By request, some of the lovely lovely people at the Gaziano & Girling evening last week. Not that many ties around, but some stunning Chittleborough & Morgan tailoring.
Above, Michael Browne in his navy seersucker.
Francis of C&M. Tailoring always looks so great on him. Below, Tony G and me in my purple Liverano. (Navy tie from Hermes.) Then Messrs Hugo Jacomet and James Sherwood.
Apart from the Liverano, a lot of those jackets look quite stiff. Would be curious to see what C&M casual pieces look like.
The tailoring is pretty consistent along those lines. It’s traditional English structure with some Sixties style thrown in
I just cannot, for the life of me see why anyone who claims to know anything about menswear would choose Tom Ford over Chittleborough & Morgan. Perhaps you can shine some light on it for me Simon.
What’s Francis’ position at c&m he looks very young
A misplaced desire to look like Daniel Craig. Or an urge to buy a big black shiny bag from a big black shiny shop. That’s all I’ve got
I do admire that blue and brown striped tie that the middle aged lady is wearing in your pictures. It’s just a shame her tie pin is pulling it askew and ruining the overall effect.
Yes, I thought the same myself, but the brown silk p/s works brilliantly – she’s thought that whole look through.
Michael’s seersucker suit is wonderful, I have tried on the jacket and it feels very special. Michael cut a beautful light blue linen and silk mix suit for me this summer and I can assure you although it may look sharp because of C&M’s cut (for exsample the legs are cut to an ‘S’ shape that follow the contours of your limbs) their suits feel anything but “Stiff”.
I belive Francis is a jnr cutter under Joe Morgan, he is a charming young man and always very stylish.
I collected two pairs of MTO shoes last weekend from G&G and looked at the display of patina’s on offer they certainly provide a very wide canvas of colour for one to express ones individuality, if you are on The Row pop in, Thomas, Neus and Stephen are very welcoming and are all extremely passionate about what G&G are doing.
Dennis – as Austin Powers would say, “that’s no lady that’s a man, man!”
To Chris and Dennis, that ‘middle-aged’ woman is a (French) man Hugo Jacomet, proprietor of ‘Parisian Gentleman’ blog amidst other things.
It did give me a laugh though.
Oh, love the purple jacket.
Simon
Can I ask what colour trousers and shoes you’re wearing with that superb purple jacket?
Thank you
Charcoal and very dark brown