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Seersucker, a fabric of alternating puckered and flat stripes created by varying tension in the weaving process, arrived in the American South from its origins in British India, where the Persian words shir o shakar, meaning milk and sugar, described its characteristic textured surface.
Daniel Hurst · 2025-10-03
Frank Smythson opened his stationery shop at 133 New Bond Street, London, in 1887, positioning himself at the epicentre of British luxury retail.
William Ashford · 2025-10-03
The white sneaker's ascent from gymnasium floor to fashion runway is one of menswear's most improbable stories.
William Ashford · 2025-10-02
When Jean-Claude Biver took the helm of Hublot in 2004, the brand was a modest Swiss outfit best known for its 1980 Classic Fusion, the first luxury watch to combine gold with a rubber strap.
Daniel Hurst · 2025-10-02
The driving watch emerged in the 1960s as motorsport transformed from a gentlemanly pastime into a global spectacle.
Sebastian Cole · 2025-10-01
The Crombie coat takes its name from J.
Thomas Nakamura · 2025-10-01
Humanity's battle against rain is as old as clothing itself.
Thomas Nakamura · 2025-09-30
Turnbull & Asser was founded in 1885 by Reginald Turnbull and Ernest Asser at 71-72 Jermyn Street, London, where the firm remains today.
Thomas Nakamura · 2025-09-30
On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh departed Roosevelt Field on Long Island in the Spirit of St.
Marcus Wei · 2025-09-29
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.
William Ashford · 2025-09-29
Brooks Brothers was founded in 1818 by Henry Sands Brooks on the corner of Cherry and Catherine Streets in lower Manhattan, making it the oldest clothier in continuous operation in the United States.
Catherine Avery · 2025-09-28
The Gurkha trouser takes its name from the Gurkha regiments of the British Army, Nepalese soldiers renowned for their courage and their distinctive uniforms.
James Alderton · 2025-09-28
The Chesterfield coat takes its name from a nineteenth-century Earl of Chesterfield, though precisely which earl is debated.
Catherine Avery · 2025-09-27
In 1904, Louis Cartier's friend Alberto Santos-Dumont, the Brazilian aviation pioneer, complained that checking a pocket watch while piloting his experimental aircraft was impossible.
Oliver Ramsey · 2025-09-27
Tudor was founded by Hans Wilsdorf in 1946 as a more accessible alternative to Rolex.
Catherine Avery · 2025-09-26
John Lobb, a Cornish farmer's son who walked to London in the 1850s, established himself as a bootmaker of extraordinary skill.
Oliver Ramsey · 2025-09-26
Ascot Chang was founded in Hong Kong in 1953 by Chang Chen-Ming, a Shanghai tailor who had relocated to the British colony during the Chinese Civil War.
Sebastian Cole · 2025-09-25
In the early decades of the automobile, driving was an act of genuine physical engagement with machinery.
Catherine Avery · 2025-09-25
The Norfolk jacket emerged in the 1860s on the estates of the Duke of Norfolk in the English county of the same name.
James Alderton · 2025-09-24
When the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989, Walter Lange, the great-grandson of Ferdinand Adolph Lange who had founded the original A.
Daniel Hurst · 2025-09-24