London’s other sartorial street October 4, 2012 I LIKE to get round London by Boris Bike because it’s quick. simple and cheap – but it brings me an additional pleasure. Given the distribution and popularity of bike stops, when I come west from the City I always park in St James’s Square and walk up along Jermyn Street. And it’s such a joy. [...]
The Mayfair maestros behind Becks’s Olympic suit October 4, 2012 DANIEL Craig looked dashing enough in his tux while tripping over the Queen’s corgis, but cutting by far the suaver dash at the Olympic Opening Ceremony was David Beckham, powering up the Thames in a speedboat, torch in hand. In a dark blue suit and white shirt, he was a paragon of paired back English [...]
Gallic style that’s perfect for an English gent October 4, 2012 ITS name may sound as English as fish’n’chips, but JM Weston is one of France’s great luxury marques, producing hand-crafted shoes since 1891. It has just opened a fabulously chi-chi boutique – think super-sleek gents’ club – on Jermyn Street. City A.M. asked the company’s artistic director, Michel Perry, if there was room for Gallic va va [...]
Autumn tones October 4, 2012 iPad case in mulberry leather Leather-bound in the UK by Aukward. £149.99 from Aukward. www.aukward.com Pilot watch on leather strap The El Primero Pilot Big Date Special by Zenith. £4,700 from the Watch Gallery. www.watchgallery.com Camel-brown gloves Leather gloves lined with cashmere by Want Les Essentiels de la Vie. £205 from Mr Porter. www.mrporter.com Document [...]
Fleet Street’s historic temple of bespoke October 4, 2012 Thresher & Glenny isn’t the kind of place you are likely to just stumble across, tucked away as it is on Middle Temple Lane, just off Fleet Street. But this inauspicious little store could just be the oldest remaining tailor in the world: one that has survived through word of mouth, as it has since [...]
Revlon celebrates 80 years of glamour October 1, 2012 Dita Teese swears by it and you’ll be hard pressed to spot Gwen Stefani not wearing it so you’ll be forgiven for thinking that red nail varnish has always been around. In reality, Revlon created the first one back in 1932, when the company launched. With the brand celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, it’s [...]
Ed Miliband needs to stop distorting statistics October 1, 2012 IF you want to know why I find it hard to be optimistic about Britain’s economic future, look no further than the political parties’ annual conferences – this weekend it was the turn of the Labour party to pander to prejudice and envy and advocate policies that will end up retarding growth, reducing job creation [...]
Britain needs to embrace the global shale gas revolution September 21, 2012 BRITAIN is missing a trick. We are sitting on a massive amount of untapped energy, in the form of shale gas trapped deep in sedimentary rocks, and yet are failing to make use of this semi-secret treasure trove. To add insult to injury, politicians have imposed ever higher energy costs on the public thanks to [...]
Three reasons why the UK economy will eventually improve September 11, 2012 GLASSES can be half-empty – but they can also be half-full. Amid all the gloom, and the latest useless proposals for an industrial policy from Vince Cable, the business secretary, here are, for once, three reasons for moderate optimism about the state of our post-Olympic nation. The first is that the UK has become a [...]
Sweden turns the page and Scandinavian noir explains why | City A.M. August 28, 2012 EVERYONE knows that Sweden is a social-democratic paradise, where taxes are high, the welfare state is big and everyone enjoys the benefits. That doesn’t mean it’s true. In recent years, research like that compiled in Richard Wilkinson’s and Kate Pickett’s The Spirit Level has painted Sweden and its Scandinavian neighbours as political role models. The [...]