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The blazer is most commonly traced to HMS Blazer, whose captain outfitted his crew in distinctive double-breasted navy jackets with brass buttons to impress Queen Victoria during an 1837 review.
Daniel Hurst · 2026-07-13
The late 1960s witnessed horology's great race: three groups worked to produce the first automatic chronograph.
Thomas Nakamura · 2026-07-13
The Ascot tie takes its name from Royal Ascot, the annual horse-racing event founded by Queen Anne in 1711 at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire.
Catherine Avery · 2026-07-12
The Loro Piana family has traded in textiles since the early nineteenth century in Trivero, in the Piedmontese Alps.
Oliver Ramsey · 2026-07-12
The safari jacket emerged in the late nineteenth century as a practical garment for European hunters and colonial administrators in East Africa.
Oliver Ramsey · 2026-07-12
In 1931, British Army officers in India faced a peculiar problem: wristwatches could not survive polo impacts.
Thomas Nakamura · 2026-07-12
The bow tie descends from the cravat Croatian soldiers introduced to French fashion.
Catherine Avery · 2026-07-12
Thomas Church founded the firm in Northampton in 1873 with sons Alfred, William, and Thomas Junior.
James Alderton · 2026-07-12
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The Nehru jacket takes its name from Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, who wore a mandarin-collared achkan as his signature.
Thomas Nakamura · 2026-07-12
Vacheron Constantin, founded in Geneva in 1755, is the oldest continuously operating watch manufacture.
James Alderton · 2026-07-12
For most of sartorial history, trousers were held by suspenders.
William Ashford · 2026-07-12
In 1823, Charles Macintosh, a Glasgow chemist, patented bonding two fabric layers with India rubber dissolved in coal-tar naphtha.
Catherine Avery · 2026-07-12
Rolex introduced the Submariner in 1953.
William Ashford · 2026-07-12
In 1932, Patek Philippe was struggling through the Depression and needed a product to reassert relevance.
Catherine Avery · 2026-07-11
The peacoat's name likely derives from the Dutch pijjekker, a coarse pilot cloth jacket worn by Dutch sailors.
Marcus Wei · 2026-07-11
The necktie's origin is military.
Catherine Avery · 2026-07-11
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Alfred Dunhill inherited his father's saddlery in 1893 and pivoted toward motoring equipment: goggles, leather coats, picnic sets.
Daniel Hurst · 2026-07-11
King Charles II introduced the waistcoat on October 15, 1666, appearing at court in a long sleeved vest to establish soberer dress following the Great Plague.
Thomas Nakamura · 2026-07-11
In 1972, AP's managing director needed something radical as the quartz crisis devastated mechanical watch sales.
William Ashford · 2026-07-11
The varsity jacket traces to 1865, when Harvard's baseball team began awarding a letter H sewn onto grey flannel sweaters.
Daniel Hurst · 2026-07-11