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How To Dress For A Winter Wedding
Winter weddings are a wonderful opportunity to explore rich fabrics such as wool and silk velvet, so we have compiled the ultimate style guide for both gents...
The Wiltshire Gilet
Discover Favourbrook's extensive Wiltshire gilet collection, which brings the classic sleeveless garment out from the cold and into a sophisticated tailored world.
Everything But The Jacket
From dress trousers to the finishing pocket square, discover the eveningwear essentials and styling rules that make black tie look considered, confident and unmistakably Favourbrook.
Wowzers Trousers
This season's trouser collection has the wow factor in abundance, with elegant palazzo pants and cigarette silhouettes doing the walking and the talking.
Trousers And Braces: A Supporting Role
Discover why high-waisted trousers deserve a little support, with our guide to elegant proportions, impeccable drape and the discreet pleasures of Favourbrook’s silk braces collection.
New Collab: Favourbrook x Jeffrey-West - Prince Albert Slipper
Discover our new collaboration with Piccadilly Arcade neighbour and cult shoemaker Jeffrey-West...
The Register: Berkeley Square Fair, Tosca and the Art of Looking Expensive
October in London is the month the city stops pretending it is interested in anything other than art. In this issue of The Register, we...
Velvet, Decoded: How To Tell Good From Bad
Velvet - whether of the cotton or silk variety - is a delicious fabric but not all velvet cloths are made equally. Here’s how to...
This Winter, Live In Velvet
There are fabrics you wear and fabrics you feel, and velvet has always belonged firmly in the second category. Discover this season's collection of velvet...
Not For Wallflowers: The Patterned Dinner Jacket
Black tie is one of the few dress codes that tells you almost exactly what to wear, which is precisely why the patterned dinner jacket...
The Black Tie Rules Worth Breaking
Black tie might seem a prescriptive dress code, but when you know which rules to bend, it can be a whole lot of fun...
A Black Tie Guide For Ladies
Black tie for ladies used to be the exclusive domain of the ball gown, but today the dress code welcomes a variety of super chic...
Favourbrook: The Founding Story
From a Portobello stall and leftover ecclesiastical silks, Oliver Spencer built Favourbrook: waistcoats, velvet jackets and occasionwear with romance, fun and a very London sense...
The Season Of The Waistcoat
The feminine waistcoat is not a borrowed men’s garment. Cut for a woman’s line, in silk douppion, cotton velvet and brocade, it gives evening dressing...
Why The Waistcoat Still Does All The Talking
Favourbrook began with leftover silk and a waistcoat. Thirty-odd years later the collection is still the house’s calling card: single-breasted and double-breasted, gabardine and velvet,...
The Key Fabrics For AW26
From slubby silk douppion to gorgeously lightweight georgette via rich velvet brocades and delicate French embroidery, discover the essential fabrics that give our AW26 collection...
The Interview: Lady Fuller
Neston Park has been home to the Fuller family for generations, and provided the setting for Favourbrook’s AW26 campaign. We sat down with Venetia, Lady...
Beyond The Dinner Jacket: Accessorising Black Tie
Turn a great dinner suit into an outstanding ensemble with a carefully selected assortment of formal accessories.
Mastering The Classic Dinner Jacket
There are times when a classic dinner jacket ticks all the right boxes. We'll show you exactly how to get the traditional tuxedo looking just...
The Artist’s Jacket and the Nehru: Two Silhouettes, One Collar
Workwear that learned table manners: meet Favourbrook’s artist’s jacket, designed for evenings that demand character, not a dress code.
Mother Of The Bride: The Hardest Brief
As Mother of the bride, one needs to dress with purpose but also be delicate at the same time. Here’s how to make a strong...
How To Dress For An Autumn Wedding
An autumn wedding asks for a recalibration rather than a rethink. The codes hold - morning dress for the church, black tie for the evening,...
Demystifying Dress Codes: The Winter Formal Edit
An invitation that lands in December asks something slightly different of a dress code than one that lands in June. The rules don't change, but...
Women's Winter Dress Codes
Eveningwear is a hierarchy of moods as much as garments, and the season changes what each code should feel like. Winter formal dressing calls for...
Neston Park: A House Made For Occasion
Some country houses are best appreciated from a polite distance: admired for their symmetry, their heritage, their ability to make a passing cloud look more...
The Autumn/Winter ’26 Womenswear Collection: The Art Of Arrival
Discover Autumn/Winter ’26 womenswear, where silk, velvet and expressive evening silhouettes bring confidence, romance and drama to every after-dark invitation.
The Autumn/Winter ’26 Menswear Collection: Dressed For The Occasion
Step inside Autumn/Winter ’26: a country-house-inspired menswear collection of velvet jackets, elegant suiting and formal layers made for memorable occasions.
Leg Work: The New Season Trouser Edit
Cigarette trousers, palazzos and jumpsuits: discover the elegant new-season silhouettes bringing poise and personality to evening dressing.
Ladies’ Eveningwear Essentials
From Le Smoking tailoring to silk, velvet and statement separates, discover the essential pieces for a confident, elegant autumn and winter evening wardrobe.
How To Build A Formal Wardrobe
A considered guide to building a formal wardrobe, from versatile suits and waistcoats to velvet dinner jackets and the accessories that complete them.