locals’ guide
Must-shop
Take the 20-minute tube ride from central London to The Wardrobe Wimbledon (thewardrobewimbledon.com) – a menswear emporium that will kit you out in the finest British classics.
Liberty of London
the style setteR Lee Osborne, menswear consultant and founding editor of men’s style blog Sartorialee (@ sartorialee), takes us on a fashionable tour of the capital
go-to tailoRs Sartor London Sartor London (sartorlondon.com) is the brainchild of menswear designer and former pro golfer Faiyaz Amlani who established the brand to celebrate the art of dressing well, and to help recapture the essence of classic menswear from a bygone era. It utilises some of the finest materials in luxury attire. Edward Sexton Dagenham boy Edward Sexton and dapper socialite Tommy Nutter sent shock waves through Mayfair when they opened their now legendary tailoring house Nutters of Savile Row on Valentine's Day 1969 – the first new establishment to infiltrate The Row for 120 years. Sexton’s trademark 32 World Traveller
style of nipped-in waists and flared jackets boasting wide lapels paired with parallel trousers retains a cult following to this day. Beat a path to his HQ at 26 Beauchamp Place (edwardsexton.co.uk), where 75-year-old Sexton and his protégé Dominc Sebag Montefiore still strum considerable sartorial rock ‘n’ roll.
dePaRtMeNt stoRes Fenwick of Bond Street For menswear shopping par excellence, nothing quite compares to Fenwick (63 New Bond St, fenwick.co.uk). It has one of the finest multi-brand edit spaces around and I've been hugely impressed by the curation of niche brands from the likes of Valstar and Massimo Alba, not to mention a shoe section containing gems from Crockett & Jones and Magnanni. Liberty of London For those of a more sportswear-slanted persuasion, the bounty that lies within Liberty (Regent St, libertylondon.com) is hard to beat. Fresh from a 2017 relaunch that saw over 20 new ready-to-wear and accessories brands added to the edit, the store continues to showcase the very finest in quirky British ingenuity alongside some
Fenwick of Bond Street
of the most sought after international brand apparel.
eXclusiVe BoutiQue Anglo Italian The trend of cult independent menswear stores bringing artisanal makers to international prominence shows no sign of abating, as Anglo Italian (57 Weymouth St, angloitalian.com) demonstrates. Jake Grantham and Alex Pirounis opened the doors last summer, with the aim of marrying the ease of soft Italian construction with the gravity of the English palette.