The hot ticket this week is the V&A’s new show, Fashioning Masculinities: the Art of Menswear. I am very keen to get to the opening party — the V&A director, Tristram Hunt, is always nicely turned out, but the real treat will be to see what Edward Enninful, British Vogue editor, wears on the night.
There are all sorts of offbeat takes on menswear on show but the reality is that the sartorial summit for men is the suit. A two-piece tailored suit. Simple, but perfect; the most understated clothing imaginable but, at its best, transformative. And it is something that London does better than anywhere else on earth. If you want effortless perfection in the art and craft of tailoring, it has a local habitation and name, and it’s Savile Row.
