As Fashion Week starts to wind down, something about runway shows chock full of cropped manshorts and sequined neckerchiefs has us running the other way. Coincidentally, the pound sterling has plunged to almost a 10-year low, leaving you a prime opportunity to plunder the finest conservative-yet-natty goods from across the pond on the cheap (and without ever leaving your desk). Allow us, then, to present the equivalent of a huge Savile Row (and beyond) sample sale...
Showing up to a meeting in the same spread collar shirt as the next guy is not exactly a crime, but it's not exactly your sartorial best. Emmett Shirts makes dozens of styles, but they only make 25 shirts in each style, so only you and 24 other guys in the world will have your shirt. We like the odds.
Maybe there's something a bit off about a legendary bespoke house that's been custom-cutting suits since 1771 hawking their finest shirts on "the internet," but we're not complaining. Eighty bucks for No.1 Savile Row can't be beat...
The key to pulling off a fedora, porkpie, homburg or tweed cap without looking like a member of Fall Out Boy may rest with Lock & Co., the legendary London hatter that was founded to service the Court at St James. They've been around since 1676, which is at least a year before the first emo record.
If you're not feeling the months-long wait and sticker shock of bespoke shoes, go for the Loake 1880 line (named after the year the company was founded). If it's good enough for Manchester United…
If you plan on taking full advantage of the weak pound, Royal Mile Whiskies is probably a good place to finish (or start) your plundering. They'll send you all the hard-to-find single malts that you can shake a "Glen" at.
