Jackets
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The Teddy - Winter 08
In the 1950s, in the days of bespoke suiting, the Teddies commissioned their suits with velvet trim, exotic fabrics and, often, subversive details. Pat a Teddy down and you wouldn’t find the hidden pocket; try...£494.00
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The Mod - Winter 08
The Mods and the Rockers rivalry and rebellion shook the country. The Mods with Italian suits and tuned-up scooters, the Rockers with leathers and British motorbikes. Crediting this heredity the Mod jacket is made in...£535.00
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The Rocker - Winter 08
The Mods and the Rockers rivalry and rebellion shook the country. The Mods with Italian suits and tuned-up scooters, the Rockers with leathers and British motorbikes. Crediting this heredity the Rocker jacket zips up like...£543.00
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The Peanut - Winter 08
In the late 1960s the Mods schismed. The short haired, hard Mods, known as Peanuts, later split again into Skinheads and Punks. These working class boys wore their hair short because it was more practical...£378.00
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The Sidney - Winter 08
In 1979 Sid Vicious misappropriated Paul Anka and Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’. He famously sang it to an exhilarated audience at the Olympia in Paris wearing an white tux and his ubiquitous padlock necklace. This...£435.00
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The Rudie - Winter 08
The term ‘Rudies’, originally used to describe juvenile delinquents in Jamaica, was adopted by the UK 2 Tone Ska revival in the 1970s. Music had been a binding force between black and white kids throughout...£535.00
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AK47
An AK47 rifle is embroidered over the shoulder in black, on black. The details – screws, ribs, metal transitions – are retained in the pattern of thread. More than just a technically challenging piece of...£520.00
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Armed
Playing with the act of dressing for battle, an embroidered pistol sits on the right hand pocket of the jacket and the word ARMED is emblazoned across the shoulder. The sharp suit: battle dress for...£444.00
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Brown & Pursed
A technically innovative seven colour flock handbag is printed over the shoulder and sits on the pocket. The purse represents the emancipation of men and the recapturing of masculinity in a feminine derivative industry. Brown...£444.00
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Burden
A blue blazer with removable denim inner jacket. The painted cross on the shoulder is only fully formed when the right hand is raised to the mouth. Thus, the burden of consumption: smoking, drinking, gluttony…...£480.00
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Button Holed
During the World War I conscription put into uniform some 6 million men in Britain alone. When it ended these men were demobbed back home with little more than the uniforms they stood in; but...£360.00
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Dury
“… I said I was sorry, I slung my hook, With the Razzle in my pocket as the second prize…” – Razzle in My Pocket by Ian Dury & The Blockheads. Black Superfine 120 plain...£396.00
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John Holmes
A black pin-stripe jacket bears a tailor’s measuring tape. John Holmes was a 70s porn star of 14" credentials. Regardless of jacket size, the tape measures a diminutive 14 inches, shoulder to shoulder. The jacket...£444.00
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Mourning Suit
A single black rose on the lapel of an entirely black jacket. Permanent and close to the heart. Black Superfine 120 plain weave wool jacket. For trousers, order Trousers to Match. For waistcoat order Plain...£444.00
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Nut
The first example of this suit now sits in the Victoria & Albert museum, London. It was conceived by Tommy Nutter in the 1970s and made by Jo Morgan. Jo now cuts the Social Suicide...£480.00
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Pearly Queen
A black jacket with an image of HRH on the rear created with over 400 different sized mother of pearl buttons. The original piece was made to shown to her majesty at Buckingham Palace in...£1,008.00
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Scout
A great evening jacket with good morning aspirations. Boyhood achievements turn to adult credentials: salary and size, age and astrology, sex and sexuality. Supplied with the former stitched on and the latter in a pouch...£444.00
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Sentimental Fool
The act of giving flowers is only as sincere as the sentiment behind it – congratulations, condolences, thanks, apologies. Here the flowers have the integrity and permanence of embroidery. Embroidery that takes over 5 hours...£480.00
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Shark
Unquestionably the world’s most effective and revered predator. Sleek, powerful, finely tuned, single minded and perfectly adapted: the sharp suited man. A plain grey three piece suit with shark gills tailored into the chest. The...£480.00
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Tailor's Dummy
Society says that men dress badly but this bit of misaligned tailoring disproves the rule. The jacket is carefully cut to be wrong, fitting perfectly the asymmetric buttons and front give it a charm and...£444.00