Beyond Savile Row: Finding Quality British Tailoring at Reasonable Prices
When I first visited Savile Row at the age of 19 I was terrified. I’d persuaded the features editor of my student magazine that I was the best person to…
Regional British Style Dialects: From Scouse to Scottish
I love British menswear. I love how much it differs when you leave London. Er, no wait – fuck that. I love how much British menswear differs when you leave…
Beyond Burberry: British Luxury Brands Worth Knowing About
There’s a guy. We see him at industry events all the time. He comes to London wearing head-to-toe Burberry. I mean DAY-GLO BURBERRY. Logo bombardment Burberry. We refer to him…
BBQ Style: Dressing for British Summer’s Greatest Gamble
There is something unique about British optimism. We persist stubbornly against hope with delusions of sunnier days. You can see it best when we BBQ in the UK. The lawns…
Why I Finally Understand What My Dad Meant About “Buy Once, Cry Once” – British Knitwear That Actually Lasts
My dad used to have a saying any time I complained about the price tag on some high-quality item I wanted to buy. “Buy once, cry once.” This was normally…
The Art of British Transitional Dressing: Neither Winter Nor Summer
The best thing about British weather is that at least it gives British men something to talk about when we’re stuck in lifts with strangers on deadline weekends. But the…
Why I’m Obsessed with That Weird British Thing Where Rich Guys Look Homeless
A few years ago, I went to a house party in the Cotswolds. It was one of those scenarios wherein someone I knew vaguely would send me a text along…
Decoding ‘Smart Casual’ for British Social Occasions
Somewhere, right this second, someone is frantically Googling “smart casual,” open-applications Excel spreadsheet tabs upon tabs full of pubs with bottomless Sundays hovering ominously over their browsers. Who invented smart…
What British Men Wear vs What American/French/Italian Men Wear
There’s a pub in Mayfair that I sometimes find myself in after press events. It’s not one of those themed Tourist-Trap-In-A-Box pubs plastered with union jack flags – more an…
The British High Street Brands Actually Worth Shopping at in 2024
Let me paint you a picture. Picture London in mid-August. Blazing hot sunshine, zero wind, sweat pouring down your upper body by ten o’clock in the morning. Perfect shopping weather.…