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Tailoring, shoes, watches and grooming: how to dress well, buy once and look after what you own.

A black umbrella covered in water droplets, against a blurred grey background Attire The object: the Fox umbrella Most umbrellas are bought in a doorway and left on a train. The Fox GT1, made to order by a firm keeping people dry since 1868, is what you buy when you've had enough.
A man in a dark shawl-collar dinner jacket, black bow tie, double cuffs and white pocket handkerchief, adjusting his watch Attire Black tie, properly: the rules and where you can bend them
A steel wristwatch with a green dial and fluted bezel, worn under the cuff of a dark suit Attire Your first serious watch, and how to choose it at every budget
A tailor cutting dark suit cloth with shears along a wooden ruler Attire How a suit should fit: the twelve checks a tailor makes
A man in a navy suit and white shirt fastening his jacket button Attire The only five suits a man needs, and the order to buy them