People to follow: Lesser-known Instagram accounts
March 7th 2022The search function on Instagram can be a bit useless. No matter how many great, quality brands I engage with, most of what IG pushes at me is men in suits so tight they can barely breathe, and people doing silly stunts. Far more useful, often, is ...
People to follow: Lesser-known Instagram accounts
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Any Southern Hemisphere suggestions? Looking at everyone’s tweed in the middle of our summer has been making me sweaty....
Sex appeal: Between vulnerability and confidence
February 28th 2022*Updated: We've added a couple of images of creators rather than models - Luke and Nicolas* By André Larnyoh Over the Christmas holidays, I was stressing about what to wear to an event where the dress code was ‘cocktail attire’. I...
Sex appeal: Between vulnerability and confidence
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I have to say I dislike the way this site assumes the financial capacity of its readership to "go out" regularly. The number of us wearing velvet and dining out in London is shrinking rapidly....
Reader profile: Daniel
February 14th 2022Meet Daniel. A regular at the pop-up shop, and a man who knows more about wine glasses than you’d care to ask. It’s fair to say that Daniel appreciates good clothes, and knows what styles he likes. But he doesn’t obsess about it. ...
Reader profile: Daniel
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I like that look as well. However, what colour are the trousers - dark navy, dark brown, dark green? Surprisingly difficult to tell from the photos....
Tonal dressing – with new Indulgent Shawl C...
January 21st 2022Our Indulgent Shawl Cardigan doesn’t need much introduction. Indeed, since this new grey colour was released to the waiting list yesterday, half have already sold. Quite a list had built up. Thank you everyone for your patience, and for ridin...
Tonal dressing – with new Indulgent Shawl C...
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Amazing, thanks Paul. I'll add that to this year's post announcing the restock if that's OK...
Reader profile: Mattia
January 17th 2022I met Mattia during our recent pop-up shop on Savile Row. A Permanent Style reader, he is also a fashion student, which gives him an interesting perspective on classic menswear. I enjoyed talking to him, and his friends, about their studies and the...
Reader profile: Mattia
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I loved reading this and I love Mattia's style. As someone who doesn't earn a lot of money most of my reading here is pipe dream stuff. But me and mattia are on the same boat - there is a way to dress well for under 3k! ...
Why I’m wearing more belts
January 5th 2022In recent months I’ve been wearing belts more often, after years of hardly doing so at all. I never wore them with tailoring, preferring the clean, elegant look of an unfettered waistband with side adjustors. And I didn’t even wear the...
Why I’m wearing more belts
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Very late to the comments: I am also an attorney, although in Vienna, Austria. I wear a charcoal or grey suit in court, always with a white or light blue shirt plus tie. Wearing a suit without a tie would also be okay, b...
Cocktail attire: An argument for a new type of ev...
December 31st 2021Just before Christmas, I organised a Permanent Style Christmas dinner, to thank a few people that had helped and supported PS in recent years. We were hosted by Geordie D’Anyers Willis of Berry Bros & Rudd, which was kind of Geordie, ...
Cocktail attire: An argument for a new type of ev...
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Yes I think that could be nice. I'd try a regular black shirt or knit first, before a western, in case that's too much next to the smarter worsted, but it could be good still...
Reader profile: Ben
December 10th 2021I’ve known Ben for a long time now. He worked round the corner from me during my journalism days, and we were both customers of visiting artisans like Elia Caliendo and Simone Abbarchi. We even did a shoot together for Elia years ago. Ben and ...
Richard Burke: Style hero
November 5th 2021There’s this one outfit worn by the character Richard Burke in Friends , played by Tom Selleck, that has stayed with me for years. It’s in the penultimate episode of series six. Richard comes to Monica’s restaurant to try and win ...
Richard Burke: Style hero
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Thanks Carl, and no we’ve never covered that. I think the Talented Mr Ripley has some sections, and of course there’s a chunk in the Great Gatsby. I’m sure more will come to mind...
Reader Profile: Andrew
October 27th 2021This is the third in our series of articles meeting, and questioning, Permanent Style readers. The first profiled Manish , who enthused about Russian watches and recommended that readers should start building a wardrobe with good trousers. And the s...
Reader Profile: Andrew
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I also used to wear Malle Cologne Indelebile in the summer quite frequently. I liked it because it is light and citrusy which I think it nice for the summer. But I finished the bottle and never got around to replacing it...
Be open minded. Or, what is style?
September 3rd 2021I believe that core to understanding clothes, and perhaps even to enjoying them, is appreciating styles that are not your own. If you can’t, it closes you off to dozens of ideas - something as simple as the shape of a sleeve, or a colour comb...
Be open minded. Or, what is style?
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The problem with work coats and shapeless clothes is that it’s about a retro look of the working class in the grand epoch , Apache types for instance . Armani was nothing to do with that because he actually gave a styl...
Playing around with white bucks
August 4th 2021During sunny weather in the past few weeks, I've been playing around with these old shoes from Lodger, the shoe shop that used to be on Clifford Street in London, and where I first started writing about menswear . The shoes were a recreation of a 1...
Playing around with white bucks
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I called Alden in Massachusetts on 16 February 2022. The woman stated that they are not making the white bucks because they cannot find the leather. I got an email from Crockett & Jones who stated that they will have...
Should you dress for yourself, or for others?
July 14th 2021Should you dress for yourself or for others? Unsurprisingly, the answer is both. Anyone that dresses without any regard for people around them is probably being rude, and certainly inconsiderate. Dressing purely to conform, other the other hand, i...
Should you dress for yourself, or for others?
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Yeah, it's not really something I'd cover I'm afraid Joshua...
A casual Summer capsule
July 7th 2021About a month ago, proper Summer started in the UK. Now I don’t define Summer by the solstice, the calendar, or even the moon. Summer, for me, is when it's so hot that it severely affects the clothes you can wear. Anything consistently above...
A casual Summer capsule
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Thank you Christopher, and yes that's certainly the case. See how I store everything here as well - hardly glamorous!...
How relevant is 80s Armani?
July 2nd 2021By Tony Sylvester It might seem counterintuitive to be talking about past fads or subcultures on a platform named Permanent Style. But while it is certainly admirable for a man to build a wardrobe around the timeless and perennial, it would be fooli...
How relevant is 80s Armani?
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My tailor could make one just by looking at it . That said it wouldn’t be exactly the same . The material on Armani from what lve had in my hands isn’t top level but it’s nice...
The rules and how to break them #10: Suits withou...
June 30th 2021This is a new installment in the series ‘ The rules and how to break them ’, which has been a little neglected in recent years. It’s a great little guide, exposing myths of menswear and calmly explaining the rationale be...
The rules and how to break them #10: Suits withou...
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Nice, I hadn't heard that. Thanks Daniel...
Flash vs fuddy
June 18th 2021Here's an idea. I reckon men face two, polarised dangers in their style that we haven't discussed before, or at least not formalised. O ne is being too flash or showy; the other is appearing too old-fashioned - a ‘fuddy duddy’. When guy...
Flash vs fuddy
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Hi Andy, With a simple suit, I think there's much less of a risk - the style aspects will come largely from what you wear with it, and the style itself won't vary that much either. A suit that is a little shorter in the ...
The Western shirt four ways (with Begg & Co ...
June 14th 2021One of the reasons Western and denim shirts have been so popular in recent years is their versatility. On the one hand, their conventional pale blue means they sit easily beneath all manner of jackets or suits, while adding an intentional, unexpect...
The Western shirt four ways (with Begg & Co ...
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Not currently, but certainly a good one for his list, thanks...
The T-shirt under tailoring
May 26th 2021I’ve never actively disliked T-shirts under tailoring. I just tend not to wear them myself and, when I have seen them worn, I think it can be done quite badly. Done well, wearing a T-shirt rather than a collared shirt can pleasingly subvert t...
The T-shirt under tailoring
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Yes, I thought you'd be aware of that. Ethan and Ethan do of course look great in theirs - just bear in mind they are often not aiming for the most subtle of looks, the slightly more unusual, and that there will still be...
Tailoring and milsurp: How to dress like Ethan Wong
May 21st 2021Like many men that feature in this ‘How to dress like’ series, I find the differences between how I and Ethan Wong dress just as interesting as the similarities. In fact more so. We have similar influences in classic menswear and vint...
Tailoring and milsurp: How to dress like Ethan Wong
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Just had a look at Ethan's blog and Instagram. I love his style. Bags of flair and unafraid to try combinations that some might find a little out there - but great to see him experimenting. And he's just 25!...
Learning to dress my body better
May 17th 2021I've learnt many things over the past 13 years of writing Permanent Style, but one I've learnt most intimately is how different clothes suit my particular physique, and physiognomy. This does come up on PS, in articles about collar height perhaps, o...
Learning to dress my body better
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My vintage 1960s Levi's 501s - article on them here...
Layering and accessories for cold Spring days
May 7th 2021Back when these things were possible, I remember an American friend visiting in the Spring and asking: “How on earth do you dress for this weather? I can see my breath in the morning, but my midday I’m roasting and can barely wear a jack...
Both chic and bold: How to dress like Angel Ramos
May 5th 2021Although Angel Ramos and I have only met a few times, we’ve always seemed to have something in common when it came to styles we liked. Angel wears slippers a lot, and has more of a tendency towards bright colours and patterns. The ov...
Both chic and bold: How to dress like Angel Ramos
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Yes I expect so. Certainly all perspectives valid and should be considered, but there are always many...
White jeans: how to buy, wash and wear
April 7th 2021White jeans are a classic example of menswear that has been damaged unreasonably by association. Unfortunately, they carry connotations of flash Mediterranean men, wearing their white jeans with a shirt unbuttoned to the navel. Or skintight ripped ...
White jeans: how to buy, wash and wear
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Drake's ecru jeans are still available aren't they? For the others, look at either the Clutch or Son of a Stag website for white or ecru jeans - they will always have new options. The Allevol ones are nice too at Clutch....
These are the tools: you have to use them
April 5th 2021“Can I wear dark-brown shoes like these with a suit in my office? Do you think it would be appropriate?” The answer is, I don’t know. I don’t work in your office: I don’t know what the implicit dress code is. You have t...
These are the tools: you have to use them
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I haven't thought about it to be honest. There may be something in the contrast colours, yes, though I think key is probably just having colours you're not really going to wear elsewhere...