New York: A menswear shopping guide

May 27th 2024

  New York is a strange town for menswear. It doesn’t have the same traditional shops as Europe and bespoke is substantially undermined by visitors from Savile Row. If there is a tradition, it’s for value and department stores: l...

New York: A menswear shopping guide

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Yes, Kamakura closed both NYC shops. One can still purchase online, though the high level of Japanese personal service is missing....

May 27th 2024

A vintage shopping day in New York

May 3rd 2024

Recently myself, photographer Alex Natt and Carl and Oliver from Rubato (above) spent a day vintage shopping in New York. It was a lot of fun, and also I think interesting for those that are fairly new to vintage, or can find the process frustrating...

A vintage shopping day in New York

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Absolutely. Hopefully going back next week when I'm in NY for our book event at The Armoury...

May 3rd 2024

The London pop-up, Autumn 2023

October 2nd 2023

We are, for better or worse, an itinerant retailer. The London PS pop-up is about to enter its 10th iteration, just after holding a second one in New York, but the format and location are changing. This time we're back to just us, just PS products, ...

The London pop-up, Autumn 2023

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Hey Andy, I wonder whether your friend's has darkened a little with time. There will be slight differences between batches, but only very slight. When we were trying on the donegals this year on people in the shop, they ...

October 2nd 2023

Crowley Vintage: Shopping a look

November 18th 2022

Crowley Vintage is a vintage shop in Brooklyn, New York with a more particular angle than most. We’ve talked in the past about different types of vintage - those that focus on older or newer, on rarity or thrift - but there are few that focus...

Crowley Vintage: Shopping a look

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I didn't, sorry Fabrizio...

November 18th 2022

Behind the scenes: The design work at Ralph Lauren

June 23rd 2021

I don’t think consumers value design that much any more. They concentrate on price and (more justifiable) quality, but design often gets swamped by hype. What is fashionable rather than what’s well-designed. A large part of the reason is...

Behind the scenes: The design work at Ralph Lauren

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Well done......

June 23rd 2021