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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. 

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.

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...

Brief: An overcoat fit for Town & Country Cloth: Donegal Tweed - Dashing Tweeds 100% Wool Lining - Kipper & Chalk Photograph of Mirin by Bryce Knox.  Viscose.   Bespoke Notes:...

You've popped the question and set a date. The next thing you need to do is find the suit. But where do you begin??  To help you out we have...

5 fictional tailors ranked from best to worst 1. The Tailor of Gloucester It should be fairly obvious why this heart-warming tale comes in at number one. Workers’ rights abuses...

One of the advantages of coming to Kipper & Chalk for his suit, is that we can print any of your photos onto you lining for a truly one-of-a-kind garment.

I played around with a couple of placement options. Given that Whisky is a sausage dog, I initially pictured him running down the length of the sleeve but the problem with that would be that no one would see him. So the groom settled on the second option, poking up into the armhole. 

For their latest collection, which Patrick Grant was keen to point out doesn’t “change so much from season to season that you will feel you need to buy something new”, E Tautz collaborated with textile recycler Astco. Ransacking their stash for bed linen, white cotton shirts, and denim, A/W’20 is a glorious mash up of Zoot suits, Kevin & Perry and Maria Von Trapp. And I mean that as the highest compliment.