Showing posts from category: blazer
Sunday, 3 May 2015

Summer jackets 8: Hardy Amies

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The final two of my spring and summer jackets features will look at a brace of contemporary labels, one British and one Italian. You will b...
Friday, 1 May 2015

Summer jackets 7: Two from Thomas Pink

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Thomas Pink not only sent us two summer blazers to try, they also sent some very stylish shirts which were ideal for summer. They have an i...
Thursday, 30 April 2015

Summer Jackets 6: Two from Oliver Sweeney

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Oliver Sweeney is in my good books. Its use of an older model for the current spring/summer advertising campaign shows a creative, confiden...
Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Summer jackets 5: linen blazer from award-winning Without Prejudice Menswear

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Without Prejuduce. No, this isn't a letter from a firm of lawyers. Without Prejudice Menswear manufactures stylish and quality menswear...
Sunday, 26 April 2015

Summer jackets 2: Marks & Spencer - one budget, one made in Britain

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As ever, Marks & Spencer gave us an interesting selection of summer jackets to choose from. We tried one that is the lowest price of al...
Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Style for the older man: the unstructured jacket & the rise of smart comfortable wear

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The rise of British manufacture has revived skills which are bringing shapes and styles to menswear which have roots in a long heritage. Ta...
Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Rowing Blazers by Jack Carlson: a book review for Henley

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ROWING BLAZERS is a celebration of the jaunty symbols of team spirit flaunted by rowers at Henley (which starts this week) and other regat...
Sunday, 27 April 2014

Jackets and blazers for spring and summer

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For spring and summer wear, the unstructured jacket, with linen, cotton, silk and even lightweight tweed or flannel components, is ideal. T...
Monday, 14 October 2013

Benson & Clegg and their beautiful buttons

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When I first saw the website of Benson & Clegg, bespoke tailors in London's Piccadilly Arcade, I was struck by the large selection ...
Saturday, 1 June 2013

Five ways to wear a blazer - Mr Porter video

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As is said in this video, every man should own a blazer. Extremely versatile, it can be worn formally with trousers or chinos, or less so w...
Monday, 17 December 2012

Bradley Wiggins, Royalty and the double-breasted jacket - recreating the look

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Bradley Wiggins, the first British winner of the Tour de France and winner of 2012 Olympic Gold in the Men's Time Trial, won...
Saturday, 8 December 2012

Blake London Ltd - British blazers combining Savile Row style and NASA technology

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Blake was founded earlier this year by Darius Pocha who, inspired by an old Harris tweed jacket of his dad's, determined to make high qu...
Monday, 10 September 2012

The essentials of a classic wardrobe - Part 1 - the jacket or blazer

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Nine months into my search for style, what items form the basis of my wardrobe, the classics that are useful for any eventuality? The foll...