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English City suit

An Electric Blue Suit for a Henry Herbert Customer

by Henry Herbert on February 18, 2010

Bespoke Baste Suit Fitting

A very brave and very striking fabric for a suit we are making for the Managing Director of a large media firm. The fabric is from Bateman Ogden, a Yorkshire based mill who are so old-school they don’t even have a website. The colour looks fabulous and will serve as a great suit for all occasions.

A Henry Herbert Waistcoat in Taylor & Lodge fabric

by Henry Herbert on February 8, 2010

Bespoke Wedding Waistcoat

An example of an excellent and very fine cloth from Taylor & Lodge of Huddersfield, England, in a recent Henry Herbert three-piece suit. The secret is “always keep the style simple and the cloth special.”

The Italian Job

January 24, 2010

Henry Herbert recently visited Pitti Immagine in Florence. It is an annual fair which brings together a collection of young designers, fabric suppliers and tailors. It is spread amongst the glorious Fortezza da Basso. And there is one thing that the Italians are so good at: style. The three photographs below show three different approaches to [...]

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Look Twice!

January 20, 2010

The most extra-ordinarily fabric yet that Henry Herbert has been involved with! At first glance it looks like a normal pin stripe suit fabric, the epitome of the classic, English City suit. But look twice and you will actually find the pin stripe is not a stripe at all – it is the customer’s initials [...]