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Linen Season Cometh
by Cassidy Hansen
A London linen draper's card, c.1810
British Summer Time is here! In reality, this technicality merely heralds the coming of slightly less cold ...
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Interview: A Shoemaker - William Efe Laborde
by Imogen Johnson-Gilbert
The first time I recall having the idea of bespoke tailoring was actually when I was around 15 or 16. I was at a French-American lycee in Bordeaux...
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Tailor's Note: February 2023 - Casual Tailoring
by Imogen Johnson-Gilbert
These notes are based off conversations with customers and are designed to help make the process of working with a tailor a little more familiar.
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Interview: An Aesthete - Fabio Trombini
by Imogen Johnson-Gilbert
My career started out in bespoke tailoring and couture, I would say that my strengths lie in making garments from scratch. Although now I run a wor...
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In Defence of a Cropped Trouser
by Cassidy Hansen
A number of years ago, whilst on an online window-shopping spree that would have left me bankrupt had I not merely been fantasising, I came acros...
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Tailor's Note: January 2023 - Charcoal Suits and Grown-Up Dressing
by Imogen Johnson-Gilbert
These notes are based off conversations with customers and are designed to help make the process of working with a tailor a little more familiar. ...
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"Watching The Detectives" - Hollywood's Best Dressed Lawmen
by Cassidy Hansen
Fred Jones, Scooby Doo, Where Are You!
Fred may not be the star of the show (or a real detective), but his iconic camp ensemble is an eternal sc...
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My 2023 Wardrobe, as told through 4 films I watched betwixtmas
by Imogen Johnson-Gilbert
I spent the last week of December in full Goblin Mode. Slippers on, fire lit, some form of alcoholic beverage in hand (if you don't know the day of...
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Waistcoat vs Hipcoat : how long should a waistcoat be?
by Imogen Johnson-Gilbert
Old friends will know that this is not new territory for me.
One of my biggest bugbears when it comes to menswear is the gradual transition of wa...
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5 Last Minute Halloween Costumes
by Imogen Johnson-Gilbert
It happens every year. One minute I'm downing pale pink wine in a garden, feeling my oats, and the next thing I know I'm sleeping in socks and...
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Tailor's Note: July 2022
by Imogen Johnson-Gilbert
These notes are based off conversations with customers and are designed to help make the process of working with a tailor a little more familiar. ...
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Interview: The Artist
by Imogen Johnson-Gilbert
Kipper & Chalk is so excited for its inaugural Summer Exhibition. This year we are thrilled to host 'Agony in The Garden' by Robert Moutrey. He...
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