Category Archives: Jackets

An easily yet deferentially elegant look (below) for taking in the Helmut Newton retrospective at the Grand Palais in Paris. Provocative, seductive female domination. You know the drill. Until 17th July. Jacket, shirt and trousers all available from Richard James … Continue reading →

It’s 1980 and bristlingly confident (‘The Mafia? I’ve shit ‘em”) and commendably visionary proto-Thatcherite hood Harold Shand dreams of developing London’s desolate docklands into a venue for the Olympic Games and the odd casino or two. New-born free marketeer Harold … Continue reading →

Alfie Allen in one of our navy seersucker bomber jackets and a contemporary fit aqua fine chambray shirt for the April 2012 issue of Esquire UK. The bomber is slim and sculpted with clear lines – our Spring/Summer ’12 take on … Continue reading →

Final reductions of up to 50% off at the Savile Row and Richard James Online sales from today, Wednesday 11th January 2012. Suits, shirts, footwear, outerwear, knitwear, accessories… And we are still offering exclusive, never-before offers on our year round, … Continue reading →

The dinner jacket or, if you prefer, tuxedo celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. Invented by the dandy Prince of Wales (son of Queen Victoria; he who became Edward VII), who wanted a smoking jacket for informal wear at Sandringham … Continue reading →

Sold out at the Savile Row shop and with only a few still available through the new Richard James online store, the hottest selling item from our Autumn/Winter ’11 collection is the olive and burgundy tartan ¾ length waxed cotton … Continue reading →

A bit of a teaser – a sneak preview of the more casual side of our Spring/Summer ’12 collection in the November issue of Wallpaper. The jacket, knit, shirt and trousers are all Richard James.

A new, immediately graphic approach to the windows at the Savile Row shop for Autumn/Winter ’11. Look closely, however, and you will see that the dots form a number of creatures – a horse, a stag, a fox, a pheasant, … Continue reading →

Who’s the black private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks? Yes, it’s Shaft, John Shaft. And what single item of clothing did John Shaft wear so well to help make things thus? Yes, a good, slim fitting … Continue reading →

Now in its fourty-fourth year and an early and admirable champion of The Abominable Dr Phibes (“Love means never having to say you’re ugly.”), the Festival Internacional de Cinèma Fantastic de Catalunya in pretty Sitges – just half an hour down the … Continue reading →