Tonal layering with black jeans: Comfy, drapey, easy Monday, March 20th 2023Tags: Coats Knitwear Style Alden Anderson and Sheppard bryceland's ciardi Permanent style Share Share this post Subscribe 13 Comments ||- Begin Content -|| This outfit I wore last week really tickled me - I think primarily for its combination of T-shirt and tailoring.  Working the two together in some way (as in this, perhaps Summer equivalent) is often an effective way to achieve the ‘casual chic’ style we’ve talked about in the past. It’s also a style I think a lot of guys can explor ..read more

Rifugio’s old villa Friday, March 17th 2023Tags: Casual clothing Jackets rifugio Share Share this post Subscribe 27 Comments ||- Begin Content -|| On a surprisingly warm, sunny day last January we visited the Art Deco villa that is Alfredo Rifugio's headquarters in Naples. It’s not what you expect for an Italian workshop. While there are lots of beautiful little tailors and cordwainers around Italy, most large ateliers and factories are relatively new, in industrial estates or otherwise highly functional. They’re more like Paolo Scafora or Enzo Bonafé, or the Ki ..read more

Bryceland’s black unsanforised jeans: Review Wednesday, March 15th 2023Tags: Denim Alden bryceland's Rubato Share Share this post Subscribe 51 Comments ||- Begin Content -|| These are the first jeans I've had from Bryceland's, and I've been absolutely loving them - for the fit, the colour and the denim.  But I was a little nervous about buying them, as I'd never had unsanforised denim before. Given I know this will be a concern of readers, and it's where my journey started, let's deal with that issue first.  Unsanforised denim will usually shrink more tha ..read more

To whisper with your clothes – or why I’m fascinated by old Italian industrialists Monday, March 13th 2023Tags: Style Loro Piana Ralph Lauren Share Share this post Subscribe 2 Comments ||- Begin Content -|| By Andreas Weinas This headline might be one of the more confusing ones to have appeared on Permanent Style, but bear with me. Simon reached out to me at the beginning of the year, asking if I wanted to do a piece on PS about something I found particularly interesting at the moment. I wanted to reflect on the subject, so I took a few days during my winter holiday ..read more

The next talk with Rubato, and pop-up shop updates Friday, March 10th 2023Tags: Abbots Fox Brothers L.E.J. marrkt.com Permanent style Rubato Share Share this post Subscribe 0 Comments ||- Begin Content -|| I’m pleased to say that the next in our series of talks at Mortimer House will be with Oliver and Carl from Rubato, on March 31st. These events have a really nice atmosphere, with everyone milling around, browsing the products and chatting to the speaker(s) and each other. Then we normally hang around for a afterwards couple of beers as well, often picking up on t ..read more

Paolo Martorano bespoke hopsack jacket: Review Wednesday, March 8th 2023Tags: Jackets paolo martorano Share Share this post Subscribe 8 Comments ||- Begin Content -|| This bespoke jacket was made for me by Paolo Martorano, the tailor in New York I first covered in 2020.  It’s particularly significant because of the dearth of bespoke tailors in the US. Although many tailors travel to the US from the UK and Europe, and some now also have full-time bases in New York - Huntsman, Cad Thom Sweeney - for such a big country with many bespoke customers, there are surprisi ..read more

Wearing pink: Tips and combinations Monday, March 6th 2023Tags: Style bryceland's scott fraser collection Stoffa Share Share this post Subscribe 4 Comments ||- Begin Content -|| By Manish Puri “That was the day I learned how dangerous a color can be. That a boy could be knocked off that shade and made to reckon his trespass. Even if color is nothing but what the light reveals, that nothing has laws, and a boy on a pink bike must learn, above all else, the law of gravity.” So writes Little Dog (the narrator of Ocean Vuong’s fantastic debut novel On Earth We're Briefly ..read more

PS readers’ Customer Service Award 2023: Anglo-Italian Friday, March 3rd 2023Tags: anglo-italian Share Share this post Subscribe 10 Comments ||- Begin Content -|| Results of the Readers Awards 2023: Best customer service: Anglo-Italian. Runners-up: Anderson & Sheppard, The Armoury Best product: Private White VC. Runner-up: Anglo-Italian Best styling: Drake's. Runner-up: Rubato Best artisan: Corcos. Runner-up: Ciardi Whenever Jake (Grantham, Anglo-Italian founder) and I talk, we seem to return to themes around British retail, and running small businesses.  ..read more

Introducing: The PS Undershirt Wednesday, March 1st 2023Tags: hamilton and hare Permanent style Share Share this post Subscribe 26 Comments ||- Begin Content -|| For the past five years or so, I’ve been wearing Hamilton & Hare’s tubular T-shirts under things.  They’re what I wear underneath knitwear, what I wear under a shirt, even what I sleep in. They’re the best fine-cotton tee I’ve ever worn, partly due to the raw material, but also the seamless construction with its sportswear-like panels.  I have a couple that have been worn over a hundred times ..read more

Reader profile: Simon Monday, February 27th 2023Tags: Alden Drake's Front General La Lovely new balance Supply & Advise the real mccoy's vintage showroom Share Share this post Subscribe 0 Comments ||- Begin Content -|| Simon is only our second reader profile from outside the UK. He lives in New York, although when we talk on the phone he’s actually in Washington DC, having just landed on the red eye from Arizona.  Simon travels a lot. He’s a journalist and his travels drive a lot of his wardrobe, which has to be practical off camera but also presentable on it ..read more