lafayette Saltiel, Kenjiro Suzuki, Ateliers Baudin
Camps de Luca pick-and-pick suit: Style Breakdown
Sapayol bespoke leather jacket: Review
Bespoke pyjamas - at Burgos, Madrid
Clothing Resources: Places to clean, alter and repair
Summer shoe constructions; Gaziano & Girling Fresco
August 2018
If you only had five shirts: A capsule collection
Sartoria Pasinato cavalry-twill suit: Review
The Finest Knitwear back in stock
Chittleborough & Morgan twill suit: Style breakdown
The rules and how to break them 8: Button a DB
Meyrowitz sunglasses with tailoring; Paying for good advice
The quality of 100 Hands shirts
Suit Style 5: Selecting colour and pattern
Sartoria Panico grey-flannel suit: Review
Introducing: The lightweight Friday Polo
Summer outfits at the Huntsman dinner 2018
July 2018
Where and why I shop: Wei Koh, The Rake
Huntsman tweed jacket: Style breakdown
Popular at the pop-up: Hollywood tops, linen shirts, navy twill and navy tebas
Kirk Originals sunglasses, Simpson London, and the pop-up opening party
Everyday Denim cloth - new batch!
How leather is tanned: Billy Tannery goat leather
Prologue: China-made sartorial-style tailoring
Blue Bespoke shoes from Stefano Bemer: Value bespoke
Come to the pop-up opening party!
Double-breasted cotton jacket and striped shirt
The first fitting process - with Sartoria Pasinato
The next pop-up shop - in Fortnum & Mason!
June 2018
Summer checked jacket - at the Dalcuore Rakishman day
Anderson & Sheppard two-button jacket: Style Breakdown
Short-sleeved Friday Polos available
The Media Symposium - the dinner and party
Come to (Summer) dinner at Huntsman
Paolo Scafora handmade shoes - Factory visit, Naples
Indigo, navy and natural: A summer combination
Henry Poole double-breasted suit: Style Breakdown
Video: How to wear a pocket handkerchief
Eduardo de Simone (Edesim) - The factory and the future of MTM
Video: In conversation with Lorenzo
May 2018
Richard Anderson tuxedo: Style breakdown
The Media Symposium - please RSVP
Hopsack and linen trousers - in humid Hong Kong
How great things age: Levi’s bespoke jeans
The guide to business shirt fabrics
Hong Kong: A sartorial shopping guide
Travel jacket, knitwear and serge trousers
Our Spring/Summer Top 10, 2018
April 2018
Suit Style 8: Trouser measurements, style and proportions
The next Symposium: Menswear and modern media
Friday Polos back in stock - with new Olive
Sartoria Melina - first London trunkshow, and talk
100 Hands shirts: Made in Amritsar, India
Holiday snaps 2018: Eidos, Aspesi, Doek, Drake's
Filling the gaps: Six pairs of odd trousers
The best cloths of Spring/Summer 2018
Dealing with losing and gaining weight
The guide to shirting weaves and designs
Melbourne: A sartorial shopping guide
Sartoria Pasinato: Progressive tailoring in Vicenza, Italy
March 2018
Sartoria Panico fitting (and a roll neck for a long, hard day)
Sartoria Vestrucci charcoal-flannel suit: Review
Combining colours and patterns: How to dress like Andreas Weinas
Saint Crispin's shoes: Reflections two years later
Video: Sartoria Ciardi in conversation
Unexpected texture and colour - Denim and linen
The fashions of classic menswear
Everyday Denim shirts available
How to look after suede jackets - Video
Ring Jacket, Japan - Factory visit
Monochrome and concrete: Styling grey, charcoal and white
February 2018
Five paradigms of casual clothing: Which do you wear?
Sartoria Ciardi Neapolitan bespoke suit: Review
How great things age: Gieves & Hawkes bespoke pea coat
Blackhorse Lane - innovative, sartorial jeans
Fox re-weave my ecru cavalry twill
B&Tailor jacket via Robin Pettersson: Review
How a hat should fit (with Stephen Temkin fedora)
Brand round-up: Lefren, Castore, Ashmei, Jago
Best Artisan of 2018: Musella Dembech (Or, rating a suit purely on emotion)
January 2018
Best-dressed man 2018: Ethan Newton (or, how to dress the larger man)
Suit-carrier holdalls and Trench coats back in stock
Best Brand 2018: Drake's (or, how to expand a brand)
Best Media 2018: 'Die, Workwear!' (or, why we need independent voices)
Best Customer Service 2018: No Man Walks Alone (or, the future of retail)
Saman Amel made-to-measure jacket: Review
The Shirtmakers Symposium - The video debate
Technical details at the Shirtmakers Symposium
The Shirtmakers Symposium - The speakers
Introducing: The Permanent Style watch cap
Gaziano & Girling introduces my loafer - 'The Crompton'
Liverano & Liverano ulster coat: Review
Reflections on bespoke: Stoffa, Richard James, Camps de Luca
December 2017
Brands need to talk about product
Gaziano & Girling bespoke loafers - Review
Permanent Style, Shibumi and Bennett Winch at Vestrucci
Merry Christmas - and here's to 2018
A casual capsule: The Valstarino jacket three ways
We are 10! (What was your best bit?)
Shibumi ties, Burgos shirts and tebas - in the pop-up
Codis Maya and The Workers Club - in the pop-up
Am I effeminate? Am I vain? Reader questions on style and its context
Field jacket, rollneck and flannels
Edward Sexton ready-to-wear: Hollywood-top trousers, shirts and knitwear
The many sides of buying more ethical clothing
Shirtmakers and details announced for the Symposium
Begg, J. Girdwood and The Rake (Chapal, Sciamat, 100 Hands, Norman Vilalta...)
November 2017
The Armoury at the pop-up: College cardigan, 'Marc' coat and Real McCoy's T-shirts
Sartoria Ciardi - The next generation
Baudoin & Lange women's shoes (and Luca Faloni, and Honorific)
Simpson London leather goods - Factory visit
The Drake's x Permanent Style outfit
Fox trousers (And everything else from Day 1 of the pop-up)
Stivaleria Savoia bespoke shoes: Review
Introducing: The Suit-Carrier Holdall
Cromford Leather: Update, workshop, and vintage jackets
Come to The Shirtmakers Symposium
Pommella bespoke trousers - Review
October 2017
Umbria Verde knitwear: Factory visit
Bespoke brass jewellery: Diana Maynard
Finest Knitwear available again - in navy and green
Buttons online - Bernstein & Banleys
Musella Dembech double-breasted cotton suit - Review
Sartoria Panico - a last great of Neapolitan tailoring
Everyday Denim cloth available again
Enzo Bonafe hand-welted shoes - factory visit
How to wear trainers: Part 3. Style
Sartoria Melina bespoke leather jacket - Review
How to wear trainers: Part 2. Quality
The future of Permanent Style products
Musella Dembech: Growth at the 'soft Milanese' tailor
September 2017
Marol shirts - coming to London
Me, outside the blog: Reader questions
Sartoria Formosa - bespoke-made RTW and MTM tailoring
Saic: bespoke bag-maker Hiroyuki Murata
Bespoke commissions - What I should and shouldn't have
Permanent Style trench coat: Alterations and waiting list
The Permanent Style trench coat - new stock and sizes
Introducing: The Permanent Style trench coat
Caccioppoli, cloth merchant of Naples
The growth of bespoke and customised glasses
Saman Amel - Classic tailoring with a modern aesthetic
Sartoria Melina - bespoke Neapolitan leather
Michael Norman dry cleaning (previously Press2Dress)
August 2017
Italian aristocracy: Black and white
Factory visit: Albini shirtings
Dalcuore: Gigi on expansion, craft and young tailors
Barbarulo 1894 - Neapolitan handmade jewellery
Anglo-Italian denim and Ralph Lauren cardigan
How to dress for very hot weather
Sage green and tobacco brown - earthy summer
Ettore de Cesare workshop, Naples
Interview: Isabel Ettedgui, Connolly
July 2017
The Hollywood-top trouser - from Edward Sexton
The D'Avino shirt workshop - Somma Vesuviana, Naples
The 'Style Guide' dinner: What is the essence of style?
The guide to summer jacket cloths
Marco Cerrato - the family trouser workshop
Pale summer colours (in vintage linen)
Connolly: Style and fashion meet on Clifford Street
Naples: A sartorial shopping guide
Special order for Friday Polos ends tomorrow
Sartoria Vestrucci launches: Bespoke and ready-to-wear tailoring
Baudoin & Lange sagans - my colour
Brand round-up: Rubinacci, CQP and Carl Friedrik
June 2017
Ettore de Cesare - Neapolitan summer blazer and top coat
Special order of Friday Polos - including XS and XXL
Wearing black (in a sports jacket)
Stivaleria Savoia: Bespoke shoemaker, Milan
Drape and extended shoulders: The Disguisery
A Lange & Sohne watches: Factory visit
How a hand-sewn alligator strap is made
D'Avino linen shirts - in denim, oatmeal and green
The Style Guide: accessories style, as more stockists announced
Stoffa suede flight jacket - Review
May 2017
Olive covert-cloth suit, from Sartoria Vergallo
Marcus Malmborg: Eidos made-to-measure in London
Anglo-Italian: Jake Grantham and Alex Pirounis open in London
Ludovic Lunetier - bespoke glasses, Brussels
Short-sleeve Friday Polos are back!
Shirting mills and brands explained
Summer colours: Tobacco and tan
The guide to summer trouser cloths
No Symposium this summer. (Boooo!)
Shorts, slubs and natural colours: My pieces from No Man Walks Alone
My Corthays - colours, issues and pleasures
April 2017
Ambrosi ready-to-wear trousers
Style Guide - the partners shoot
Japanese craft in Kyoto: Hosoo, Kaikado, Kohchosai Kosuga
Designing bespoke glasses - General Eyewear, London
The versatile outerwear of The Workers Club
Skoaktiebolaget and Stoffa in How To Spend It
The vintage feel of Tie Your Tie (and Sevenfold, Kenji Kaga...)
Trunk shows coming up, around the world...
US book launch - at The Armoury, New York
Bespoke double-breasted denim jacket - from Cifonelli, Paris
P Johnson: Contemporary, made-to-measure tailoring
'The Style Guide': Wearing texture in a jacket
March 2017
Coherence: Vintage-inspired Japanese outerwear
The state of British manufacturing: A debate at Private White
Sartoria Ciccio: Noriyuki Ueki, bespoke tailor, Japan
'The Style Guide' to launch at Fenwick of Bond Street
Friday Polo and Finest Knitwear update
How to stretch your sweaters (properly)
Stòffa: Beautiful, refined, made-to-measure (and now in London)
Robb Report: The beauty of bags, and Japanese artisans
The Finest Knitwear - now available online
Superfines: The story of refining wool
Baudoin & Lange, Luca Faloni, Hanger Project and Begg: PS favourites in the pop-up
General Eyewear: bespoke and ready-made glasses, Camden
British manufacturing: A talk at Private White
Fox Brothers vintage cloth - available in the pop-up
Savile Row pop-up shop: The opening party
The Armoury: Do you know about the trousers?
February 2017
Codis Maya enamel cufflinks and jewellery
Honorific: The Permanent Style valet stand
Introducing: The Finest Knitwear
Kimonos and their silk: Bespoke at Motoji, Tokyo
Satoki Kawai of Sartoria Cresent: bespoke tailor, Milan
Building a wardrobe: Bespoke shoes
Cromford: Leather jacket alterations and bespoke
Pop-up shop: The brands and the opening party
Signor Francesco: bespoke tailor, Toronto
The Friday Polos are back in stock
January 2017
Video: Evening wear at the Huntsman dinner
Corduroy suit from Sartoria Pirozzi, Naples
The 'Guide to Cloth' microsite
Huntsman dinner: The reader outfits
Huntsman dinner: The evolution of formal wear
The guide to cloth: Weaves and designs
Mark Cho of The Armoury on independent retail
Retailers Symposium: The discussion
Retailers Symposium: The party pics
Brown in town: Donegal-tweed suit, Dalcuore
Retailers Symposium: The speakers
How great things age: Cleverley Russian-reindeer monks
Harris Tweed waistcoat, Richard James
Building a wardrobe: Neapolitan tailoring
The sweater over the shoulders
December 2016
Private White VC - Factory visit
Staples for a hot climate - Reader question
Double-breasted flannel suit - with pink and green
Saint Crispin's: Relasting, boots and US activities
Japanese trouser makers: Osaku and Igarashi
Graham Browne Christmas sale 2016
How sartorial principles can apply to casual clothing
My seasonal selection on No Man Walks Alone
Ludwig Reiter shoes - Factory visit
'Snob' Tailoring book republished
Unstructured casentino coat - Rubinacci x The Rake
The PS square scarf is back! (With new colours and a bit of brass)
Esquire names me one of the 10 most influential of 2016
Come to the next Symposium: The future of independent shops
Update: the Trunk Show calendar
November 2016
Japanese shoemakers: Yohei Fukuda, Marquess, Yuki Shirahama
Brand round-up: Alexander Kraft, Loic et Gil, Christian Kimber, Asket
Review: Craftsman Co made-to-measure suede jacket
Sasuke: Master Japanese knife-maker, Sakai, Osaka
Video: The Young Tailors Symposium
Stephen Temkin of Leon Drexler custom hats, Toronto
A pale-grey jacket with green corduroy
Collaboration: Made-to-order Lavabre Cadet gloves
The sartorial journey: How to dress like George Wang
Ethan Newton's Tokyo store - Bryceland's Co
Interview: Brunello Cucinelli on formal/informal style
October 2016
Wearing a grey linen shirt - or the virtues of grey with green
Ortus bespoke leather goods, Tokyo
Luca Faloni knitwear - a high-quality staple
Japanese tailors: Anglofilo, Sartoria Domenica, Vick Tailor and Pecora Ginza
The Permanent Style trunk show
Friday Polos available again - with new brown colour!
Video: Edward Green shoes being made in Northampton
Ferdinando Caraceni double-breasted cotton jacket
Repairing, darning and reviving cashmere: Love Cashmere, Hawick
Interview: John Happ of Alden, and the danger of fashion
Sartoria Pirozzi at E Marinella, and the 'three-way' suit
Ballantyne/Berk cashmere available again
September 2016
Japanese retail and the growth of bespoke
Introducing: The Guide to Cloth
Gaziano & Girling bespoke loafers (and the beauty of refinement)
Cerrato bespoke trousers, Naples
Serge Amoruso leather goods, Paris
Gaziano & Girling celebrate 10 years
Introducing: The trunk show calendar
Permanent Style trunk show: Heurtault, Amoruso, Cerrato, Lavabre Cadet
Summer dressing in Robb Report; tailors and SMN in How to Spend It
Chapal made-to-measure leather jacket, Paris
Ayres Goncalo: bespoke tailor, Porto
Five double-breasted styles compared
August 2016
Chinos, loafers and a sports jacket (or sweater)
A very modern cut: Kotaro Miyahira of Sartoria Corcos, Florence
A lapis-blue linen jacket for summer
AW Bauer & Co - bespoke tailor, Stockholm
Richard James bespoke tailoring
Johnston's of Elgin: Factory visit
Manning & Manning suit - with an Italian Background
Book review - The Suit: Form, Function and Style
Holiday snaps 2016: Linen bomber, cotton trousers, espadrilles
July 2016
Suit Style 4: Flattering the tall and the short
How to dress pale colours for summer
Coarse vs fine cottons in tailoring
Bennett Winch bags: Luxury canvas
The appeal of the cotton suit - bespoke from Elia Caliendo
The best fit yet: Stefano Bemer tobacco-suede oxfords
Introducing: The short-sleeved Friday Polo
Modern running brands: Tracksmith, Soar, Iffley Road
Interview: Gregor Thissen, Scabal
Dege & Skinner finished tobacco-linen suit
June 2016
The Sagan loafers are ready, from Baudoin & Lange
Suit style 3: The double breasted
Video: A hand-sewn wallet, from start to finish
Dalcuore bespoke brown Crispaire suit
The Young Tailors Symposium - discussion
The Young Tailors Symposium - filming on the roof
How to dress for summer - Reader question
Brand round-up: Inhedited, Coast Society, J Hopenstand, Cavesson's
The Sagan: A high-end Belgian loafer from Allan Baudoin
Levi's bespoke jeans - Update and 501st pair
The Holland & Sherry cloths I have known
Dege & Skinner tobacco linen suit
May 2016
Colour combinations, from casual to formal
Young tailors take over Instagram!
Suit style 2: The single breasted
Saint Crispin's shoes - Review
Sky-blue tweed jacket from Steven Hitchock
Black suede shoes, and cream knitwear
Trousers to wear with grey jackets - Reader question
The Young Tailors Symposium at Pitti Uomo
My favourite pieces on No Man Walks Alone
The style and tradition of Dege & Skinner
Introducing the new Permanent Style
Suits through the decades: Bryan Manning on costume
Maison Bourgeat - finished bespoke glasses
Scabal: Why make your own swatch books?
Philippe Atienza, bespoke shoemaker, Paris
April 2016
Suit style 1: The difference between bespoke, made-to-measure and ready-to-wear
Foster & Son bespoke shoes: Review
Video: Quality and craft, an interview at LeatherFoot, Toronto
Manning & Manning bespoke tailoring
James Smith & Son umbrellas, London
How to wear trainers - 1: Design
Edward Sexton long overcoat - finished
Seraphin leather jackets - factory visit
Your next sports jacket: Oatmeal cashmere from Elia Caliendo
Book signing at the Opening of LeatherFoot, Toronto
Frank Clegg bags - five years later
Interviews in Sharp and Mr magazines
Florence: A sartorial shopping guide
Escorial jacket: The modernity of muted colours
March 2016
Whitcomb & Shaftesbury visit the US
Final bespoke gilet, Davide Taub at Gieves & Hawkes
Santa Maria Novella, Florence - the factory and the quality
Friday Polos - it's down to the last few...
Book signing in Toronto, Canada
How wide should my jacket lapels be?
How I get dressed in the morning
Lavabre Cadet glove maker, Paris-Millau
Bespoke suede jacket - Cifonelli
Friday Polo - update on latest batch
Seraphin leather jackets, Paris
Which house style suits your body shape?
Book signing at Paul Stuart, New York
The Friday Polo - next batch available
February 2016
Salvatore Ambrosi trousers - review
The 10 rakish men... have lunch
Air force (RAF) blue flannel suit: Whitcomb & Shaftesbury
Sheep to shop - Private White in Manchester
BTBA dinner: The best-dressed men in black tie
The bespoke tailors dinner: an homage
Which office are you? (Or, a sliding scale of formality)
The stories of Lock & Co hatters
Whitcomb & Shaftesbury final suit - great value bespoke
Sartoria Dalcuore bespoke, brown high-twist suit
How to Spend It: Buyers' style at Pitti
Brands review III: Son of a Tailor, d'Alembert, SAAL, Aether sunglasses
The history and families of fragrance
January 2016
Commuting by bike - what to keep in the office
New York book signing - please come!
Edward Sexton long, grey overcoat
Accessories Symposium: The debate
Accessories Symposium: Our speakers
Scarf outfits: Solito, Cifonelli, Anderson & Sheppard
The Accessories Symposium, Pitti Uomo
If you only had five handkerchiefs - a capsule collection
Video: The Tailoring Symposium
Maison Bourgeat - bespoke glasses, Paris
The in-between (pub, weekend) jacket from Stile Latino
December 2015
Stile Latino grey double-breasted coat
Nineteen of our squares left... (and the virtues of pale-grey flannel)
Interview: Pier-Luigi Loro Piana
The Accessories Symposium: Drake's, Begg, Simonnot-Godard...
Stockholm: A sartorial shopping guide
Whitcomb & Shaftesbury - first fitting
Edward Sexton flannel - When to wear a suit
Best of British book launch - at Anderson & Sheppard
Paris, Mr Porter, and Dalcuore visiting London
November 2015
Permanent Style square - 50 left
Best of British: Buy your personalised copy
Video: How to press suit trousers
How to wear the PS square scarf
Cleverley bespoke sample sale - one day only
Introducing: the PS square scarf
Review: The Bespoke Dudes Eyewear
The benefits of building a shoe wardrobe - new Edward Green site
Teaser: Permanent Style scarf collaboration
What is quality? What about design? - Stockholm book launch
October 2015
Double-breasted checks, and cream trousers
Video: Hand-sewing a belt (and a watch strap)
If you only had five ties - a capsule collection
Cifonelli bespoke suede jacket
Video: How to look after your suit
Salva and Philip in London this week
Whitcomb & Shaftesbury - foreign bespoke
New York: A sartorial city guide
Mont Blanc leather facility, Florence
The casual waistcoat: preppy herringbone
Green flannel suit - from Brian Smith
September 2015
The Friday Polo - next batch available
How great things age: Bespoke leather jacket
My vintage leather folio: How great things age
Steven Hitchcock fitting: Let the tailor cut his style
Launch party: The Finest Menswear in the World
Updates: Polo shirts, book orders
Updates: Robert Noble, tote bag, book launch...
Checked jackets and accessories
Exquisite Trimmings and Monsieur Fox trunk show
Stile Latino - from Vincenzo Attolini
August 2015
The PS tote bag now available - exclusively to readers
Robert Noble closes down in Peebles
Bespoke gilet with Davide Taub
How to wear a casual linen hank: less contrast, less colour
Come to the book launch: The Finest Menswear in the World
Merz b Schwanen loopwheeler knitwear
What is worth being made bespoke?
House styles and difficult customers: The Tailoring Symposium
Casual tie and sports jacket (military donegal denim chino)
My go-to pieces: overcoats, navy cashmere, and brown shoes
London: A sartorial city guide
Jean Rousseau, Mont Black and Frederic Malle - HTSI
Fun with flowers: wearing a buttonhole
Thank you for 432 and counting
Do I need black shoes (and if so, which?) - Reader question
Order a personal copy of 'The Finest Menswear in the World'
Quality control at Mont Blanc leather goods
July 2015
Do you have knowledge, taste, or style?
Chapal leather jackets, France
A hot, formal evening in Florence
Simone Abbarchi - finished bespoke shirt
The beauty of a vintage alligator cigar case: How great things age
Interview in Fashion (the magazine)
Wearing colour: Tobacco jacket and cream trousers
The Finest Menswear in the World
The Friday polo - thanks, and a few left
The Friday Polo - limited availabilty now
Salvatore Ambrosi bespoke trousers - in London
Edward Green pop-up sale, from Thursday
Little things every day: How to maintain clothing
Ferdinando Caraceni bespoke cashmere jacket
Grey cashmere and brown flannel: Caraceni and Abbarchi
June 2015
Permanent Style 2015 launch at Globe-Trotter
Simone Abbarchi shirts, Florence
Getting dressed: Tan jacket and green linen trousers
Tailoring Symposium: the outfits
The Tailoring Symposium: six greats in one room
Wearing sports jackets and texture: How to dress like Alan See
Remember, events are on Instagram
Brio menswear store - Beijing, China
Almost ready - suits being made for our Tailoring Symposium
How to make a cheap suit look good
Permanent Style launch party - London!
Interview: Frederic Malle, selecting perfume
Short video from Vitale Barberis event in Milan
Zampa di Gallina: Neapolitan retail
Edward Sexton grey flannel suit
The Tailors Symposium, at Pitti this June
May 2015
Hopsack blazer: the perfect summer jacket
Interview: Jonathan Cheung, Head of Design, Levi's
Permanent Style 2015 - on Instagram
The Gathering craft dinner: The video
Savile Row's driving jackets for Bentley
Siniscalchi bespoke shirts, Milan
Herringbone jacket fitting - Ferdinando Caraceni
Saint Crispin's and Camps de Luca visit London
Grey shirts with grey suits, at Milan launch
April 2015
Permanent Style 2015 is live! ..How to buy
Dege & Skinner celebrate 150 years
Interview: Jonathan Clay and the story of Italian suit manufacture
Permanent Style 2015... almost here
Tony Gaziano: How Gaziano & Girling started
Brands review II: Vocier, Simon& Me, Moreca, The Personal Barber
Permanent Style dinner: The Gathering
Thank you (in Cifonelli and Begg)
Alice Made This - craft in industrial design
More materialism, less consumerism
Dinners with our favourite people
Huntsman hires Campbell Carey and Robert Bailey
March 2015
Talking through the Barbour archive
The subtlety of a suede jacket
Introducing, Permanent Style 2015
Ghurka luggage launches in the UK
Jean-Claude Colban of Charvet, Paris
A farewell to Camps de Luca on Place de la Madeleine
Wear a flower in your buttonhole
Bespoke Santoni shoes - Fatto a Mano Su Misura
The formality of trousers: Reader question
D'Avino shirts - the zenith of visiting Italians
Norman Vilalta at Leffot in New York
In front of the Barbour beacon
February 2015
Green cotton trousers, photobombed
Reflections on bespoke 2: J Panther, Tom Davies and Steven Hitchcock
Quality, embroidery and mechanisation - at Begg
How to wear a black necktie - reader question
How to dress like Bruce Boyer 2: Q&A
New York: Drake's and Armoury sample sale
Sunspel expands my favourite T-shirts
January 2015
Pattern making at Foster & Son
A bootmaking story: 'Quality', by John Galsworthy
Personal style: How to dress like Bruce Boyer
Cifonelli double-breasted overcoat
Bespoke shoes event: The people, the party
Bespoke shoes event: the speakers
BeShoes: The shoe symposium at Pitti Uomo
New colours of the Perfect Socks
Coats, gloves, shirts and jeans: Reflections on bespoke
Reillo, Madrid: Bespoke cotton suit
Cordings: quality and integrity, if not luxury
December 2014
Cleverley Russian-reindeer double monks
Begg & Co: luxury scarves, Ayr
Permanent Style event: BeShoes
Tim Little: bespoke Chelsea boots
The Perfect Socks - opening up Monday
When we write about... E Tautz
November 2014
The Perfect Socks - Permanent Style x William Abraham
When we write about… Private White VC
Norman Vilalta: conjuring a boot
Russian reindeer box by Cleverley/Balvenie
Smedley's slim-fit knitwear reviewed
Postcard from Begg - teasels and cream cashmere
Postcard from Mackintosh - drawing on the tables
Postcard from Scotland - crocodile suitcase
October 2014
The Invention of the English Gentleman
The Row's new clothing - 1. Hardy Amies
Bespoke tailoring: cost, margin and value
Tim Little and Grenson, explained
Interview: Dean Gomilsek-Cole, Turnbull & Asser
Kiton's Lasa - bespoke or made-to-measure?
Anderson & Sheppard online store opens
Luca Avitabile replaces Satriano Cinque
How to wear tan shoes - reader question
Gaziano & Girling launches patina service
September 2014
The eternal style of the shawl-collar cardigan
Gieves & Hawkes made to measure
How to work with travelling tailors: Reader question
Brands review: Deux Cuirs, Svbscription, Cornerstone, Monsieur Fox
Linen suit from Langa: details
Spanish tailors in How to Spend It
What we write about when we write about quality
How an overcoat should fit (Cifonelli fitting)
The Stefano Bemer shoemaking school - 8 months on
August 2014
Musella Dembech - bespoke at home
Bespoke safari jacket – part 1
The staples of a good wardrobe
The perfect cardigan: Updates and details
The perfect cardigan - Permanent Style x Smedley
July 2014
Classics that never get used: Reader question
Stefano Bemer: final bespoke shoes
Edward Green and Begg pop-up sale
Savile Row, parties and branding
Orazio Luciano: expanding Neapolitan tailoring
Ferdinando Caraceni: jacket fitting
A Caraceni: bespoke tailor, Milan
June 2014
Ferdinando Caraceni: central Italian tailoring
Foster & Son bespoke shoes: Last-making
How great things age: Levi's 'big E' denim jacket
Deakin & Francis - England's oldest family jeweller
May 2014
How great things age: Barbour motorcycle jacket
Foster & Son bespoke shoe samples
Phineas Cole photo shoot and the future of Paul Stuart
William Abraham: behind the scenes
George woos Hollywood: latest How to Spend It column
Jackets from sport and war: article in The Telegraph
Building a capsule wardrobe: reader question
April 2014
Gaziano & Girling shop: An opening party for locals
The evolution of Globe-Trotter
How a Globe-Trotter suitcase is made
Bodileys shoes - John Garner's London Collection
Caruso made to measure, at Trunk
Bespoke leather folio: MES Leather
Hermes silk scarf with Shetland sweater
March 2014
Aubercy shoes, Paris - made-to-order enthusiasm
Levi's bespoke jeans - the making
Al Bazar, Milan - a style all its own
Berluti bespoke shoemaking, Paris
Trouser colours to wear with odd jackets
Gaziano & Girling bespoke Adelaides
A bespoke tour of Paris - Corthay, Cifonelli, Charvet, Camps
W Bill and Smith's sold: Mark Dunsford interview
February 2014
Solito and Satriano in How to Spend It
Neapolitan tweed jacket - Elia Caliendo
Italian double-breasted illustrations
How to compare RTW and MTM suits
Two pairs of Anthony Cleverleys
Vitale Barberis opens archives
William Abraham - innovative, luxury socks
Charvet ties: the cost of choice
Interview: Umberto Angeloni, Caruso
Turms shoe care and shoe accessories
How to buy my first bespoke suit - reader question
January 2014
Troubadour leather goods - in HTSI
The Gaziano & Girling store takes shape
Stefano Bemer bespoke - fitting
The Stefano Bemer shoemaking school
Shoes for the rain: reader question
Dartmoor - now available to buy anywhere!
The Dartmoor in grey: Buy the perfect polo
Salvatore Piccolo - bespoke and RTW shirts
Satriano Cinque and Solito dates
New Dartmoor order! But which colour do you want?
The English Gentleman in the War Rooms
The Rake opens London Collections: Men
The Capote - a Portuguese cape
December 2013
Interview: Jean-Claude Colban, Charvet
The perfect white shirt, and dress shirt variations
Cifonelli jacket, D'Avino shirt and others
Arnys bespoke tailoring at Berluti
Animation - in Anderson & Sheppard, Dunhill, Edward Green
Cleverley sample sale on Wednesday
Cifonelli update: jersey, overcoats and buttons
Casual and formal wear are still closer than you think
A great suit cleaning option: Press2Dress
November 2013
Chittleborough & Morgan suit - at A&S
RRL: Vintage outerwear and modern fit
Chittleborough & Morgan suit: Part 4
The inside line: Gaziano & Girling in How to Spend It
A (Christmas) word from our sponsors
Boglioli and Caruso jackets at Trunk - a guide
Just four Permanent Style ties left
Luca, Satriano Cinque and A&S collars
October 2013
Pleasures and problems with Passaggio Cravatte
The divergent styles of Cleverley and Gaziano & Girling
The growth of men's bags - FT article
Last few Permanent Style club ties
Kathryn Sargent: finished women's jacket
Slim-fitting knitwear at Anderson & Sheppard
Brits in Hollywood wearing Cleverley
New & Lingwood: Colour, collars and capes
First Harrod's video on suits and style
How to wear separate jackets and trousers
September 2013
Something special is coming...
Stefano Bemer shoes launches in London
Me in Dartmoor; Michael in suede; Thomas joins G&G
John Carnera with his 1987 shoes
Chittleborough & Morgan suit: Part 3
Gaziano & Girling's new factory
Video on suits and their construction
Stefano Bemer bespoke event at New & Lingwood
A good tool for removing pilling from sweaters
Repatinating shoes with Carreducker
How to wear T-shirts, jeans and much else
Dressing for the summer, and the kids
August 2013
Permanent Style collaborations
The bespoke leather jacket: Part 6
The bespoke leather jacket: Part 5
Is a bespoke suit made entirely by hand? - Reader question
Gaziano & Girling bespoke: new adelaides and fitting process
Interview in Vestirse Por Los Pies
The bespoke leather jacket: Part 4
Should I change from Turnbull & Asser to Kiton?
Satriano Cinque and Solito back in September
The Dutch auction at Le Noeud Papillon
The bespoke leather jacket: Part 3
Crockett & Jones: the factory, the shoes, the people
How to buy fragrance - the perfumes
July 2013
Italy's mills and merchants explained
Factory sale: Drake's, Edward Green and Mackintosh
The bespoke leather jacket: Part 2
Royal warrant holders at the Coronation Festival
The bespoke leather jacket: Part 1
How high should my trousers be? - Reader question
Chittleborough & Morgan suit: Part 2
June 2013
Jean Rousseau small leather goods
Permanent Style x John Smedley: The perfect polo
Having a suit dry cleaned: Jeeves of Belgravia
Navy seersucker suit, Chittleborough & Morgan
Sneak peek: Permanent Style x John Smedley
Savile Row Bespoke at London Collections: Men
Monocle Summer Fayre and Trunk Labs
How to pick buttons for a suit
Chris Despos: American bespoke tailoring, via Italy
How bespoke cowboy boots are made: Lee Miller
Craftsmen, kids, writers and readers
Huntsman rehires cutter Gordon Alsleben
Lee Miller, bespoke bootmaker, Austin
Chittleborough & Morgan suit: Part one (a)
Ralph Auriemma takes on Paul Stuart
May 2013
The Permanent Style slippers have arrived
Shoulder pads at Gieves, old silk books and worsted weaving
Silk piece in the Financial Times
Chris Despos, bespoke in Chicago and Dallas
New York, Chicago, Dallas and Austin
Cufflink making with Bill Skinner
How to buy a leather bag on a budget
Permanent Style cufflinks in gold
A travel innovation: VBC 1663 Bellagio Rolling Bag
How to wear socks with a suit: Reader question
The Dege & Skinner Phitwell jacket, and more on The Rake
The Stoll cotton-collar knitter
How to buy a quality fountain pen
Sartoria Vergallo houndstooth blazer
April 2013
WT Johnsons - finishers, Huddersfield
Reader question: Cashmere suits
Huddersfield’s mills and merchants explained
Chittleborough & Morgan suit: Part one
Justin Fitzpatrick, the Shoe Snob, launches his shoes
Things I was wrong about: The sleeveless cardigan
Crafted: Makers of the exceptional
Cutler & Gross - interview with CEO Majid Mohammadi
Final panama hat from Brent Black
March 2013
Reader question: belts with suits
Permanent Style in Free & Easy magazine
Embroidered velvet jacket: Hawthorne & Heaney
Why sartorialists should love John Smedley
Sean O'Flynn bespoke dress shirt
How to buy a quality leather bag
Why most tailors don’t like clothes
Anderson & Sheppard on Clifford Street: It’s cheap!
Satriano Cinque and Solito in London
Celebration time: Permanent Style tops 300,000 visitors
Repatination from Dandy Shoe Care
Jacket and trouser colours, Rubinacci
February 2013
James Weir: Style and the tailor
What are your priorities with shirts?
Segun Adelaja: made-to-measure shirt review
Satriano Cinque: Bespoke shirt review
Burgos of Madrid: Bespoke shirt review
Blue shirts: Burgos, Satriano Cinque, Segun Adelaja
Interview: Roubi L'Roubi, Huntsman
Reader question: How to wear a bow tie
Dandy pieces in RISD Museum exhibition
Latest piece on How to Spend It
Women's tailoring at Kathryn Sargent
January 2013
Begg launches first collection at Pitti
Permanent Style picked by The Times
Profile piece in How to Spend It, Spain
My headphones: Sennheiser Momentum
Stefano Bemer shoes back on track
Huntsman sold to Roubi L'Roubi
The state of tailoring in India: Raghavendra Rathore
Sartorial column in How to Spend It
December 2012
How a felt hat is made: Christys’ factory visitc
How great things age: Bown weekend bag
Louis Vuitton Alzer, hand painted
Davide Taub: Style and the tailor
November 2012
House of Billiam - bespoke varsity jackets
Double-breasted smoking jacket: Reader question
Alexander Boyd: London city tailor
Review: The Perfect Gentleman, James Sherwood
Ollie Trenchard: Style and the Tailor
Trunk Clothiers launches online retail
Cherchbi bags: Tweed, leather and brass
Send in your Permanent Style Tweed pics!
Michael Browne: Style and the tailor
Picking a tailor: Reader question
The odd waistcoat for formal occasions
October 2012
Storing handkerchiefs: Reader question
Revisiting Mario Talarico umbrellas, Naples
Satriano Cinque: bespoke shirt, Naples
Anderson & Sheppard, Clifford Street is open
Calvo de Mora: bespoke tailor, Madrid
Reillo: bespoke tailor, Madrid
Photos from Permanent Style drinks
Norman Vilalta, Luca and El Aristocrata
My favourite formal combination
A suit at Thom Sweeney: Reader question
Como silk museum and Le Noued Papillon
September 2012
How to pack a suit jacket: Reader question
Warsaw glove maker: Czeslaw Jamrozinski
Warsaw shoemakers: Kielman and Januszkiewicz
Warsaw tailors: Zaremba, Kierepka and Gest Moda
Menswear: Vintage postcards from Tom Phillips
Savile Row: A Glimpse into the World of English Tailoring
Paul Stuart's wondrous Autumn colours
Barbour video: the factory and the aftercare
Anderson & Sheppard x The Rake
Interview: Jean Grimbert, Arnys
Manolo Blahnik in Anderson & Sheppard
The printing and aesthetics of Drake’s ties
Reminder: Passaggio regimental ties
Reader question: Side straps and chinos
Anderson & Sheppard: the Clifford Street shop
August 2012
How my grandfather dressed - the photos
UPDATE: Passaggio Cravatte x Permanent Style
Permanent Style x Passaggio Cravatte: regimental ties
What gloves to wear: Reader question
F Scott Fitzgerald on poise and repose
Cleverley chukka boot - casual wear
How to dress casually: Reader question
Hawthorne and Heaney: embroidery project
Claire Barrett, Hawthorne & Heaney
Santa Maria Novella, Gaziano & Girling and Merchant Fox
July 2012
Kent Haste & Lachter linen suit
Blue and brown suit combinations
Peak-lapel single breasted suits
Reader question: What should I buy in London?
Brent Pankhurst: how to maintain my beard
Panta clothing: new trousers and site
June 2012
Buying a versatile black shoe: Reader question
The perfect pants: Stocking up on Zimmerli
JM Weston, Elia Caliendo and Globe-Trotter
Passaggio Cravatte: Almost all gone
Seasonal sponge and press: Burford Valet
Passaggio Cravatte: first sell outs
Update: Passaggio Cravatte ties
Passaggio Cravatte and Permanent Style offer
Tariq Mahmoud: Royal College of Art show
Get your shirts altered – Turnbull & Asser
The perfect polo shirt - Orlebar Brown
May 2012
Zilli, Phineas Cole and Paul Stuart custom
Ralph Lauren: The enduring appeal
Barker Black: Derrick Miller, style and a black shop
Lord Willy’s: the best of the quirky tailors
Graham Browne in New York: fittings
Leffot shoes: New York is hooked
Louis Vuitton: The Art of Packing
Chambray shirts: the best twist on classic dress
Dashing Tweeds cycling clothing
April 2012
GQ interviews me on personal style
La Portegna: simple, supple slippers
Combining pattern and colour in shirts and ties
Mickey Rourke's bespoke slippers
Reader question: Looking after ties
Steven Hitchcock - the final jacket
Liverano & Liverano trunk show
The Craftsman, by Richard Sennett
Alfred Dunhill bespoke glasses case
March 2012
Henri Urban pockets, Sartoria Vergallo
Reader question: first bespoke, in Hong Kong
Interview: Brunello Cucinelli on pale colours
Three truths, universally acknowledged
Thom Sweeney jacket and trousers
Weaving the Permanent Style Tweed
February 2012
Pierre Corthay, London glaçage evening
Graham Browne: Neapolitan lining
Davide Taub joins Gieves & Hawkes
Michael Drake on style: English worn by the French
Interview: Lorenzo Villoresi, perfumer
Mario Talarico: master umbrella maker
Chuc's beach and mountain wear
Last call for Permanent Style Tweed
Steven Hitchcock - the first fitting
Lorenzo Villoresi: master perfumer
Wear a jacket or trousers at the weekend
January 2012
Kilgour recreates Fred Astaire's tails
Steven Hitchcock: a stylish tweed
Gaziano & Girling: Deco - the shoes
How great things age: Tod's driving shoes
Five tips on pocket handkerchiefs
New run of Permanent Style Tweed
Cleverley imitation brogues - final pair
Kiton master shirtmaker: Sebastiano Borelli
Graham Browne: Brown cashmere and tan cotton
The Tailor & Cutter - a square dinner jacket
EB Meyrowitz: First glasses, and fitting
Gieves & Hawkes: The perfect travel blazer 4
December 2011
The Tailor & Cutter - politicians
Sartoria Vergallo, second fitting
The Tailor & Cutter - overcoats
Zimmerli: The Underwear Project
Sartoria Vergallo: A visit to Varese
Liverano and Nackymade at The Armoury in London
November 2011
A Borsalino from Lock & Co - my second hat
Cleverley bespoke luggage introduced
Hawick, Vanners and Robert Noble - Duchamp factories
Review: Edward Green Top Drawer boots
Local stockists of Le Snob: Tailoring
Anderson & Sheppard, haberdashers
The slip stitch: The secret of a good tie
The atelier atmosphere of Timothy Everest
October 2011
Carreducker at Gieves on St Crispin's Day
The satisfaction of darning a sweater
Gieves & Hawkes: The perfect travel blazer 3
Sunspel: The underwear project
A Style is Born: Anderson & Sheppard
Wearing brown accessories, at Cesare Attolini
Bespoke shirts at Turnbull & Asser, City branch
The window dressing of Hackett
The philosophy of dress as expression
Silk evening shirts at Emma Willis
Welcome Hugo Jacomet, Parisian gentleman
Permanent Style on Finnish menswear blog
Gieves & Hawkes: The perfect travel blazer 2
EB Meyrowitz: Handmade glasses
September 2011
Gieves & Hawkes: The perfect travel blazer 1
Cifonelli - Parisian powerhouse
English Cut and Thomas Mahon: made to measure
Thom Sweeney: settling in nicely
PEN magazine: Permanent Style big in Japan
Going tieless; Hemingway Tailors suit
Belgian slippers from A Suitable Wardrobe
Henry Poole and Aston Martin – innovative pockets
Rugby Ralph Lauren and the Tweed Run NYC
Pochette Square: Good and bad handkerchiefs
Hermes: Interiew, Claire Marie
Hermes: Trying the saddle stitch
Hermes: how leather goods are made
The White Briefs: The underwear project
August 2011
Nothing wrong with sloping shoulders
Brooks saddles: Two different sides of construction
The beautiful Lotuff & Clegg working tote
Suit, Shirt, Tie 1: Pink and green
Hemingway, Harvie & Hudson and Alfred Sargent in US
Two ways to get shirts altered: T&A, Emma Willis
The modern man needs a good blazer
My book: Update, Amazon are useless
Naples, E Marinella, made to measure tie result
Rubinacci cashmere jacket 6: Finished article
Feedback on the A Suitable Wardrobe store
July 2011
Naples, E Marinella - made to measure tie
Rubinacci cashmere jacket 5: Naples
Kent Haste & Lachter in The Rake
The restless Lorenzo Cifonelli
Different ways to pad the chest of a suit
Lunch with Michael Skinner, Dege & Skinner
New Cleverleys - imitation brogue
June 2011
A plain business suit from Timothy Everest
Rubinacci cashmere jacket 4: first fitting
Reader question: What do you wear at the weekend?
Rubinacci cashmere jacket 3: Measuring
Dressing gowns at Stephen Lachter
Rubinacci cashmere jacket 2: Style
Rubinacci cashmere jacket 1: Cloth
May 2011
Prince of Wales at Henry Poole: Part 9
Bespoke shoes at Cleverley 13: The wear report
Five tips on looking better in a suit
Brown and satin for evening, anyone?
Variations on the summer dinner jacket
Old-world craft at Lotuff & Clegg
Drake's finally gets its own store
Prince of Wales at Henry Poole: Part 8
New versions of Sam Cundey's special red tie
April 2011
The Gieves staff locked in Buckingham Palace
John Kent and Stephen Lachter in US
Prince of Wales at Henry Poole: Part 7
Gieves & Hawkes becomes a destination
Summer: White trousers, suede shoes, blouson
Prince of Wales at Henry Poole: Part 6
Silk and wine with your evening wear
Tweed Run 2011, in Huntsman shooting suit
Prince of Wales at Henry Poole: Part 5
Book review: Savile Row, the Master Tailors of British Bespoke
Prince of Wales at Henry Poole: Part 4
March 2011
Grey and blue - the classic combination
Prince of Wales at Henry Poole: Part 3
Golden Shears: Beautiful details
Prince of Wales at Henry Poole: Part 2
Shoe news: Cleverley, Edward Green, Berluti
Final tweed jacket from Cifonelli
Prince of Wales at Henry Poole: Part 1
Looking forward to the Golden Shears
Leather cycling gloves at Rapha
February 2011
J Panther: Dedication to detail
Hemingway Tailors, dates in North America
A couple of delectations from Cleverley
The very conservative Sir Tom Baker
Expansion and melting shoes at Corthay
January 2011
Reader questions: The menswear classics
Leather cycling shoes at Quoc Pham
Dressing advice for chubby and tubby
How great things have aged: Bentleys antiques
Three years and still growing fast
Rapha: The advantages of merino wool
Learn from Beau – Simple colours and fastidious fit
Vintage silk weaving at Penrose
December 2010
Reader question: Trouser waists
Sneak peek: Deco, from Gaziano & Girling
The virtues of a shawl-collar cardigan
The Today programme on British style
Reader questions: Snow, shoes, soles
November 2010
To wear enroute from town to country
How great things age: Dunhill box
Bespoke shoes at Cleverley 12: The Compendium
Bespoke shoes at Cleverley: Part 11
The stories of Kent Haste & Lachter
Michael Drake, written by Bruce Boyer
Dent's: How British gloves are made
October 2010
A couple of great three-piece suits
Wine-red socks with a grey suit
Of Homburgs, topcoats and fawn gloves
A lovely evening sewing a sweater
Bespoke glasses at TD Tom Davies
A lovely field day on Savile Row
How style commentary used to be
A great combination in flannel and red
Permanent Style in GQ: Field Day
Velvet jacket from Timothy Everest
Bespoke shoes at Cleverley: Part 10
September 2010
Pictures of the Toby Luper suit
The commissions of Timothy Everest
Flannel windowpane, the American way
Reader question: Indiana Jones
E Tautz at London Fashion Week
Inspirational 6x6 DB in lovat green
Bespoke shoes at Cleverley: Part 9
A lovely gabardine, but lose the hat
The opening of Trunk Clothiers
Big-scale tweeds and the right cap
August 2010
More buckskin, grey flannel jacket
Graham Browne, W Bill cashmere blazer
Berluti repatination - the after shots
Be patient with wardrobe building
Brown buckskin shoes with gabardine
Shoes being re-patinated at Berluti
Silk polos: the item of the season
Four-inch waistband and self straps
Bespoke shoes at Cleverley: Part 8
July 2010
Terrycloth blazer and a fish net shirt?
Silk and cotton perhaps, rather than wool
Beautiful semi-bespoke boots from Rivolta
How to wear brights in the summer
A lovely night at the Taylors'
A light scarf at the end of a warm day
Stuff a square-folded handkerchief
Bunch of ruffians back in the 1930s
June 2010
That delayed Anderson & Sheppard
A tennis outfit for the tennis shoes
The tennis shoes - at long last
Wedding outfit by popular request
Bespoke shoes at Cleverley: Part 7
Unlined ties at Panta Clothing
Grey hound's-tooth tweed, please
How great things age: Globe-Trotter 2
A great gun club double-breasted
Bespoke shoes at Cleverley: Part 6
May 2010
Ducker & Son: The shoemaker I missed
How great things age: Edward Green 3
Murdock’s: Learning how to shave
Bespoke shoes at Cleverley: Part 5
Navy tweed and good flannel for golf
Yellow crepe soles and a special hat
How great things age: Edward Green 2
How great things age: Edward Green 1
Half-lined and unlined jackets
Options on pockets, and avoiding a tie
The history of the ‘red gang’ in Shanghai
April 2010
Small pattern tweed, on picnics
How great things age: Globe-Trotter luggage
Two summer combinations, flannel and linen
Panta: Great trousers made in New York
Improving on the bespoke shirt
The philosophy of Michael Drake
Bespoke shoes at Cleverley: Part 4
Bespoke shoes at Cleverley: Part 3
March 2010
Men in Style: The Golden Age of Fashion
The Cary Collection: Manhattan treasure trove
A glass of red with Kempson and Logsdail
Leffot: A sign of US shoe trends
The rules and how to break them 7: Handkerchief texture
Be a rogue like the Big Bad Wolf
Fishy and polo: A photo update
Jewel in Vienna: Wilhelm Jungmann Und Neffe
Bill Amberg: Oak tanning, for bags
Where the brace buttons should be
Bespoke shoes at Cleverley: Part 2
February 2010
Bespoke shoes at Cleverley: Part 1
The view from the front (Savile) row
Segun Adelaja: A tailor in an emporium
Thomas Lyte: Real craft and British quirks
Book review: Bespoke by Richard Anderson
Reader question: Differences between bespoke tailors
Skip the basted or the forward fitting?
Gaziano & Girling: The benefits of both sides
Crossover with women's wear: Lalage Beaumont
Different ways to give a tie spring
The history of Hunter’s and Peckham Rye
January 2010
Made-to-measure shirts at Diverso
The Modern Tailor, Outfitter and Clothier
Don't polish with too much water
The details of Pal Zileri Sartoriale
Reminiscing with Toby Luper, Hemingway
Two questions on wedding attire
An interview with Lorenzo Cifonelli
Buy handmade when it's worth it
December 2009
Building a shoe collection - the pleasures!
Get value for money in cashmere
The search for a sponge and press
Factory visit: Turnbull & Asser shirts
Wear a contrast tie with a contrast collar
Loro Piana dressing Italians at the weekend
The chest of an Anderson & Sheppard suit
Permanent Style in The Montebury
An exercise in wardrobe building
Permanent Style in the Financial Times
November 2009
Final boots from Cliff Roberts
Patrick Grant on dressing well
Second British bespoke, part 1
Turnbull & Asser: My first British bespoke shirt
The wonders of Bicester Village
October 2009
A short talk with Andrea Perrone
Reader question: Wearing odd jackets
Milan's idiosyncratic Al Bazar
Book review: The last shall be first
Rivolta: A brave innovation in bespoke
September 2009
Review and launch party: Sharp Suits
Lodger reverse auction in 90 minutes!
Berluti polishing events, and luggage
Reader question: Working in a bank
Why you buy bespoke suits first
Matching purple with Michael Whitby-Grubb
How China changed the silk industry
Orange and brown on the street
Fin’s: A solution to a bugbear
Do you know what you're selling?
August 2009
A step further in suit alterations
Spotting quality in a tie (at Drake's)
Reader question: Taking pictures to the tailors
A visit to Anderson & Sheppard
Reader question: Packing for a trip
A real workshop and Anthony's book
Interview: Developing a love for clothes 2
Interview: Developing a love for clothes
Black suits are for glamour, not business
The handkerchief says 'look at me'
July 2009
The decorative lap seam: Pogson & Davis
Chocolate brown with canary yellow
The launch of Gentleman's Corner
Your pocket handkerchief is a collar
Reader question: A suit for my wedding
Reader question: Planning the week
Get the basics right - it makes a big difference
June 2009
Why men are scared of real trousers
Permanent Style in French and Russian
Ha! You think these are golf shoes?
Interview: Patrick Grant, Norton & Sons
Get ready. The sales are starting early
Cheap bespoke - too good to be true?
Reader question: Fake welts and lacing
Reader question: Reiss and made to measure
Double-breasted: Harmony v balance
May 2009
Reader question: Suit for work and play
Reader question: Covering the black tie waist
A new (dashing) tailor discovered
New Facebook group for Permanent Style
Ignore GQ and cold-beer tailors
Navy stripe: The most useful tie
The rules and how to break them 6: Black-tie tradition
Permanent style: What took you so long?
April 2009
Final review: A Suit That Fits
Onwards and upwards: Thank you
The indelible influence of the Teds
Why does no one understand Lodger?
Sweaters cannot be stylish and practical
How Charles II invented the three-piece suit
The rules and how to break them 5: DBs for big men
In defence of Blake construction
Reader question: Starting a new job
Where Italians keep cigarettes
Style paradigms: Ignore your peers
Shoes with an earthworm patina
My left foot: An afternoon at Lodger
The style of America's Main Street
Latest feature in Spice magazine
March 2009
Stop only fastening the bottom button!
Beautiful hangers. But do you buy hangers?
Charvet and Brioni: Mass producers
Longevity, not profit, at Hermes
Adolescent sexuality; thousands of dollars
Sleeve length, yes, but tightness also
Tips for Steve's first visit to the tailor
Are you pretentious or not? Take the test
The Rake: A real style magazine
February 2009
Bright wool for cold, sunny days
Behind the scenes: A Suit That Fits
The sad, trapped co-respondent shoe
Reader question: Wearing suit jackets separately
Black tie: What does correct mean?
Reader question: Building a wardrobe
Evening wear: Why a four-in-hand is better than a red bow tie
The rules and how to break them 4: The waist button
Remember: How to save your shoes from salt
Book review: History of Men's Fashion
Inspiration on mannequins 2: Cesare Attolini
January 2009
Inspiration on mannequins: Domenico Vacca
The quiet sophistication of purple and green
How to get a ready-to-wear suit altered
A drop of inspiration every day
Menswear myths, fact and fiction
Style icons: The Cincinnati Kid
Kilgour: The only modern innovator
The Galosh: A traditional, modern city shoe
The sad route of Brooks Brothers
The formality of colours - in shirts
Reader question: Further sales reductions
Sales success: George Cleverley bespoke
December 2008
Generations: Dressing well instinctively
How to save your shoes from salt
Christmas presents: Buy the luxury you can afford
Reader question: Fashion and age
Reader question: How stylish am I?
Indochino makes a smart recovery
Merrifield's: I found a cobbler!
November 2008
The rules and how to break them 3: White after Labor Day
Paul Smith sale shop, take two
Wear a flat cap, but wear it right
British style genius: The country look
The pleasures of traditional dress
Two very different jackets and jeans
October 2008
Ah, the Esquire Big Black Book
British Style Genius: Paul Smith and train sets
Kilgour special: Permanent Style in Spice
Ralph Lauren service: The tailor’s tips
The struggle to innovate in menswear
Sartoriani goes for a bigger lie
September 2008
Spectrum-spanning combinations
Ralph Lauren after-sales part 2
Good after-sales service at Ralph Lauren
The rules and how to break them 2: Brown in town
Problem solved: sweaters with ties
The rules and how to break them 1: Trouser length
Step by step: The odd waistcoat
Permanent Style published in India
Reader question: Odd waistcoats
August 2008
Reader question: Upgrading shirts
Reader question: Office casual, part 2
Reader question: Office casual, part 1
July 2008
Reader question: Tips on the Go
Make Berluti Your Fifth Pair. Part 2: Design
Make Berluti Your Fifth Pair. Part 1: Construction
Whether you suit pink, white or blue
A loss to (sartorial) language
June 2008
Balancing the dandified and the formal
How to buy luxury: Globetrotter
The real innovation of Tom Ford
May 2008
Filling the hole in menswear retail
The contradiction of wedding dress
How to put darts in your shirts
The loci of style satisfaction
Thanks, and the influence of others
April 2008
GQ Style: Intelligent but not fashionable
Reader question: Examining the fit
Reader question: Going to the tailor
An Englishman in New York: Cardboard jeans
Silhouette and fit: Know the difference
March 2008
How not to relaunch a product: Belstaff
How to dress at the Foreign Office
The Great Bottom Button Mystery
Hong Kong trend: Winter cardigan
Hello from Hong Kong: tailor report
Fit, colour and style (in that order)
Casual and formal wear are closer than you think
February 2008
Designer vs. High Street: my view
It could have been so much better
Putting waistcoats into practice
I'm trying to watch a film here!
Why the English want to be Italian (and vice versa)
The Future of Style, as Told by Hardy Amies
January 2008
Sixties style, as told by Hardy Amies
The Logical Waistcoat Theory (part two)
The logical waistcoat theory (part one)
Yellow polish and the light of the moon
How many measurements will he take?
Change anything but the shoulders
December 2007
