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A plethora of brightly
coloured, characterful
birds - hoopoe, peacock,
bluethroat, woodpecker,
various titmice and a
godwit strut their stuff
on this arresting shirt
rendered in delicate
washes of translucent
pigment with a wonderful
freedom combined with
accuracy and observation.
'Jagger' single button
cuff.
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£55.00
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A design inspired by
natural abundance and the
beauty of butterflies.
Stylised, monochromatic
swallowtails and monarchs
in various sizes are
rendered in faded brown
tones against a mottled
or textured blue ground.
The slight natural
dissonance of blue and
brown comes into play and
the overall effect is of
rhythm and fluttering
movement. Single button
cuff, classic collar
shirt in superior quality
pure cotton with a
tailored, comfortable
fit
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£55.00
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This is a beautiful shirt
made from a lightly
brushed, superior cotton
with a slightly more open
weave. Very soft and
tactile. It is printed
with a variety of small
birds of garden, heath,
woodland and tundra.
Pheasant, nuthatch,
redstart, house finch,
snow bunting and some
others, on an off-white
ground. The bright birds
are nicely spaced to give
a calm, gentle effect.
This is one of my Crystal
Maze shirts, worn by the
presenter of the show -
the wonderful Richard
Ayoade. Jagger single
button cuff.
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£140.00
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Carrying on with this
season's theme of
monochromatic elements on
a sky blue ground we have
a rather nicely drawn
dalmation amongst
regularly spaced carmine
dots, on sky. Rather
playful but eminently
practical and versatile.
The doggy is shown in
typical hound stance and
the whole effect is
lighthearted, but smart
and contained. 'Jagger'
single button cuff.
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£130.00
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A man is, bravely,
walking 16 dogs in the
rain. Let's hope they
don't all spot a cat!
Really an opportunity to
have a bit a of a
creative play with a
loosely radiating linear
idea, placement and
position. The figure,
holding an umbrella, is
shown standing and
walking - a strong
vertical. The various
dogs - scottie,
doberman, bull terrier,
dalmation, collie and so
on are shown frontally,
three quarters view or
side-on, sitting or
standing and the whole
scene is rather gentle
and peaceful. The line
drawing and tinting, in
a restrained but radiant
palette, have a certain
charm and naturalism and
the design is printed on
a light sky blue superior
cotton chambray,
luxuriously soft and
fine. 'Jagger' single
button cuff, lined cuff,
collar and plaquet.
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£140.00
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A beautiful design
produced for Richard
Ayoade, presenter of The
Crystal Maze television
show. It is taken from
exquisitely detailed,
delicately coloured
illustrations of various
exotic dragonflies. Their
jewel-like tints,
striking markings and
intricate structures are
faithfully reproduced
with the species, genus,
classification and such
written in a careful hand
beside. Most are pictured
in flight, with one
alighting on honeysuckle.
It is printed on a
natural, slightly
off-white ground. Pure
cotton 'Jagger' single
button cuff.
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£130.00
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This design continues an
ongoing fascination with
the decorative power of
dragonflies. Various
species are shown here,
juxtaposed, from the
largest to the
diminutive, delicate
damselflies. Very
naturalistically rendered
with a particular joy
taken in the saturated
jewel-like colours: vivid
reds, earthy brown,
cobalt, indigo, jade
green and emerald, deep
purple, mint and
Venetian pink. A
brilliant celebration of
the elegance, complexity
and beauty of
dragonflies. With a
single button cuff,
classic, collar and
intelligent, tailored
regular fit
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£55.00
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A rather beautifully,
and exactingly drawn
dragonfly covers a sky
blue surface. Though
dramatic in arrangement
and execution this design
produces a rather calm,
quiet effect. One is
reminded of the hum, or
purr of dragonfly wings
as the magical creatures
dart and hover above
tranquil meads.
Monochromatic, or near
monochromatic forms on
sky are a theme for this
season. 'Jagger' single
button cuff.
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£115.00
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Another design inspired
by the natural world,
chosen by Richard Ayoade
to be worn on his show
The Crystal Maze. This
one features many
different kinds of
ladybird. Considerable
care has been taken to
paint these ladybirds as
naturalistically as
possible. A bright,
bold, animated design
with its jewel-like
madder reds, ochre
yellows and blacks, that
celebrates pattern in
nature and design. On a
neutral toned, pure
cotton ground, single
button 'Jagger' cuff.
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£130.00
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Monochrome design on a
natural uncoloured ground
featuring some
prehistoric creatures -
living ones, and
skeletal remains! The
shirt is another that
explores the theme of how
our fascination with the
natural world is recorded
in illustration. There is
something rather
intriguing about the
intent and care with
which drawings of nature
are observed, and
imagined, a sort of
contemplation or measured
inquiry into the
complexities of form.
'Jagger' single button
cuff.
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£130.00
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Some of our favourite
doggies are presented in
silhouette, drawn in
that rather elegant,
pointed way that was
characteristic of 1950s
cartoons. A celebration
of retro colours, with
their slight earthiness,
luminosity and high
saturation: mustard
yellow, cadmium orange,
bleu d'Angleterre, burnt
sienna, soft indigo.
Rather upbeat and stylish
for my Spring/Summer 2020
collection. With a single
button cuff, classic
collar and easy regular
fit with subtle tailoring
for a great
confidence-inspiring
wear
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£115.00
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A charming, restful
design known as "wildlife
print" though, in fact,
we have a beagle in there
and another kind of
hound; along with some
foxes and ducks, in
nicely inked, monochrome
Autumnal tones, all
getting along
marvellously in a marshy
environment with
bulrushes and other
slender reed and mead
flower forms having
flashes and splashes of
dusky colour. This is a
chambray, woven from a
white weft and a coloured
warp to give a gently
contrasting ground and
subtly textural context.
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£135.00
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From the entomologist's
studio to my latest
shirt, exploring the
busy but ordered,
symmetrical energy of
exotic bugs. A perfect
space to not only explore
the fascination of forms,
but the farther reaches
of colour - madder reds,
oxide greens, cinnamon,
phthalocyanin blue and
rose pink, with darker
hues interposing. There
is an ongoing
preoccupation with the
meticulousness and
devotion of these classic
zoological depictions,
that are highly
accomplished, yet modest
in their intent - simply
to record, as faithfully
as possible. One might
say that such things are
unconsciously beautiful.
'Jagger' single button
cuff.
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£130.00
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Another design from the
archive of Liberty of
London, which I am
always so overjoyed to
explore. Called Fête
this tableau presents
various characters,
drawn with an elegant,
sweeping hand,
exquisitely inked and
tinted. A maypole dance
is in progress attended
by a Scotsman in Highland
dress, a sailor, a
"dandy" and a bulldog for
good measure. Also shown
are a couple of
policemen, bearskin
hatted army drummers, a
Chelsea pensioner, a
scholar or student and a
Welsh woman in national
dress with characteristic
conical hat. A
quintessentially British
Victorian or Edwardian
gathering. A bright,
detailed, colourful
print with oodles of
charm.
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£140.00
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A fine denim shirt with
various birds -
hornbills, wrens,
lapwings, hoatzin and
what not, drawn in a
style that resembles
chalk on a blackboard. It
is lined at the collar,
plaquet and cuffs with a
similarly rendered
pattern of ferns. An easy
intriguing piece with
nice texture and
atmosphere. With a single
button cuff.
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£135.00
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Our four legged friends
are shown here in all
their endearing,
impressive and soulful
manifestations. A
monochromatic design in a
deep Prussian blue, with
nicely drawn dogs -
basset hound, pointer,
bloodhound and some
others, standing,
alert, ready to work or
play. Is your favourite
breed here? Single button
cuff shirt, pure cotton,
intelligent tailored
regular tailoring for a
trim, confident and
comfortable fit
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£130.00
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Moorland birds -
pheasants, grouse and a
ptarmigan or two strut
their stuff on this
Autumnal themed shirt.
Rich indigo tones,
browns, copper and greys
contrast nicely with the
subdued slightly blue
ground. A counterpoint to
the naturalism of the
illustration is provided
in the radical
arrangement with birds
shown inverted and at
angles. The pheasant is,
of course a decorative
device often seen in art
nouveau and art deco.
Single button cuff shirt,
pure cotton, classic
collar and easy,
tailored fit
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£130.00
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Some ducks, a heron a
and a godwit play in a
phantasmagorical
monochrome watery world
full of lily pads,
fronds and giant
hallucinated blooms. It's
positively Gothic! An
effective contrasting of
a colourless ground with
the rich browns and
ochres of the bird forms
somewhat happily lost in
their magical meads.
'Moore' (Roger) three
button cuff.
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£130.00
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Amazing fish print design
in which the paint of
rather beautifully
rendered watercolour fish
has been allowed to run
producing a clever watery
effect. On fine cotton to
capture all the nuance of
the piece with its very
delicate fades and
bleeds, as well as the
rich colours - intense
yellows, turquoise to
royal blues, oxide
greens cool greys and
earthy browns. Quite a
spellbinding thing. With
a single button cuff,
classic collar, tailored
regular fit which is
intended to give you the
confidence to buy on
collar size alone
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£130.00
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It really is bright! This
design explores a theme
of striated and spotted
feathers. An abundance of
graceful curved, and
curving forms in strong
and vivid tints. Burnt
oranges, phthalo blue,
translucent violets,
ochre yellows and more.
Artfully drawn and
coloured it is a
delightful, new season
piece. Single button cuff
in finest European
cotton, classic collar,
sensible slim fit with
two back darts and a
split back yoke.
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£140.00
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Another dive, literally,
into the fascinating
world of zoological
illustration where we
encounter many species of
rather nicely,
naturalistically painted
fish. The forms intrigue,
the subtleties of
colouration delight,
iridescent and muted by
turns. A celebration of
the natural world, and
that of the diligent
Victorian observer. In a
fine texture cotton for
superior definition of
printed elements. Single
button cuff, classic
collar, intelligent
tailored fit for an easy,
confidence-inspiring
wear
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£55.00
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Another Crystal Maze
shirt inspired by the
beauty and intrigue of
natural forms as recorded
in textbook illustrations
through the ages. In this
case birds' eggs,
gathered together to
highlight and contrast
the fascinating range of
hues, markings and sizes
to be found. From pale,
limpid greens and blues
to dark chocolate browns,
chestnut, oxide reds
and cool marble green.
Featureless or
bespeckled, collected
and arranged, as here,
they produce a
wonderfully confident,
striking design - perfect
for TV, but also for
your every day
collection! Pure cotton
'Jagger' single button
cuff.
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£55.00
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A design which leverages
the infectious charm of
traditional German
nutcracker dolls. Symbols
of safety and domestic
contentment, having the
ability to ward off evil
spirits but not to crack
nuts any more! These
smartly turned out
soldiers line up
correctly, as you would
expect, to give us an
intriguing repeat pattern
in deep red, pine green,
yellow gold and some
beautiful bright blues on
a quiet blue grey ground.
Single button cuff and
classic collar using our
intelligent tailoring
which guarantees the fit
according to the collar
size
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£115.00
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Dogs in jumpers. Any
questions? Fun,
lighthearted design with
some of our favourite
four-legged friends
wrapped up warm in doggy
pullovers. A high
quality, fine cotton
shirt to delight in and
enjoy for years to come.
Single button cuff,
classic collar, lined at
the collar, cuff and
plaquet in my intelligent
tailored construction for
an effortlessly
comfortable,
confidence-inspiring
fit
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£140.00
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A beautiful shirt which
makes as much of a
feature of space as it
does the lovingly
illustrated South African
bird species which
inhabit it most serenely.
Hummingbird is here,
hoopoe, cape rock
thrush, pelican and some
other shore birds. The
richly coloured birds are
set upon a strikingly
complementary beige
ground, mixing bright,
jewel-like detail with
warm expansiveness. Birds
often feature in my
designs but I think this
might be my favourite so
far. Three button 'Moore'
cuff.
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£130.00
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Printed on superior,
finest Italian cotton.
The greater part of the
museum's collection of
Coleoptera has escaped
onto my Spring/Summer
'beetles' print shirt,
though, in fact, a
horseshoe crab and some
moths have come along for
the ride too. A densely
patterned piece which
explores the jewel-like
colours and effects of
exotic beetles;
iridescent jade and
copper greens, electric
blues with touches of
purple, orange and
yellow here and there. A
striking, closely
executed design on a
vertical mode,
suggesting, perhaps, a
preserved collection of
rare and interesting
species from far flung
corners. Single button
cuff.
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£150.00
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Oxford fabric has a
basketweave structure and
is noted for its soft,
supple quality. My
luxurious Oxford insect
print shirt exemplifies
this having a beautiful
yielding softness and
crease resistance.
Slightly subverting the
association with formal
dress shirts I have over
printed it with a variety
of insect forms in
jewelled colour,
monochrome and colour
plus monochrome:
butterflies, hawk moths,
shield bugs and
ladybirds flit across its
superior surface. A fine,
practical and high
quality garment. Single
button cuff, classic
collar, subtle tailored
regular fit
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£140.00
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The concept here is
'individualism'.
Intensely coloured tiny
birds disport themselves
upon a standard issue sky
blue and white striped
ground. It's a mixture of
formal and eccentric
with, I think, the
quirky side just winning.
But it is also in line
with a theme for this
season - the
juxtaposition of regular,
measured elements with
free organic ones. It is
lined at the collar,
cuffs and plaquet with a
charming 'birds in cages'
design featuring similar
exotic species tucked up
in old-fashioned
ornamental coops. Single
button - 'Jagger', cuff.
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£130.00
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A hovering owl, a
perching one, a bat and
something else - a
goshawk I think, haunt a
burgundy suffused
twilight. A rich,
Autumnal design in which
the birds and bat are
rendered almost -
vestigially, like
linocuts perhaps so that
they blend with the
background colour, or
emerge from it in ghostly
fashion. Rather a
beautiful thing, with a
touch of humour, charm
and wonderful
understatement. In a
superior cotton to
achieve the necessary
definition. 'Jagger'
single button cuff.
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£140.00
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Un éléphant se
balançait......A baby
elephant standing on a
colourful ball. Another
design inspired by
vintage circus imagery.
The shirt is lined at the
collar, plaquet and
cuffs with my more
exuberant 'circus print'
to give a nice, well,
balance! Single button
cuff
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£115.00
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This is fun: flounders,
marlin, sharks and
architeuthis - well,
squid, and other
monochromatic denizens of
the deep swim in a
rainbow striated world
comprised of energetic,
tense, painterly
horizontal marks. Mono
and multi join happily to
give a perfectly
serviceable for the
office - with those
touches of eccentricity
and humour that I love to
add, which is also
distinctive enough for
occasions. Fine cotton
'Jagger' - single button
cuff. Will instantly
enliven any old gloomy
Monday.
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£130.00
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A blue and yellow macaw,
that most magnificent of
parrots, perches
serenely amidst trailing
fronds, burgeoning seed
clusters and skeletal
leaves. An original
design which recalls the
aesthetic movement for
which parrots were a
favourite motif, notably
in the work of William de
Morgan, and of art deco
later. Pure quality
cotton shirt with a
single button cuff,
classic collar and our
intelligent tailored fit
which is cleverly
proportioned according to
the collar size. All you
need to know is the neck
measurement and the shirt
is pretty much guaranteed
to be an excellent fit
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£55.00
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A restful, peaceful
thing. Water birds
paddle, rise, or stand
in a gently lit
pondscape. I keep
thinking about this Roman
idea - 'otium', usually
translated as 'leisure'
but which really goes
beyond our present
concept of leisure as
rest into one of an
trouble-free space in
which inspiration can
arise naturally.
Something more like
contemplation, or
meditation. Anyway, the
birds here are
particularly richly
coloured, both
contrasting and blending
with the light blue
ground. There is some
very delicate shading
going on here with the
water ripple effects. The
design is printed on a
superior quality Oxford
cotton, with a
beautiful, soft hand
feel in order to obtain
the necessary definition.
'Jagger' single button
cuff.
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£150.00
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A design inspired by
Victorian era circus
poster illustrations -
specifically American
ones in fact; such as
those of Barnum & Bailey
"The Greatest Show On
Earth". Here we have some
nicely drawn creatures -
a superb tiger; a monkey
and a bear, both riding
American Star bicycles -
they had the big wheel at
the back, the opposite
our own Penny Farthing,
and one top hatted ursine
astride a "Dandy Horse".
I love this design with
its energy, the
beautiful rich, vintage
colours and contrasts;
fun certainly, dynamic
but having a sort of
inner calm or sense of
nostalgia. The collar,
cuff and plaquet are
lined with another circus
theme print and the shirt
has a single button cuff.
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£115.00
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This shirt, apart from
being a rather beautiful
thing, is notable for
its colour combinations.
Blue with brown is
classically thought to be
'dissonant'. We have a
primary - blue and the
true, or painter's
tertiary - brown, which
results from an equal mix
of the three primaries.
These colours are a long
way from each other on
the colour wheel and so
we think of them as
dissonant. But, it a
rather lovely dissonance
even so. The fish are
painted simply, but
carefully with subtle
gradations of tone and
strong, confident lines.
But we also have a
crustacean or two for
company! The ground is a
pale blue and there is an
intriguing kind of visual
push-pull of earthy and
aqueous tones. The effect
is rather expansive and
serene. 'Jagger' single
button cuff.
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£130.00
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Another dive into the
rich world of early
twentieth century
cigarette cards. This
time a set from John
Player and Sons called
'Aviary and Cage Birds',
created in 1933. A number
of species are
beautifully illustrated
with rich, vivid
colours, having that
slight earthiness to them
which was characteristic
of the time, and painted
with wonderful
observation. Mini
masterpieces really.
Swinson's lorikeet,
crested cockatoo, red
and blue macaw, zebra
finch, black-headed
Gouldian finch, rosy
faced love bird, and
more. Pure cotton,
single button cuff,
classic collar shirt
withe beauty and charm
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£115.00
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Another example of a
recent innovation of
mine, which is to
combine jacquard pattern
making with printed
elements. The underlying
motifs are rendered as
part of the weave of the
fabric, emerging from
the loom in one
operation. Printed
elements are overlaid on
this to produce a really
fascinating juxtaposition
especially where the
woven and printed
elements overlap. An
underlying in-fabric
design of large flower
forms in grey blue tones
is the canvas on which
vivid tropical birds and
flowers are printed; two
colours of cockatoo and a
delightful budgerigar
perch among vivid
trailing lilac blooms.
The fabric is a superior,
light and very supple
cotton in anticipation of
the warmer months. Single
button cuff shirt with
classic collar.
Intelligent tailored fit
for a
confidence-inspiring,
easy wear
Availability: In Stock
£140.00
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A rumble in the jungle as
a jumble of characterful
African animals - lions,
a macaw, giraffe,
zebra, hippo, croc and
toucan. Some cheetahs and
elephants, with tiny
butterflies interposing.
In a gloriously radiant
palette of translucent
tints, from vivid
scarlet and electric blue
to subtle sand and greys.
A wonderful celebration
of the natural world,
pattern and colour on
finest cotton. 'Jagger'
single button cuff.
Availability: In Stock
£130.00
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As worn by Paul Merton.
This design looks at wild
animals as seen through
Victorian eyes. It's
interesting, they are
naturalistically enough
drawn but have, let's
say - a certain naivety,
as though the ferocity
and power of tigers,
leopards, lions has been
under-emphasised. In this
age I think we would
slightly err to the other
side - we would
unconsciously accentuate
those qualities. The
colours are beautiful,
having a kind of
burnished, aged feel -
our leopard glows, the
jaguar is lit as though
in the setting sun. Again
we are looking at the
world of illustration
through the ages, and
loving its modesty,
devotion and unconscious
charm. Single button
cuff, finest cotton,
intelligent tailored
regular fit and classic
collar
Availability: In Stock
£130.00
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The bright, energetic
forms of cicadas present
an opportunity to create
a starkly geometric
design which, at the
same time, manages to
create an undulating
rhythmic motif from the
creatures' legs and
antennae. Wonderful,
saturated colours with
deep shaded crimson,
oxide greens and old
gold. Simple, and
beautiful. Single button
cuff shirt, 100% high
quality cotton, classic
collar, in our
intelligent tailored fit
between a slim and a
regular fit and cleverly
crafted to fit the
majority of men relative
to collar size
Availability: In Stock
£130.00
Denmark