Baltzar – Fine Menswear Since 1906

Tweed began as the rugged cloth of Scottish crofters, became the uniform of Victorian Highland estates, and is now a menswear favorite. Discover how it’s made, what sets Harris Tweed and its Orb mark apart, and why this centuries-old fabric is back in fashion.

There is a moment each year, usually in late September, when the light turns lower and more golden, and a man’s wardrobe seems to ask for something different. The crisp whites and pale blues of summer lose their appeal. What the season calls for is depth, warmth and texture, and above all a palette borrowed from the landscape itself: the rust of fallen beech leaves, the ochre of stubble fields, the deep green of moss and the brown of turned soil.

Walk into almost any office in North America or Western Europe today and you'll see a sea of open collars. Tech founders wear hoodies to shareholder meetings. Even black-shoe law firms and investment banks, once the last redoubts of formal dress, have loosened up. By most measures, the necktie should be dead. And yet it isn't.

Once nicknamed “poor man’s velvet,” cotton corduroy has traveled from the mills of Manchester to the racks of today’s best menswear labels. Discover how this ridged fabric is made, how it moved from workwear to campus classic, and why it’s enjoying a quiet comeback.

Macclesfield was once the world’s largest producer of finished silk. Today, Adamley Textiles keeps that heritage alive from a valley in Langley. Join us on a visit to one of Britain’s last hand screen printers, and see how block, screen and digital printing bring colour to silk.

Portuguese Flannel is a contemporary menswear brand renowned for its craftsmanship, authenticity, and understated style. Founded by brothers António and Manuel Magalhães, the brand draws on generations of family heritage in the textile industry of northern Portugal.

Walk through the doors of Crockett & Jones in Northampton, where English shoes have been made since 1879. Follow a pair from the clicking room to the welting machines, learn why Goodyear welting lets a shoe be resoled for years, meet the bestsellers and newer styles, and see what keeps Northampton's shoemaking tradition alive today.

Jamieson's of Shetland is a fifth-generation family knitwear business with roots stretching back to the 1890s on Scotland's remote Shetland Islands. Renowned for pioneering 100% pure Shetland wool yarn and for its authentic all-over Fair Isle patterns, the brand also produces the iconic "shaggy dog" sweater — a brushed, softly textured jumper beloved by Ivy League style since the mid-20th century.

The "Shaggy Dog" is a brushed Shetland wool crewneck that takes its name from its soft, fluffy texture. Originating in Shetland's centuries-old knitting tradition, it was perfected by mills like Jamieson's, which has spun, dyed, and knitted the wool itself for five generations. The sweater rose to prominence through 1950s American Ivy League style, worn over oxford shirts and under tweed jackets.

Founded in 2006 by designer Fabio Peroni, Montecore is an Italian luxury outerwear brand renowned for fusing classic tailoring with technical performance. Using premium materials like high-tech wool, cashmere, silk, and water-repellent fabrics, Montecore creates sophisticated jackets, padded coats, and gilets built for the modern, mobile lifestyle.

The shawl collar cardigan is one of menswear's oldest ideas enjoying one of its biggest moments. Named in part after the 7th Earl of Cardigan and finished with a rolled, unnotched collar borrowed from Victorian smoking jackets, this knitwear staple has moved from golf courses and Ivy League campuses into everyday rotation.

East Harbour Surplus is an Italian menswear brand founded in Florence in 2008 by Korean designer Han Taemin and Italian production specialist Fabrizio Vanni. It reinterprets 1950s–60s military surplus and workwear silhouettes