What I’m trying ahead to carrying this winter (‘26)

September 28, 2025

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As Jack Frost’s icy fingers slowly start their wintery crawl throughout the nation, and that shivering breeze has us reaching for the nice and cozy comforts of wool and cashmere, worry not my brethren, for the Prince of Whimsy hath returned.

Within the immortal phrases of Mr Arnie Schwarzenegger ‘Jonathan, I informed you I’d be again’.

No wait. That’s not fairly proper. Let me strive once more; ‘It is me. I’ve come again, once more.’

Nope. Not it. Final time, right here we go; ‘Who’s your daddy and what does he do?’

Dammit… Meh, shut sufficient.

Now, put that cookie down and include me into this Autumn/Winter season, as we as soon as extra dextrously prance amongst the objects I’m most trying ahead to carrying.

Fishtail parka

Plainly these days my fashion inspiration is coming from one member of the PS crew or one other. Simon, Lucas, Manish and Alex have rather a lot to reply for.

Out of the 4 of them, nevertheless, it’s typically Mr Natt who’s my sartorial North Star. I picked up this fishtail parka from Stan Ray final season after seeing a classic quantity on Alex.

Now do not hate me, I actually tried to purchase second hand, however I couldn’t discover something in my measurement, with the main points I wished, that wasn’t TOO costly. I feel that shocked me fairly a bit, that among the extra traditional classic items had been as dear as they had been.

However I did see this and dug the eye to the finer particulars eg the fabric choice, the buttons, and the general form of the sleeves and coat itself.

I’m not notably enamoured with the emblem on the breast pocket, figuring out that it will look far ‘cleaner’ with out, however I figured I may unpick it later if it bothered me an excessive amount of. Up to now although, I’m high quality with it.

‘Bourgeois French Ivy Mod’ seems to be the trail I tread when carrying this; typically pairing it with the AWMS beret, my Alden pennies and this Drake’s brown and ecru spot scarf.

Wythe flannel shirts

I swear to god I’ve by no means seen Yellowstone…

I personal a few the Wythe tencel pearlsnaps they usually’re most likely my favorite minimize of shirts. I wished one thing heavier for the Autumn and had been seeing a bunch of checked flannels on gents I typically flip to for inspiration: see Aaron Levine (right here) and Chase Winfrey (right here).

I figured Wythe would have some nice choices and in a minimize I already get pleasure from, and boy did they’ve OPTIONS, roughly 35 final I checked.

I ended up going for a inexperienced test and the yellow above, which has rapidly turn into my favorite shirt.

I believed yellow could be trickier to pair and elegance however this has not been the case. I’ll associate it with a white/off-white trouser, like these Buck Mason P43s, lean as closely into the ‘Western’ styling as I can earlier than throwing on a contact of ‘Ivy’ with some black penny loafers.

This actually hits that ‘candy spot’ I really like of style mixing.

Suede layering

Suede is usually a treacherous mistress.

We have all been there. You throw in your favorite sneakers or jacket, launch out the door with a spring in your step, just for the heavens to open and say ‘No Jamie! Not at present you butt-munch. Get again inside and alter!’ Thanks universe.

I do know folks say to simply deal with suede as you’ll some other materials, however that’s onerous if you dwell within the UK and 90% of the climate you expertise is a few type of moist.

Nonetheless, for those who’ve managed to accumulate that mindset, probably by hypnosis or some type of mind washing, you’re golden.

The rougher trying, the higher the patina will seem on it, at the least in my view.

However for those who’re solely on the primary circle of the 4 dynamics and have but to realize ‘increased standing’ you may really feel extra comfy layering it beneath an outsized coat or chore, like I’ve executed right here with my LEJ Plage coat.

This jacket is from Gaijin Made, a sister firm to Blue Blue Japan, each of that are owned and operated by Seilin & Co. I picked it up on Marrkt just a few years in the past.

Double-breasted chalkstripe swimsuit

Arguably essentially the most versatile swimsuit in my wardrobe on the minute. Hear me out…

I used to be sceptical whether or not I’d get a lot put on out of this chalkstripe double-breasted swimsuit once I first ordered it from The Anthology, and approached the order with warning.

Impressed by pictures of Davide Baroncini of Ghiaia sporting what I can solely assume is a Ralph Lauren Polo model in a worsted wool, I figured I’d at the least have one outfit I’d put on recurrently.

This has slowly morphed into a number of, after which many. Anytime I’ve put collectively an ensemble I’ve typically thrown the jacket on high simply to see what it appears like and voilà, 9 instances out of 10, an alternative choice emerges.

Even when outfits would usually profit from a navy blazer, I will find yourself swapping this jacket in as an alternative.

Harris Tweed Teba

For those who ask me the Teba doesn’t get sufficient love.

I feel folks can get thrown by the very fact it’s comparatively boxy and unstructured in contrast together with your commonplace tailor-made jacket, however equally too formal feeling if you need one thing extra informal like a chore coat. A sartorial Catch-22.

I’ve to confess for ages I wasn’t satisfied, however after spying this lil’ quantity on the Beige web site – who do a wonderful vary of Teba’s from the OG maker, Justo Gimeno – and seeing how they styled it, I used to be in.

I’d additionally look to how Douglas Cordeaux or Arnold Wong put on theirs for inspiration.

Perhaps it simply coincided with the truth that as I’ve gotten bulkier (learn: fats) and previous (learn: decrepit) I search for extra consolation and vary of motion from my clothes and this Teba, made up in a Harris Tweed Hebrides gun-club test, delivers simply that.

An ideal piece to layer beneath a bigger overcoat or waxed jacket as I’ve executed right here, or maintain it easy and rock it by itself.