Facts & Stories

A Brief History of Tweed

Tweed emerged among the small farmers and land labourers of the damp climate of Scotland and Ireland sometime in ages now lost in mist; but surely many centuries before the English aristocracy even...

The Sports Jacket and the Origins of the Modern Suit

It is not surprising that the perhaps most English of all inventions, the modern suit, derives its descent from the equally English fields of hunting and shooting. The development of the sports jac...

The Hacking Jacket

The hacking jacket evolved from the riding coats worn since the eighteenth century by country folk, and which caught the attention of the country-loving English aristocracy. Its particular features...

The Blazing Blazer

Firmly placed in the centre of the ever growing field of smart casual stands the blazer, and the popularity of this individual jacket seems to be eternal. Not too formal, not too casual, hardly eve...