As last week’s comments showed, you can’t please everyone (see here and here if you don’t know what I’m talking about). But, that hasn’t stopped England’s Lavenham from trying. Not only are their Hundon Work Jackets great looking and exceedingly well made (both very pleasing things), they also come in a wide variety of fabrics. Read More »

So, you’re officially sick of wearing a big ol’ winter coat (understandable, it’s been a long season), but, it’s still too cold out to go completely sans outerwear. Enter the Ridgewell from Lavenham. Offering the warmth of a jacket, but with a much sleeker over-shirt fit, the British-made Ridgewell is a great looking best-of-both-worlds piece to get you through the last weeks of winter (and the first weeks of spring). Read More »

And we’re back. So, instead of posting on new products this week, I thought I’d spotlight some of (what I think are) the better after-the-holiday sales happening at the moment (might as well get while the getting’s good, right?). First up: the Lavenham clearance at New York’s excellent C.H.C.M. Shop. Founded in 1969, English brand Lavenham has long been revered as one of the UK’s foresmost makers of quilted goods. Forty years later, and the company is still producing every one of its products in its Sudbury factory (and using almost all English materials to boot). Read More »