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David Nelken founded Globe-Trotter in Saxony, Germany, in 1897, using a material that was revolutionary for its time: vulcanised fibreboard, a compressed paper product treated with heat and pressure to create a lightweight yet remarkably durable material.
2025-10-11
The word tweed is widely believed to be a misreading.
2025-10-10
In 1965, Seiko introduced the 6217-8000, its first purpose-built diver's watch, rated to 150 metres.
2025-10-07
Frank Smythson opened his stationery shop at 133 New Bond Street, London, in 1887, positioning himself at the epicentre of British luxury retail.
2025-10-03
The white sneaker's ascent from gymnasium floor to fashion runway is one of menswear's most improbable stories.
2025-10-02
The beret's origins lie in the Basque Country, the mountainous region straddling the border of France and Spain, where shepherds have worn flat, round, brimless caps made from felted wool for centuries.
2025-09-29
Edward Green was founded in Northampton in 1890 with a stated ambition to produce England's finest shoes.
2025-09-23
In 1952, Breitling introduced the Navitimer with a circular slide rule bezel performing calculations essential to aerial navigation: fuel consumption, airspeed conversion, distance-time computations.
2025-09-14
Rolex introduced the Submariner in 1953.
2025-09-12
For most of sartorial history, trousers were held by suspenders.
2025-09-11
Before 1914, the wristwatch was a novelty for women or a gimmick for polo players.
2025-09-06
In 1972, AP's managing director needed something radical as the quartz crisis devastated mechanical watch sales.
2025-09-04
In 1894, John Barbour opened a shop in South Shields selling oilskin jackets to fishermen who needed protection from the North Sea.
2025-08-30
When First World War pilots climbed into open-cockpit biplanes at altitudes where temperatures plunged below minus thirty, survival depended on clothing.
2025-08-27
John Crombie established his woollen mill in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1805, producing cloth of such consistent quality that the family name became a generic term for overcoats in British English — much as Hoover became synonymous with vacuum cleaners.
2025-08-23
Michael Drake founded Drake's in 1977 in London's East End, at a time when British neckwear manufacturing was retreating to factory production and the handmade tie was becoming a relic of pre-industrial craft.
2025-08-20
While Switzerland dominates the luxury watch industry, one German manufacture stands apart as the equal of any Geneva or Vallée de Joux competitor: A.
2025-08-11
The blazer's most colourful origin story traces to HMS Blazer, a Royal Navy vessel whose captain, allegedly dismayed by his crew's ragged appearance before an 1837 inspection by Queen Victoria, outfitted them in double-breasted navy blue jackets with brass buttons.
2025-08-06
Edward, Duke of Windsor — formerly King Edward VIII before his 1936 abdication — was the most photographed man of his era and arguably the most influential male dresser of the twentieth century.
2025-08-06
Louis Cartier designed the Tank watch in 1917 after observing Renault FT tanks on the Western Front.
2025-08-04