Winter in Cold Springs, Upstate NY
For our latest Autumn collection we travelled to Cold Springs, a small town on the banks of the Hudson, framed by the Highlands and watched over by the ruins of Bannerman Castle across the water.
Upstate New York in autumn carries a particular stillness. Wood smoke on the air, low light catching on the river, a slower pace than the city. The surrounding hills turn through deep russets and burnt reds, plum-dark maples and stands of cream and gold, set against grey water and fading pine. It's a landscape that feels worn in rather than styled.
The collection takes its cue from this. Greatcoats in rich melton wool, brushed and dependable to the touch. Unlined, softly tailored jackets in earthy brown gun club check, alongside cashmere jackets in deep plum. Safari jackets in oatmeal, and cashmere tweed in tonal Russell check. Trousers follow in fawn and grey flannel, shirts in navy, dark brown and sky. Knitwear rounds things out in Donegal wool, mottled and flecked, muted but for flashes of red that echo the season.
A wardrobe for the cold months. Understated, dependable, made to be worn.
The Russell Check
A jacket belonging to autumn as much as the navy blazer belongs to summer. We wanted to create that jacket properly, in a cloth with the weight to earn its keep on cold mornings.
Russell Checks are traditionally bright and unforgiving, shouting and not whispering. We wanted to create a check pattern more in keeping with our muted and tonal style. Creating a unique fabric, soft to touch, yet tweed like to the eye, showcasing a neutral palette. Easy to wear, pair and hopefully pass down.
Stars & Stripes
Stripes are back and every man needs one suit he can wear to almost anything, and for us that is a navy pinstripe flannel. We chose this cloth because it solves a problem rather than makes a statement: interviews, client meetings, weddings, the suit that has to do it all and never let you down.
Cut in our house block with a soft, warm handle for the colder months, this is the suit we would recommend first if a customer told us they could only own one.
A Coat That is Great
There's a particular kind of confidence that comes from stepping into a foul winters morning already dressed for it. We didn't make this coat for the studio shot; we made it for the walk from the front door to the station, the wait on the platform, the long dark evenings that ask more of what you wear.
A greatcoat has always carried something beyond warmth: it's armour with intention, the kind of garment that lets you hold your shoulders back and your collar up while everyone else is hunched against the weather. We wanted a coat that didn't flinch, one built to be worn hard, year after year, until it stops feeling like clothing and starts feeling like a habit, the thing you reach for without thinking, because you trust it to simply do its job, and to do it with some dignity.
London Calling
Red is not a colour we use often, and that is precisely why we made this one. Most of what we build is designed to sit quietly in a wardrobe; This was made for the opposite reason, for the evening you want to be noticed without putting on a jacket to do it.
We called it London Red because it needed the confidence of the city behind it, somewhere that can carry a colour like this without it feeling like a costume. This is the cardigan for the person who already has the neutrals sorted and wants one piece in the rotation that does some of the talking for them.
Denim, Not Just for Trousers
We wanted a suit that looked like nothing else in a man's wardrobe, something that could sit next to his denim jacket in spirit while still being unmistakably tailoring.
The cotton mohair mix gave us that: a cloth with the durability and colour and texture of denim but the crisp quality of a proper suiting. It is for the customer who wants to dress sharp without dressing formally, a suit for a dinner as easily as a gallery opening, built to be worn hard and to only get better with age.