Dressing for the Bank Holiday

Three ways to wear the weekend, whatever it brings...

The August bank holiday rarely commits to a single kind of day; sunshine, a beer garden, an unplanned train out of the city, sometimes all three.

With the Bank holiday weekend on the horizon, we've put together three ways to dress for it, each built from pieces in our ready to wear collection and each suited to a different pace of weekend.

Look 1

For a day that could take you from a garden party to last orders at the local, our navy Mockleno jacket is built for the unpredictability of an English bank holiday. It's cut from a breathable travel cloth that shrugs off creases and heat in equal measure, so it looks as sharp at 6pm as it did at noon.

Worn here with a blue and white stripe one-piece collar shirt and light grey Fresco trousers, the high-twist wool keeps things cool without sacrificing the drape. Add a beer in hand and you've got the easiest kind of smart.

Look 2

If your weekend is heading out of town, this is the jacket for it. Cut from a French-Italian linen in a Gunclub check, it is detailed with patch pockets and a softer shoulder. It has none of the stiffness of a city suit, which makes it just as at home over a pair of jeans as it is over tailored trousers.

Paired with a cobalt blue linen shirt and our Bespoke indigo denim, it's a look that moves easily between a pub garden and a country lunch.

Notch Lapel Jacket in Gunclub Check Linen

£1,200.00

One Piece Collar Shirt in Cobalt Blue Linen

£240.00

Look 3

Whether it's a coastal escape or just a warm afternoon in London, this is as relaxed as tailoring gets. Our white linen safari shirt, worn untucked with chest patch pocket details, it sits alongside ivory pleated shorts in Loro Piana's Art du Lin, a cloth prized for its lightness and its softening drape.

All white, worn easy, built for an ice cream in hand rather than anywhere formal.