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A Perfect Fit: A Casual Jacket

A Perfect Fit: A Casual Jacket

Following on from last month’s tailors note - I want to talk specifically about the casual jacket in summer. It is the garment that takes a white t and jeans...
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Tailor's note: May 2020 - Casual Tailoring

Tailor's note: May 2020 - Casual Tailoring

Designing your custom suit can be a tricky thing. Suddenly something you’ve only ever thought of as a whole item needs to be broken down into the sum of its...
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How to Style: Short Sleeve Shirts

How to Style: Short Sleeve Shirts

Short sleeve shirts. Try saying that 5 times fast. This sartorial tongue twister has become somewhat awkward for me. Until a couple of years ago I thought they were only acceptable on...
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The Best Pyjamas on The Silver Screen

The Best Pyjamas on The Silver Screen

Continuing the Corona Closet Collection, today I have gathered my favourite Hollywood pyjamas. Whether you are living your best Gene Kelly life or you are having a Pierce Brosnan sort...
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Tailor's note: April 2020 - Buying the right shirt size

Tailor's note: April 2020 - Buying the right shirt size

Designing your custom suit can be a tricky thing. Suddenly something you’ve only ever thought of as a whole item needs to be broken down into the sum of its...
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Tom - Tartan Trews

Tom - Tartan Trews

Brief: Winter wedding with Scottish roots. Cloth: First Pair: Macfarlane Tartan  16oz Pure Wool  Second Pair: Johnstone Tartan 16oz Pure Wool Bespoke   Notes: I don't know where to begin...
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How To Style: Shorts

How To Style: Shorts

The weather is warming, the May bank holiday is looming & the Rose is open. Which means it would normally be time for knees to start appearing across Zone 1....
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Wardrobe Woes - The Corona Clearout.

Wardrobe Woes - The Corona Clearout.

Step 1.

Pull everything out. You can’t judge it if you can’t see it. And who knows what you might find - discovering an old forgotten favourite is like getting something brand new. But free!

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Tailor's note: March 2020 - One button or Two?

Tailor's note: March 2020 - One button or Two?

  Designing your custom suit can be a tricky thing. Suddenly something you’ve only ever thought of as a whole item needs to be broken down into the sum of...
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The Best Dressed: Ocean's Eleven

The Best Dressed: Ocean's Eleven

I'm not sure that Saul's off-duty look was intentionally trendy but in the last 19 years (yes this film was made nearly 20 years ago!!) bucket hats have returned, as have loud cuban shirts. 
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How to: Work From Home

How to: Work From Home

If you are lucky enough to have a designated office then shut the door and go be somewhere else. If you are working on your kitchen table then do an exercise video, meditate, lie on your back in the dark for 10 minutes, phone a friend. Just something that means the work portion of the day is clearly ended.
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Tailor's note: February 2020 - Finding the right Tuxedo

Tailor's note: February 2020 - Finding the right Tuxedo

Designing your custom suit can be a tricky thing. Suddenly something you’ve only ever thought of as a whole item needs to be broken down into the sum of its...
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