[caption id="attachment_3008" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Standing Dandy.[/caption] Last night was the Steven Hitchcock shop warming and 'I am Dandy' book launch...
These are the most prized tool of the tailoring trade. The heavy, cold, sharp and alluring shears ( not scissors! ) are treated with the highest of respect. There is an unspoken code amongst tailors, about their shears. Shears are precious, and so only the owner of...
Finally! The book is here! Our talented photographer friend Rose Callahan has now got her beautiful photos in print for all of you to see! http://dandyportraits.blogspot.co.uk/ All I can suggest is that you order the book and be wowed, inspired, shocked and delighted! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dandy-The-Return-Elegant-Gentleman/dp/3899554841/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376915658&sr=8-1&keywords=i+am+dandy+the+return+of+the+elegant+gentleman So, once Rose's...
This is a shuttle which is used to weave cloth. Inside the wooden casing is a bobbin which holds the thread that is the weft. The shuttle is shot back and forth across the warp thread. This creates the cloth. The shuttle is made of hard...
Cloth is constructed using a warp and a weft thread which is woven in certain ways to create different types of weaves. The warp thread travels up the cloth and the weft travels across the cloth. ( I like to remember it by pronouncing warp like a Yorkshire...
Here is a lovely example of how to wear a sports coat. The cloth is from Harrisons of Edinburgh, from their Saltire bunch. The cloth is made from 100% pure cashmere and woven in Scotland. http://www.harrisonsofedinburgh.com/ Here my customer has chosen a single breasted, two button sports...
Summer in England is wonderful, when we finally have it! All manner of crimes are committed in the sun, leaving the house with alabaster skin. Then returning after a blazing day in the beautiful sun, with tomato hued skin. Eating two ice creams in one...
While playing a sport, most sports men and women wear ultra modern clothes. These clothes being made of advanced materials, cuts and construction techniques. All of which are worn very closely or plain old skin tight!! This for the ‘bored spectator’ can be advantage! However, for...
As the world seems to be becoming more modern by the minute, Steven Hitchcock has been flirting with Twitter and Instagram. So far, the flirting has worked out to a rather friendly relationship and certainly appeals to Mr Hitchcock's snap happy fingers! So readers, if...
There are a lot of details in a bespoke suit that you do not see or notice. The ones you do not see are the structural details, such as the hand padding in the canvas, the hand stretched collar canvas and the gentle shrinking and easing...