Dressing The Man(nequin) with Conrad Manasseh

This week we are putting the spotlight on Cordings’ striking Lemon Yellow Corduroy Trousers. As our experienced sales associate Conrad Manasseh will explain, these trousers are the perfect garment for your summer social calendar! With the lemon cords taking the leading role, let’s see the outfit that Conrad put together this week. Take us through … Continued

How To Wear British Style – With Grey Fox, Tusting and Loake

The Grey Fox Photoshoot There is an understandable mutual appreciation society that exists between David Evans AKA Grey Fox, Britain’s best known sartorial blogger specialising in style for the over forties, and the three British brands Cordings, Loake and Tusting. A vocal advocate of style over fashion and British made quality products, David has been … Continued

Dressing the Man(nequin) with John Twitchen

A closer look at Cordings’ Spring/Summer 2022 Men’s Collection… For the next couple of weeks we will be putting the spotlight on different items from men’s SS22. Every week a different member of Cordings’ talented sales team will style a mannequin based around a garment from the new season. This week I caught up with … Continued

A Trip to Adamley Silk Printers

A visit to Adamley Textiles is the best way to experience the exquisite art and craftmanship of serigraphy. The Silk Town of England As you step off the train in Macclesfield, the unassuming spires divulge little of the remarkable history of this humble town famous not only for Hovis’ bread, but for England’s silk manufacturing … Continued

Malcolm Appleby MBE Engraver

We are proud to be working with one of Britain’s most outstanding and influential engravers alive today on our latest cufflink collection. Malcolm Appleby is one of Britain’s most celebrated silversmith-engravers. He has recently been awarded an MBE for his services to engraving. His work is commissioned by The Royal Family, the V&A Museum and 10 … Continued

Knitwear Guide

All great knitwear stories start with a good yarn… Cordings have always been trusted to create quality garments from our tweed jackets to our Mackintosh coats, and our knitwear collection is no different. Working with small makers and mills in Scotland, England and Wales using time honoured techniques, the seasonal and core ranges are created … Continued

Christmas Presents For The Fieldsports Enthusiast

Chosen by Martin Puddifer – editor of the Shooting Gazette until 2021 The run-up to Christmas needn’t be a time for mass panic-buying of gifts that risk being forgotten faster than the smoothie maker still boxed up in granny’s pantry. While the smiles of loved ones opening unexpected gifts on Christmas morning can light up … Continued

David Evans – Grey Fox

David Evans started his blog in 2011 as a means of honing his writing skills. His choice of subject – men’s style for the over 50’s – was chosen simply because it was a subject that he could write about from a personal viewpoint. With no background in the fashion industry and no prior knowledge … Continued

The Mackintosh Inverness Cape

John Charles Cordings first opened his store in The Strand in 1839 offering a collection of practical outerwear, made using cutting edge technology –‘vulcanised’ rubber bonded onto a sturdy cotton drill. His garments, created in collaboration with Thomas Hancock and Mackintosh were immediately hugely sought after. Practical and stylish they were the original performance coats … Continued