The journal
Guides to the world’s finest fabrics.
Short, practical notes on menswear fabrics — written to answer the questions tailors and their clients actually ask.
- Choosing Fabric
With trousers, the fabric is half the game. These are the six we keep coming back to.
- Choosing Fabric
- Black Tie
With an ivory jacket the fabric makes the jacket. Here is the one we would use.
- High Twist
- A Fabric Note
Crisp, breathable, and back in shape on the hanger. Three we recommend from VBC and Cerruti.
- Choosing Fabric
There is a lot to choose from with jacketing. These are the collections worth exploring.
- Piacenza
- A Fabric Note
Cashmere, silk and linen at just 180g. Soft and light enough to wear all year round.
- Choosing Fabric
Higher silk content than most collections, and in our view better than some far more famous names.
- Opinion
Linings, pockets, lapels. Most of it is secondary to getting the fabric right.
- Choosing Fabric
The Super number only tells you about the fibre. Two Super 110's can feel completely different.
- Choosing Fabric
Two collections we would recommend for a first suit, and why they are worth the money.
- Choosing Fabric
There are endless brands and collections. Start with three names and it gets much simpler.
- VBC
- A Fabric Note
A strong, hard-wearing fabric with a rustic look. This is one that gets noticed.
- VBC
- A Fabric Note
It is 420g, but the open weave means it does not wear like it. A favourite for suits and trousers.
- Albini & Thomas Mason
- Shirting
Two houses that make nothing but shirting. Thomas Mason since 1796, Albini since 1876.
- Choosing Fabric
If you do not recognise the name on the label, these are three questions worth asking.
- Spence Bryson
- Irish Linen
Irish linen has more body than Italian linen. That is what gives it the drape.
- Piacenza
- Noble Fibres
100% baby camel hair, with a creamy undertone you will not find in wool.
- About Us
We talk a lot about fabric on here, so it is probably time we introduced ourselves.
- VBC
- Black Tie
Not all blacks are the same. Here are seven from VBC and what each one is good for.