Friday 16 November 2012

Red

Recently One Sunday I passed a few red objects, here is what I saw.















Monday 12 November 2012

Black Tie, not so Classic



For those who like their black tie a little different and actually involving a tie, this is our version. The piped dinner jacket is a departure from the satin lapel version, but its history in formal wear can be traced back over a century. The piped waistcoat adds an elegant touch and negates the need for a cummerbund.

The extreme cutaway collared dinner shirt grabs the headlines and can only be worn with a tie and not a bow tie. It is a statement piece and is ideal for traveling as the fly front and cocktail cuffs negate the need for studs or cufflinks. Also one doesn’t have to find someone who knows how to tie a bow tie in the last minute, even though one really should learn how. Elegant accessories such as a sting ray card holder or our folding crocodile wallet to hold one’s credit cards and cash is the finishing touch, showing both character and individuality.

Three piece piped dinner suit                                               £1625.00
Extreme cutaway collar dinner shirt                                     £  215.00
English black satin silk sevenfold tie                                   £  145.00
Italian satin silk evening scarves                                          £  135.00
Calf leather robusto cigar holder                                           £  145.00
Crocodile print folding wallet                                                 £  105.00
Stingray card holder                                                                £  195.00




Sunday 11 November 2012

Black Tie, Classic with a Twist

In our shop window now:



A certain Hollywood client wanted something refined, elegant and that would make him subtly stand out from the sea of penguins. We recreated our signature velvet jacket in this double breasted style with moire silk lapels and accents. The fitted silhouette, lapels and turnback cuffs, are a nod to the elegance of 1930s Hollywood. The Brits in Hollywood have a reputation to maintain afterall, and an ordinary dinner jacket just wouldn’t do. In the words of Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale: “there are dinner jackets and dinner jackets, this is the latter.”

Paired with a simple but elegant fly fronted shirt and a self-tie bow tie (if you can tie your own shoe laces you can tie a bow tie), and patent or velvet loafers, they nicely complement the jacket. This ensemble is not for the faint of heart, but then nor is our clothing.
Be wary of women who “borrow” the cashmere scarves. They are soft and sumptuous – the scarves, possibly the women too, and probably will never be returned.

Double breasted velvet dinner jacket with moire lapels          £1075.00
Velvet and patent leather loafers to order from                         £  425.00
Marcella fly fronted dinner shirt                                                    £  205.00
Satin self-tie bow tie                                                                       £    55.00    
Onyx and sterling silver segmented cufflinks                            £  335.00
Gun metal skull and crossbones cufflinks                                  £  145.00
Calf suede bound cashmere scarves                                         £  175.00