British Wedding Fashion Mistakes Most Men Make (And How to Avoid Them)
A decent man I knew once wore a suit to a wedding with the label still attached to the sleeve. Not the little tag on the inside – they mean…
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…
Proper Walking Boots That Don’t Make You Look Like You’re Climbing Scafell Pike
Last autumn, I ruined a perfectly good pair of brogues hiking in the Lake District. Pretty dumb to think I could traverse soggy slopes in suede shoes. My girlfriend had…
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…
I Wore Only Charity Shop Clothes for a Month and Saved Over £500
Don’t judge me – it began as a bet. Okay, scratch that. If we’re being completely honest: it started when I was slagging off my friend Marcus for buying an…
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…
Finding Clothes That Fit When Nothing Ever Seems to Fit Right
I think I still know exactly where I was standing when my friend Carlos and I went shopping for the first time together. We’d been lifting weights together for roughly…