Tweed: the first steps...

The British winter calls for that most British of things: Tweed.

While I personally am a fan, much of the younger generation (of which I reluctantly admit to being a member) equate tweed blazers to flat caps, slippers and incontinence. Codswallop, I say, not that it helps add distance to the "old man" tag.

Ties are being experimented with in all manner of fabrics and this one by Gant is among the nicest to wear casually (or even the office for those with slightly looser rules).

You can find it at  Mr Porter.