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...At Dries Van Noten, there were Bermuda shorts and wrap skirts in hardy-looking beige cotton, while at Zimmermann, safari shirts and leather coats with multiple pockets were offset against floral appliqué...
...You watch Tipping Point with Terri. Chorlton-cum-Hardy is in Manchester not Newcastle, you say. Terri slurps her tea through a metal straw. Faiza says they’re all trying to process their grief....
...That schedule no longer exists, and some of the tailors who took part, such as Hardy Amies, have since closed their doors....
...About a Hardy Amies show in 2015, I wrote that the tailored trousers “were woeful around the crotch”. I would then find myself apologising for it: “This isn’t being prurient, honest.”...
...“I really don’t mind a bit of drizzle on my toes and they’re the only sandals that feel truly hardy enough for a wet commute,” she says....
...Beth Porter’s cello rises and falls in a gentle swell and Harding sings of the country as a “jewel in the whispering sea/in a greeny blue shimmering”....
...Françoise Hardy was a fan in the 1960s; today, Alexa Chung flits around in the dainty three-strap Kina style. But not all 2022’s trending Mary Janes read gamine....
...Gunia Project cup and saucer, $66 for two Miu Miu cotton crochet top, $1,050 Kuro denim Remake Patchwork Stripe jeans, $608, modesens.com Polo Ralph Lauren cotton-mix terry rugby shirt, £129 Pierre Hardy...
...The couple’s brand is now stocked in more than 50 luxury retailers, including Browns and Net-a-Porter....
...Fleria cachepot, €80 Altek Italia Design Party 1 sofa, £4,220, artemest.com Elizabeth Gage The Archibald pin, £24,420 Bottega Veneta leather pouch, £2,185 Pasotti umbrella, £290, artemest.com Pierre Hardy...
...Cole Porter’s popular 1922 song “The Blue Boy Blues” gave the boy a voice, lamenting how “a silver dollar took me and my collar/to show the slow cowboys” across the Atlantic....
...His 2017 show featured clothes made from hardy Pendleton blankets – another reason for their inclusion in a show about America, besides Walker’s enormous talent....
...I was inspired as a teen by the mad pledges in the song “Friendship”, by Cole Porter: “If you ever lose your teeth when you’re out to dine/Borrow mine.”...
...The atmosphere is fortifying, and the menu – serving hardy British classics such as ribeye steak, fish and chips, open sandwiches and sponge puddings – is a treat. thepeacockatrowsley.com JE Manhattan at...
...A separate wholesale order placed last month by luxury ecommerce company Net-a-Porter was his most recent success....
...Luxury etailer Mr Porter is even selling tents. I held out against the cult of kit for as long as I could....
...She has relied on a select group of British designers to craft her image with bespoke creations, from Norman Hartnell and Hardy Amies early on to Stewart Parvin and Angela Kelly, her dresser and close aide...
...Over on Savile Row, there was similar sports casual pep at Hardy Amies. Cotton pants had elasticated waistbands and cuffs....
...A few hardy souls were swimming. Lovers canoodled on the grass. Lunchers filled sunny pub gardens. Rowers and punters, skiffs and pleasure craft, took to the water. And so our voyage continued....
...Charlie Porter is the FT men’s fashion critic. Click here for his men’s AW show reports Return to Style homepage...
...Jacob’s ladders, sweet cicely, hostas and even the unusual half-hardy Amicia zygomeris with its heart-shaped leaves and purple, bract-like stipules....
...Guess what was worn over suits at Hardy Amies? Zip-up blousons in matching cloth....
...Hardy Amies sent out a comparatively extreme look, worn over matching suits....
...You can be lean, and not get bigger Charlie Porter is the FT’s men’s fashion critic....
...Hardy Amies had city coats in mustard, or little blousons in blue. The tailoring was neat, the catwalk tricks appropriate, especially a needle punched coat. Colour for autumn/winter 2015!...
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