Jonathan Quearney

Another week, another magazine article! This time, we have had a mention in Prinz magazine. Prinz is the German equivalent of Time Out and they interviewed Paul Smith (of Maximo Park fame rather than the fashion designer) on his style and wardrobe. We have made Paul a variety of things – including this check suit below:

But in the article (which I am sure you don’t need me to translate...), he says that his favourite was a baby blue suit we made for him which he also wears on stage:

It’s always fun to make clothes for customers with special requests and this was no exception!

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After our mention in the Telegraph, we also featured in last weekend’s Saturday Times Style special. Ed Smithis a customer of ours and was inspired to do a story on tailoring and it is well worth a read. As you can no longer access the Times online without paying a subscription, we have put it up on our sight to see what you all think!

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It mostly focuses on our re-modelling work, but the blue suit in the first picture is also one of ours.

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Just had to post a picture of this lovely grey flannel three piece we made for a New York customer.

We have paired it with one of our own white shirts and red ties. We are finding that the classic day collar is becoming popular, rather than a cutaway, and the nice small knot on the tie works really well with this collar.

The cloth itself is an 11oz, mid-grey, extra-fine merino flannel from the Smith Woollens ‘Luxury Flannels’ bunch. As you can see from the picture it is made-up of many different contrasting greys, which gives it a lot of activity and texture. These very traditional cloths are enjoying a resurgence, as people do not see them as old-fashioned but timeless. The number of greys and the construction of the cloth shows how much thought has gone into what looks like a relatively simple cloth - and this is the mark of a top quality British cloth.

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Thank you to some of our eagle-eyed customers who have got in touch after seeing Jonathan’s picture in the Daily Telegraph's Men’s Style Special last weekend. For those of you who missed out, the picture is still available on their website but so you don’t have to scroll through the slideshow, here it is as well:

With fashion and styling by Clare Richardson and photography by Neil Gavin, Jonathan is wearing a blue worsted flannel 3 piece suit. We have found that more men are moving towards a true blue suit, rather than navy or midnight, and this one of Jonathan's is woven with five different blue yarns to create a really intense deep blue. We particularly recommend the H Lesser and Caccioppoli blue flannels.

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