With its elegant spring/summer collection, Favourbrook proves it’s most at home among characterful surrounds
Right, from left Windsor morning suit, £720, Steed Gatsby shirt, £160, trousers, £275, waistcoat, £250 and Monmouth tie, £95; Newport suit, £895, Stanfield Gatsby shirt, £150, Radley tie, £95 and Radley pocket square, £50.
Newport suit, £895, Gatsby shirt, £135, Westbourne tie, £95 and Radley/Overton pocket square, £50
At once traditionally elegant and boldly now, Favourbrooks’ suits may be impossible to assign to a time. They are, however, a lot easier to ascribe to a place. Or several… The brand’s newest collection was shot at Chiswick House, an apt setting considering its artistic splendour. The demands of the summer social calendar will no doubt have you travelling from grand London manors such as this to rural country estates further afield.
And backdrops full of such character require a suit to match. Luckily, character is what Favourbrook does best. New waistcoats in easy pastel tones complement the soft hues of summer, while floral-print silk ties and botanical pocket squares celebrate a spring in full bloom.
Summed up in one word, it’s romantic – a gentle reminder of the brand’s time-old relationship with the celebration of love (one just has to look at its role in the 1990s romcom Four Weddings and a Funeral, in which its beautiful handprinted waistcoats feature). The hero of the SS26 collection? A new grey morning suit (because true sartorial styling is never black and white).
Made for the most demanding of dress codes, it boasts several ornamental details, including a riding button, jigger front closure and working cuffs. Private moments of joy hide within the construction, with a secret pocket in the coat tail reminding us that some keepsakes are just too special to leave behind. Whether the season takes you to faraway lands or back to familiar grounds, Favourbrook’s new collection promises a presence every bit as compelling as its setting.
