How To Be A Classic Gentleman - Permanent Style Interview With Simon Crompton

Read the full interview at https://gentl.mn/be-a-classic-gent 00:26 Can you share with us the journey that took you from the university to where you are today? 01:05 So, when did you know that this is something you wanted to do? 01:42 Did you do an internship or did you just apply somewhere and stayed there all your career? What were the different steps that you took? 02:22 Oh, wow! So how long have you been in the company then? 03:35 How would you describe the relationship between legal patent stuff and permanent style? 04:45 So, how do you split the time between Permanent Style and the other stuff? Is it like 50/50 or is it 30/70? 05:07 How would you describe the state of print menswear journalism versus online men's wear journalism? 07:11 I've read that you kind of described your style often as British style sold to the Italians which is kind of a phrase coined by Micheal Drake, he always used that. Can you describe like your approach to that and what it means to you? 08:19 Tell us more about this Italian-Brit thing? 11:21 I think one of the big works in craftsmanship and clothing today is handmade and if you look what's described as handmade, there's this huge kind of area, right? Like sometimes, I would think it's abused or misused. What's your definition of handmade? When is something handmade and where's the line? 13:25 Where is the point sometimes where you think a machine actually provides a better result? Where would you say "Actually, more handwork doesn't make the product better but worse?" 15:16 So, in your opinion, what are the important things to focus on in trousers and pants? 18:16 I've also seen that you kind of went to different shirtmakers and what's your take on shirts today versus a few years ago? 20:00 So, would you say that handwork is much more important than the machine work? How can you feel the difference? 20:55 So, you just mentioned you got new shirts and stuff so, do you keep all the old things and add on to your wardrobe or is it kind of a one in and one out? What's your approach to that? 21:39 So, what does your wardrobe look like? 22:28 Okay, alright! How about topcoats and overcoats? I saw you had one made by Edward Sexton, it's very nice. How many overcoats do you keep in your wardrobe? 22:59 In terms of colors and patterns, what would you say is predominant for you with your suits, jackets, and your overcoats? 23:34 Do you wear things like a sharkskin pattern or small herringbone pattern or do you purely prefer solids but like a Donegal tweed which is very bold and doesn't need a pattern at all? 24:12 So, knowing what you know now, if you had to start building a wardrobe again, what would be the first sportcoats and suits that you would acquire? 25:28 When you're out casually on the weekends, what would you wear when you're not in the office? 26:42 Okay, what would you say are your hobbies outside of your job and Permanent Style? Is there much time for anything else? 28:57 Okay, so what can we expect from Permanent Style in the future? Are you working on new books? Tell us more. #simoncrompton #permanentstyle #notsponsored ======================================= To never miss any of our videos again, sign up here for free: https://gentl.mn/1XkXLFV Want to see more videos? Subscribe to our channel!    / thegentlemansgazette   ======================================= Gentleman's Gazette https://gentl.mn/1NqmZ3i https://www.gentlemansgazette.com/ Facebook:   / gentlemansgazette   Instagram:   / gentlemansgazette   FREE EBOOK: https://gentl.mn/1XkXLFV