Sir Paul Smith, who traditionally shows his ready-to-wear collection in Paris, presented a selection of nine suit jackets in London, each made from cloth produced exclusively in collaboration with the 203-year-old Yorkshire mill Joseph H Clissold.
We work closely with the mill, and develop the cloth so that we’re taking classics like a windowpane check or a bird’s-eye spot and growing it into a large scale, so that when it becomes a suit, it becomes kind of abstracted,” said Sir Smith. The suits come in two fits, “The Kensington,” a slim fit, and “The Byard,” which is more tailored. Fabrics included a classic pinstripe in Smith’s trademark bold colors, a jacquard herringbone woven into the Union Jack, a pin dot and an overcheck.
