The London Lounge

Is this an acceptable break with convention? Not to my mind, which makes this photograph remarkable:

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/new ... /113258809

This is another image - satin cuffs this time:

http://www.google.com.br/imgres?imgurl= ... AQ&dur=129

I agree with you and don't think that it works. However, it does appear that the P o W has returned to bespoke after his adventure with T&A MTM.

NJS

I do not believe that the satin variant works but I do not see why HRH The Prince of Wales approach is fundamentally wrong. They actually look quite good.

They seem to make more sense with shawl collars self-faced, with only a satin ribbon around the edge. Not that I like that style even without the turn-back cuffs, but it is at least consistent.

The first photo looks clean enough that it doesn't really distract. Which is not the same as making me want that detail.

Is that a portofino cuff on a jacket? This arrangement of cuffs and buttons looks overcrowded (and a bit contrived) to me.

Gido,
I'm not familiar with the term portofino cuff. Please will you explain what it involves? Where is this phrase used?

A former sales' manager of Turnbull & Asser, who made Connery's shirts like this, called them 'cocktail cuffs'.

NJS

Just to add something I believe interesting to the conversation, check out these button-down cocktail cuffs. A bit too much, isn´t it?