On July 2, Chanel announced the acquisition of famous shirt manufacturer Charvet. Despite Channel’s assurances that it was not planning to expand the company or change production, many expressed apprehension over the acquisition. Here columnist RJ De Mans is giving his views. By RJ De Mans.* Chanel recently acquired a shirt manufacturing company charvette This
I was pleasantly surprised by the response to this our madras shirt last year. Although there was a good craft story hand knittingI was a little afraid that the bolder checks and colors would put people off. However, the first batch sold out within a week, and we rushed to buy a second batch by
This is the second article on my washable custom cotton jacket pictured above, made by Whitcomb & Shaftesbury. For information on why a washable jacket is unusual, and how it has been worn and washed so far, see that article. Today’s article is a review of the jacket itself, excluding washability. A tailored cotton jacket
This particular jacket from Whitcomb & Shaftesbury is machine washable. This is very rare – why? First, most good tailored jackets are made with canvas in the chest and melton below the collar, both of which do not react well to machine washing (even at cold temperatures). They become deformed and may shrink. Second, jacket
Summer is a bit slow, with most people planning or already on vacations. Nevertheless, it will be a busy few months at the Permanent Style showroom this year, with six brands arriving between July and September. It’s an exciting thing too, because we have Stoffa coming back to the UK for the first time in
last week, I wrote about it Why Stofa My favorite designer brand. They are designer to the extent that they create less-classic apparel, and are based on design (especially clothes). Yet they still have many of the characteristics we value in enduring style, such as quality, craft and authenticity. That was an opinion piece. Today