The Waistcoat - The Garment that Refused to Die
From the Persian courts to a Brooklyn dancefloor in 1977 — the waistcoat has outlasted every fashion cycle thrown at it. We trace five centuries of the most quietly resilient...
Welcome to The Stumper Dispatch — a collection of letters, stories and seasonal notes from our corner of Portobello Road.
Here we share glimpses behind the stitches: insights into craftsmanship, the people we work with, the yarns we love, and the small rituals that make life beautifully made.
Each dispatch is written with the same care we bring to our garments — thoughtful, enduring, and quietly British.
From the Persian courts to a Brooklyn dancefloor in 1977 — the waistcoat has outlasted every fashion cycle thrown at it. We trace five centuries of the most quietly resilient...