Journal

Foul Is Fair

Foul Is Fair

There is a knack to making clothes that are timeless yet novel. To resist the temptation to simply recreate that which has gone before, and...
Chapters: London Store Opening.

Chapters: London Store Opening.

Age creeps up on me, days just keep escaping unnoticed and chapters fly by, and before I have a chance to realise, decades go past...
The Death of the Tie

The Death of the Tie

Written by Ethan Newton    When John F Kennedy presented himself, hatless and sack suited, for his inauguration in 1961, a nation of fedora wearing men...
Gravitas

Gravitas

Written by Ethan Newton  It is no secret that I have proportions on the heavier side of the norm, and certainly a lot heavier than the...
Fit, Visual Weight and Occasion

Fit, Visual Weight and Occasion

Written by Ethan Newton    The history of menswear has given us a rule book that borders on the canonical in it’s strict adherence to historical...
De-mystifying the wardrobe

De-mystifying the wardrobe

Written by Ethan Newton    Our view of ourselves is a complicated thing, and a complex issue with far reaching repercussions on our lives. For as...
Rules vs. Expression

Rules vs. Expression

Written by Ethan Newton    On this point I must play devil’s advocate, and I offer in my defense that I have been daily assaulted by...
In praise of craft and craftsmen

In praise of craft and craftsmen

Written by Ethan Newton  There is a discernible thread that runs through, or rather ties together, various endeavours and endeavourers in this world we inhabit, the...
The beauty in effort

The beauty in effort

Written by Ethan Newton    A little skill, with perseverance, can make the most humble of things better, and truly great things in to art. It...
Sweater Washing Tutorial

Sweater Washing Tutorial

Written by Cassandra Harada  I have spent most of my life working in wool fresh off the sheep, so I feel completely sure in laundering my garments,...
In praise of hardy cloth

In praise of hardy cloth

Written by Ethan Newton    I have always found some romance in the hardy utilitarian aspect of clothing, be it a pair of denims, a horsehide...
Salvatore Ambrosi - Pantalonaio

Salvatore Ambrosi - Pantalonaio

Written by Ethan Newton    When I first decided to work with Salvatore, many people warned me against him, citing his brash manner and quick temper...
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