Richard James pastel pink suit for The English Gentleman at Lord's

A sneak peek of what we will be presenting at The English Gentleman at Lord's, Savile Row's collective contribution to London Collections: Men.

A pastel pink suit with a white celulare shirt, above, and a pastel green suit with a white cotton poplin shirt, below. Two Savile Row suits for summer.

We were asked to come up with some sketches for the event's programme.

Richard James pastel green suit for The English Gentleman at Lord's

Hauser & Wirth on Savile Row

From the outside looking in at Hauser & Wirth on sunny Savile Row.

What does the vessel contain, that the river does not,

That, commas included, is the title of this mixed media piece by Subodh Gupta.

On the couch - casting for LC:M

Casting at the Bespoke shop for our fast approaching Spring/Summer '14 London Collections:Men show.

Shit Robot - Feels Real

Feels Real by Shit Robot. Out now.

Richard's favourite pic from this year's Chelsea Flower Show

Richard's favourite picture of those that he took at the Chelsea Flower Show last week.

It appeals to the colourist in him.

We feel a pocket square coming on.

Theo Walcott at Richard James Bespoke

Walcott on target again.

Arsenal and England striker Theo Walcott in his new, dark blue 9oz wool and mohair Richard James Bespoke suit at the Bespoke shop. A sharp, lighter-weight Savile Row suit that will serve him well for spring and summer.

And, below, one of the various programmes and other pieces of Arsenal memorabilia that he kindly and patiently signed for us.

Who said you should never meet your heroes?

Theo Walcott signed Arsenal programme

A/W'13 Flying Ducks

A tie silk swatch showing the two colourways of our Autumn/Winter '13 (in the shops soon) Flying Duck ties.

We had decided to describe them on our website as 'bejewelingly plumed', but then, not sure if we could get away with bejewelingly, thought we'd better consult our friend the lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower, Editor at Large of the Oxford English Dictionary and author of The F-Word , a detailed history of the word fuck. 

"I'd pass on that myself," was what he said. Before quickly coming back with, "It does have a certain flow, one must confess." And then he asked to see a picture which, we presume, might persuade him to qualify bejewelingly as an officially recognised word. So here it is.

The boy George

Graffiti returns to The Beatles' former Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row.

It's reassuring to know that whatever happens to this building it will always be scrawled on by young Argentines.

Imagine all the people

Rare recognition for the old sticks man

Forever and ever

CSS - Hangover

Hangover by CSS. Your average office comes together in dance. Choreographed by Toni 'Oh Mickey' Basil, who also did the same for Talking Heads' Once In A Lifetime.

From BLITZ #56 - August 1987

BLITZ appeared in the early eighties and documented the decade that saw the rise of the stylist and fashion making its way out of the clubs and into the mainstream. The birth of British fashion as it is now, really.

The Face and i-D were the other two style magazines of the time but they, in turn, were always a bit more interested in music and what was going on on the street. BLITZ kept its eye on the higher, more glamourous ground.

Iain R Webb was BLITZ's fashion editor from 1982-1987 and in his fascinating As Seen in BLITZ: Fashioning '80s Style (ACC EDITIONS) he has revisited and brought together over one hundred of his fashion features from the time and added previously-unseen archive content, original images and tear-sheets. Marvel at Comme Des Garcons, Jasper Conran, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Katharine Hamnett (who first exhibited alongside in Richard in Paris in 1987, the year that he redefined the Savile Row suit) and more.

Richard's latest addition to our bookshelves and a neat lead-in to the V&A's forthcoming From Club to Catwalk exhibition.

As Seen in BLITZ: Fashioning '80s Style