The Story Behind the Burberry Trench Coat
Thomas Burberry was twenty-one years old in 1856 when he opened a small draper's shop in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Catherine Avery · 2025-07-25
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Why the Rolex Submariner Became an Icon
The Rolex Submariner, reference 6204, debuted at the Basel Watch Fair in 1953 as a professional diving instrument rated to one hundred metres.
Catherine Avery · 2025-07-25
The Origins of Savile Row and Why It Still Matters
Savile Row, a quiet street running between Burlington Gardens and Conduit Street in London's Mayfair, has been the global epicentre of bespoke tailoring since the early nineteenth century.
Marcus Wei · 2025-07-24
How Brooks Brothers Defined American Style
When Henry Sands Brooks opened his clothing emporium at the corner of Catherine and Cherry Streets in lower Manhattan in 1818, he could not have imagined that his family name would become synonymous with American dress for the next two centuries.
Sebastian Cole · 2025-07-24
The Complete History of the Oxford Shoe
The Oxford shoe — that clean-fronted, closed-lacing cornerstone of the male wardrobe — traces its lineage not to Oxford University's dreaming spires but to a specific rebellion against the cumbersome Oxonian half-boots that students wore in the early nineteenth century.
Marcus Wei · 2025-07-23
The Evolution of the Wristwatch from Trench to Luxury
Before the First World War, real men carried pocket watches and wristwatches were dismissed as women's jewellery.
Thomas Nakamura · 2025-07-23