‘I have become hopelessly obsessed with the losange’: the ‘Swiss Army knife’ of neckwear

‘I have become hopelessly obsessed with the losange’: the ‘Swiss Army knife’ of neckwear

There is nothing like England in the summer… for bringing out the worst of what lurks inside wardrobes of men ‘of a certain age’. I suppose one could be charitable and ascribe this to Byron’s famous observation about ‘The English winter – ending in July to recommence in August’. And indeed there have been years during which I did not need to switch from tweed to linen. Summer in these islands is more of a game of meteorological Russian roulette …