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How to Choose Your First Bespoke Business Suit
It’s common to feel confused when ordering your first bespoke business suit – there are so many different cloths and styles to choose from. It’s hard to know where to start!
Style Tips & Advice Business Style
The History of the Ticket Pocket
Have you ever spotted someone with an extra pocket above the right hip pocket on their suit jacket and wondered what it is for?
Style History
The Best of Cillian Murphys Suits
Hailed as a cinematic masterpiece, Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk sees Cillian Murphy play a battle-scarred soldier, plucked from the water after his ship was bombarded by Spitfires.
Celebrity Style
The Tailors Guide to Choosing a Suit Cloth
You have decided it is time for a new suit but how do you select from the 1000s of cloths available? With so much choice, it’s no wonder that many find choosing a suit cloth challenging. Thankfully, our founder, Jake Allen, is here to help…
Style Tips & Advice
How to Choose a Lining for Your Bespoke Suit
If you have never purchased a bespoke suit before, you are unlikely to have been given a choice on your suit lining. Instead, the designer will have chosen it for you and more often than not, it is less than exciting in colour and style.
Style Tips & Advice
The Best Trends from London Fashion Week Men’s SS18
London Fashion Week Men’s is here again and celebrating its fifth anniversary! This four-day event showcased the Spring/Summer 2018 collections of menswear designers from all over the world across a variety of locations in the capital.
Style Tips & Advice
An Unexpected Style Icon: The Best of Prince Philip’s Suits
Today is the 96th birthday of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who is the oldest male member of the British royal family in history. It is well known that he is not a fan of birthdays – he sent this rather funny message to someone who shared his birthday last year – however, it seems only right to make him our icon of the month.
Celebrity Style
How to Wear Colours That Suit You
Most people don’t get dressed thinking about whether the colour of their clothing suits them. It’s bad enough trying to figure out what colours work well together, let alone whether they actually look flattering on you in the first place!
Style Tips & Advice
The K&A Guide to Suit Maintenance
Your suits are more than likely the most expensive pieces in your wardrobe. As long as you take care of them (and keep your waistline in check!) they can be worn for many years.
Style Tips & Advice
Roger Moore: The Best of His Bond Suits
The team at King & Allen were very sad to hear that Roger Moore, the actor who played James Bond for the longest, has died at the age of 89. Whilst many Bond enthusiasts don’t consider Moore’s style as Bond to be the most classic, there is no doubt that his suits were very interesting. He was never afraid of wearing something a little “trendy”, which resulted in some of the most fashion-forward, and therefore dated, suits in the Bond series (Safari suits and flared trousers, anyone?)
Celebrity Style
Nick and Charlotte’s Sunny Wedding in Southern Italy
King & Allen groom Nick and his wife, Charlotte, got married in beautiful Sorrento in the company of friends and family. If you’re planning on getting married abroad, Southern Italy is not a bad place to do it! Clear blue skies, glorious sunshine and incredible scenery: it’s the perfect backdrop for any Summer wedding.
King & Allen News
Plan Your Summer Suit With These Lightweight Cloths
Spring is here, which means that it’s time to start planning your next lightweight suit, particularly if you have a wedding approaching this summer.
Style Tips & Advice
Steve and Gill’s Classic Wedding at Rookery Hall, Nantwich
King & Allen groom Steve and his wife, Gill, planned a small but special wedding at the beautiful Rookery Hall in Nantwich.
King & Allen News
Lucy Spraggan in King & Allen on the Cover of DIVA magazine
This month, we were delighted to find out that singer-songwriter, Lucy Spraggan, has been featured on the cover of DIVA magazine’s 250th issue, wearing one of her King & Allen suits!
Celebrity Style King & Allen News Press
Dev Patel's Most Stylish Suits
Has anyone else noticed that all of a sudden, Dev Patel has become one of the most stylish men on the red carpet?
Style Tips & Advice Celebrity Style
Announcing the Winner of This Year’s King & Allen Photo Competition
On Valentine’s Day this year, we invited our customers to enter our annual photo competition by sharing a photo of them wearing their King & Allen suit. It was a particularly strong year with many stunning photographs shared on social media.
King & Allen News
The Best of Women’s Suit Street Style
Yesterday was International Women’s Day – a day to celebrate the amazing ladies in our life. To mark this occasion, we are doing a street style special on the world of women’s suits.
Style Tips & Advice
Sam and Tara: An Intimate and Relaxed Wedding in the Heart of Manchester
King & Allen groom Sam and his wife, Tara, first sent us their wedding photos a few months ago. Ever since, we have been admiring their fantastic style and the relaxed, personal vibe of their wedding day.
King & Allen News