Regent Tailoring Blog — style

  There’s nothing like a beautiful shirt. Paired with the perfect tie, it’s the true foundation of your outfit, and is so often under-sung and under-examined. How can this be, when our shirts are the second skins between us and the world: the garment that keeps us guarded, grounded and at ease whilst putting out a statement about who we are? Time and again, folk compromise with bland, high-street garments, cut for some average person that's never actually existed, with the resulting effect that everyone looks slightly out of sorts. It’s long been time to say no to that bland...

The Ivy League look has had an enormous influence on the fashion industry and remains one of the most distinguished styles around today. At its heart is the desire to present oneself as ready to engage with big ideas and move the world forward – two principles commonly associated with the group of elite American colleges (such as Harvard, Yale and Princeton) from which the fashion takes its name. There, college students developed the idea of the Ivy League look from both British and American men who, in the 1920's, instigated the trend for combining casual and sporting attire. From...

Denim jeans are one of the most ubiquitous garments available across the world. With hundreds of different jeans brands available, the sheer amount of choice can be overwhelming. What is even more confusing is some of the â'denim specific' terminology bandied about. I mean, they're just jeans, right?

Inspired by the early chapters of David W. Marx's 'Ametora' and following on from the previous blog about 'preppy' fashion, this weeks outfit is firmly rooted in classic Ivy league style. Popularised in America in the wealthy campuses of Harvard, Yale and Princeton, American Ivy League style has been coveted and imitated worldwide, particularly in Japan, where good clothing was viewed as the ultimate status symbol.