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

September 24, 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, concern not my brethren, for the Prince of Whimsy hath returned.

Within the immortal phrases of Mr Arnie Schwarzenegger ‘Jonathan, I instructed you I might 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 wanting ahead to carrying.

Fishtail parka

Evidently currently my type inspiration is coming from one member of the PS staff or one other. Simon, Lucas, Manish and Alex have quite a bit to reply for.

Out of the 4 of them, nevertheless, it’s usually 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 dimension, with the small print I needed, that wasn’t TOO costly. I believe that shocked me fairly a bit, that a few of the extra traditional classic items had been as expensive 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 significantly enamoured with the brand on the breast pocket, understanding that it could 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 nice with it.

‘Bourgeois French Ivy Mod’ seems to be the trail I tread when carrying this; usually 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 needed one thing heavier for the Autumn and had been seeing a bunch of checked flannels on gents I usually 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 take pleasure in, and boy did they’ve OPTIONS, roughly 35 final I checked.

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

I assumed yellow could be trickier to pair and elegance however this has not been the case. I’ll companion 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 like of style mixing.

Suede layering

Suede generally is a treacherous mistress.

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

I do know individuals say to simply deal with suede as you’d another materials, however that’s exhausting whenever you reside within the UK and 90% of the climate you expertise is a few type of moist.

Nonetheless, in the event you’ve managed to amass that mindset, presumably by way of hypnosis or some type of mind washing, you’re golden.

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

However in the event you’re solely on the primary circle of the 4 dynamics and have but to attain ‘increased standing’ you would possibly really feel extra snug layering it beneath an outsized coat or chore, like I’ve carried out 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 go well with

Arguably probably the most versatile go well with in my wardrobe on the minute. Right here me out…

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

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

This has slowly morphed into a number of, after which many. Anytime I’ve put collectively an ensemble I’ve usually thrown the jacket on prime simply to see what it seems like and voilà, 9 occasions 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

If you happen to ask me the Teba doesn’t get sufficient love.

I believe individuals can get thrown by the actual fact it’s comparatively boxy and unstructured in contrast along with your customary tailor-made jacket, however equally too formal feeling whenever 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 superb 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.

Possibly 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 examine, delivers simply that.

An amazing piece to layer beneath a bigger overcoat or waxed jacket as I’ve carried out right here, or preserve it easy and rock it by itself.