Steven has taken a photo of me in my Plus 2's. Plus' are normally reserved for the country and its pursuits. However, I have had a pair made for wearing in the city. The cloth is a Holland and Sherry silk, linen and wool mix....
Last night after our hectic day, we met with Rose Callahan ( www.dandyportraits.blogspot.com ) and Bruce Boyer for dinner at Frankies spuntino. ( www.frankiesspuntino.com ) The food was amazing and the company was lovely! As the evening got later and later, the wine got better...
Our last appointment has been and we are still reeling from the whirl wind of a day! We hit the ground running knowing that today was fully booked. Jet lag came-a-knocking, but we held it back with more appointments and the excitement of showing the...
It seems that there has been a craze for purple. ( I didn't get that memo! ) Amongst our fittings today we have had three purple suits! So why purple???? Purple throughout history has been the chosen colour of royalty, imperialism and nobility. It seems to be the...
We were up early again this morning, this time it was due to our anticipation of the Monday appointments. To steal ourselves we gazed upon the illuminated Empire State building from our suite balcony, dreaming about the best pizza in town we had last night at Luzzo's....
I have been handed the blog reins, for the time we are in New york, so put your bespoke suits on and lets go! So, we arrived last night in JFK and had one thing on our minds...
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Myself and Celia last night went to a book launch held at Huntsmans & Sons one of my neighbours here in Savile Row which was sponsored also with Harrisons of Edinburgh. The book in question " Vintage people on photo postcards by Tom Phillips" is packed full of 200 great postcard...
Myself and Celia were delighted to be invited to see the new A & S shop on Clifford Street last week. It was a joint event organised by A & S and The Rake Magazine, and earlier in the day, at my shop in Savile...
Myself and my girlfriend Celia are very excited and really looking forward to our October New York trip (Sunday the 14th thru Wednesday the 17th), and I will of course be bringing the latest selection of cloths and my tape measure with me. As always,...