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Introducing Levi’s Made & Crafted



“Details make the design. Our buttondown buttons, like the 1920’s Levi’s® Sunset shirts they were inspired by, are hidden. It’s more difficult, more time consuming, and more beautiful that way.”

Ah, Levi’s is speaking my language with its Made & Crafted line, a range of beautifully (more…)



On my radar: Hartford



Ex Hermes shirtmaker Yves Chareton also cuts a mean blazer and chino. Mashing up American and European preppie influences (Liberty print + chino = palpitations), the result is Hartford, a casual line whose womenswear has just the right balance of boyish and pretty that appeals to so many right now (i.e. me). (more…)



Designers on the verge of a nervous breakdown



On the same day that Channel 4 screened its documentary ‘McQueen & I’, a window into the relationship between Isabella Blow and Alexander McQueen and a commentary on the pressures of influential fashion designers, news   (more…)