Suitsupply winter 14 collection – favourite items Suitsupply and their new collection strikes again. It was late August when it was announced and the pre-order become available. However, who cares about outerwear and knitwear in the end of August? When it finally is September and the weather starts to be wet again one can start looking for warmer clothes and …
Pale green summer tie
Pale green summer tie During summer you will often find yourself in a situation when you do not really feel like wearing the same navy or similar dark colour jacket. Instead you would prefer something lighter like cream, white, pale blue or maybe even seersucker striped jacket. It is important to match the colours carefully then. Mysle sobie, ze w …
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Graham Browne Bespoke Suit
Graham Browne Bespoke Suit Suit Tailor: Graham Browne Bespoke Tailor, 12 Well Court (off Bow Lane) London, EC4M 9DW Details of the suit: double breasted, half-lined, buttons 6×2, double side vents, lapel 11cm and slightly curved and ‘full’, not that sharp, side pockets with flaps (I wear them hidden inside the pocket). The jacket is cut to fit quite tight both in …
Summer chambray shirt
Summer chambray shirt Summer in London is up and running at full throttle. Can’t remember week with temperatures lower than 27 degrees. All this means is that the summer fabrics are totally appropriate, even in the office wear unless you are having an important meeting with client. Lato w Londynie w tym roku nie zaluje slonca i jest jednym z …
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Foster and Son bespoke shoes #5 – finished shoe
Foster and Son bespoke shoes #5 – finished shoe Worry not! It turns out not to be the last post of the Foster and Son bespoke shoes series. Couldn’t resist and visited Andrew Murphy and Foster’s store today again. It was very nice to see Andrew again but also to note that the sale is up and running. This year …
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Foster and Son bespoke shoes #4 – finished shoe
Foster and Son bespoke shoes #4 – finished shoe This unfortunately is the last post from the Foster and Son series. The previous three posts can be found here #1, here #2 and here #3. They cover almost the entire process of hand made bespoke shoemaking. Finally, please find below some of the bespoke shoes that I managed to take …
Suitsupply double breasted jacket
Suitsupply double breasted jacket Details of todays outfit: Jacket – Double breasted jacket by Suitsupply Trousers – Made to measure trousers by Luxire custom tailoring; Khaki heavy twill fabric Shirt – blue gingham shirt with a spread collar Tie – silk olive tie with small white dots by Suitsupply Pocket square – silk square by Shibumi Berlin Shoes – semi …
Foster and Son bespoke shoes #3 – pattern making, clicking and brogueing.
Foster and son bespoke shoes #3 – pattern making, clicking and broguing 1. Pattern making The next step, after taking measurements and preparing the last (see my previous post), is the pattern making. Emma, Fosters specialist, starts with placing the last on a piece of paper and drawing the center line of the last. Everytime similar operation takes place, Emma always …
Jan Kielman bespoke shoemakers – Conversation with Maciej Kielman
Jan Kielman – bespoke shoe and boot maker from Warsaw The workshop is run today by third and fourth generation of descendants of the founder Jan Kielman. Established in 1883 it’s heyday was in the ’20s and ’30s when the movers from across the Europe (including young Charles de Gaulle) were clients. many Poles supplied themselves with beautiful shoes as …
Luxire shirt review – green striped casual shirt
Luxire – green striped casual shirt review. I have been very excited for the last week or so because of my planned delivery of the shipment from Luxire – online mtm shirt and trousers tailoring brand. There are many clothes I got from them, mainly shirts. I believe most of them actually is from Luxire. Ostatni tydzien byl dosc ekscytujacy bo …