In post-war Britain, Teddy Boys and the Italian-inspired Modernists, or Mods, expressed their sense of belonging to a culture, through their sharp-styled clothing. Mods loved the slim-fitting, colourful Ben Sherman shirt, which Brighton-born Ben Sherman launched in 1963, following his return to the UK from the US, where he had learned clothing manufacturing in his father-in-law’s […]
Sometimes, when we’re putting a trend edit together, or when we’re looking at fresh new items on offer, we have a person, or people in mind. This week, we can’t help but think of Steve McQueen in Bullitt, or Terence Stamp in Poor Cow. There are plenty of sharp blazers, chunky and thin roll […]
There comes a time when a man must put away childish things – your old rugby shorts, your budgie smugglers – and cut a sartorial swathe at the lido or on the lake shore. And we’ve got just the thing. Well, 9 of them. Take your pick. Swim shorts. Smart shorts. Dare we say, office […]