How To Dress in Great Gatsby Style
THE GREAT GATSBY AND THE AGE OF MENSWEAR STYLE The Great Gatsby captured an era when style mattered – more than substance, more than truth, more than love. Published in 1925, this exquisitely crafted classic, the quintessential novel of the Jazz Age, laid bare the America of the Roaring Twenties, a time of consumerism … Continued
The Glorious Twelfth
The start of the red grouse shooting season falls each year on the 12th August, and is renowned worldwide among the field sports community as the ‘Glorious Twelfth’. What makes Grouse so special? Grouse can reach speeds of up to 80 miles an hour after just a few beats of their wings, and can change … Continued
Goodwood Revival 13th – 15th September 2019
The Goodwood Revival is a three-day festival held each September at Goodwood Circuit since 1998 for the types of road racing cars and motorcycle that would have competed during the circuit’s original period—1948–1966. The festival acts as a showcase for exceptional wheel-to-wheel racing around a classic circuit, untouched by the modern world and relives the … Continued
Downton Abbey Fashion
Be inspired by the country style of Lord Grantham and Lady Mary The film adaptation of Downton Abbey hits the big screen in September and – high excitement – a trailer has suggested that King George V and Queen Mary will visit the fictional Yorkshire estate. Time to party like it’s 1927. For those who … Continued
The Game Fair: 26th – 28th July Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
The Game Fair is the world’s largest celebration of British field sports and country life. Country sports are showcased including the famous Gunmakers Row, Horse and Hound Area and Fishing Village. Watch displays of gundog handling or pugs and drummers or try your hand at clay shooting, fly fishing, archery or experience an 4×4 off … Continued
In praise of: British suiting.
A GUIDE TO BRITISH SUITING CLOTHS. For much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Britain dominated the world’s textile manufacturing. Whilst Lancashire mills focused on cotton, Scottish mills on tweed, and Cotswold mills on woollens, the mills in Yorkshire specialised in weaving worsted cloths that were unrivalled in their quality and durability. Towns such as … Continued
How to Dress Like A Peaky Blinder: The Modern-Day Peaky Blinder’s Style Guide
Every man wants to be a bit more Tommy Shelby, the notorious and charismatic ganglord of the Peaky Blinders. Not the wanton criminality and cut-throat violence, you understand, nor the penchant for self-destruction and colourful language. No, here we are purely talking sartorial style because when it comes to dapper dressing, Tommy Shelby – played … Continued
10th Anniversary Tweed Run Checklist
On Saturday 4th May, hundreds of tweed clad cyclists will take to the streets of London at the 10th Anniversary year of The Tweed Run. Tickets have sold out, but for your chance to be a guest of Cordings at the event, enter our competition here. Check 1 – WHAT IS THE TWEED RUN? The … Continued
The Wedding Guide: Dress Codes Explained
Weddings have evolved over the last few decades from formal affairs that followed rigid dress codes to more creative and informal affairs that give the happy couple the chance to really put their individual stamp on the day. With more locations than ever allowed officiating over the wedding service, this has meant that in the … Continued