S.E.H Kelly

The shawl cardigan is, in knitwear speak, ten-ply. Preposterously thick is what this means. Moreover, the collar — that great pythonic collar there — is a double layer of said knit, which logically makes it twenty-ply, and so akin to wearing an absurdly thick scarf. More

The hunting jacket is workwear from the technical end of the spectrum, with exactly as much to it as meets the eye — which, with seven external pockets, is a lot. Most of it is hefty melton from Yorkshire, but its upper is rain-proof cotton from Northern Ireland. More

The topcoat is a smart and single-breasted overcoat, cut much in the manner of a tailored jacket but far, far longer. It is made with tweed from a family run mill in County Donegal in Ireland, alive with tufts of unexpected shades, from amber to auburn to bright white. More

Unbuttoned, the button-down collar here has a life of its own, but when bought to heal by the precise displacement of those teeny-tiny button-down buttons, it all ease and restraint, with a voluptuous cascade of linen poplin at the front the only hint of its true spirit. More

Unbuttoned, the button-down collar here has a life of its own, but when bought to heal by the precise displacement of those teeny-tiny button-down buttons, it all ease and restraint, with a voluptuous cascade of soft corduroy at the front the only hint of its true spirit. More

The SB is among the most serious jackets at the workshop — the only one with gravitas enough to attend a formal occasion without raising eyebrows. It's all relative, of course, and compared to most tailored jackets, dear old Esbee is markedly easygoing and relaxed. More

A t-shirt, this, sure — if you want to get all technical about it. But it is a t-shirt from an alternative history of the t-shirt, where rather than becoming a bunkmate of socks and smalls, it was crowned a classic and enduring example of a type of British knitting. More

The funny thing about the weatherproof ripstop from which the trench is made is that, despite being twice as tough as old boots — being a twin-layer ripstop of the toughest fibres around — it is also light and airy and comfortable in even the most sticky climes. More

The peacoat and its preposterous collar are back once again, and once again in heavy woollen melton from the Heavy Woollen District of West Yorkshire. A reproduction of old military cloth, this — so faithful it's the very same mill making it, 200-plus years on. More

Technically speaking, a Chesterfield is a long and tailored overcoat and / or a leather sofa. What you see here is much closer to the former — but less tailored. It is made with heavy hopsack cloth from Yorkshire and finished with horn buttons from the Midlands. More

A woven of mass distraction from Scotland, this, comprising not two not three but four — four! — different fibres. There's cotton and linen and silk and wool, together imbuing character enough to intrigue and invigorate even the most indifferent of eyeballs. More

The cloth here, from which the new field shirt is made, is linen of character and no mistake, teeming with slub and bobble and the alluring aura of unruliness of Northern Irish linen at its best. And it starts like this — the mind boggles how it'll be a few wears from now. More

The raincoat is built from the ground up to look like the unassuming mac of British tradition, but perform at a much higher level — to better battle rain, that is — by having swathes of its surface fortified with two or three more layers of cloth than the norm. More

The cloth from which the balmacaan is made is, yes, okay, brown — but it's so much more than that. It's a barleycorn tweed from Northern Ireland, alive with numberless, numerous, and beyond number little fluffy nuggets of wool, from chalk to auburn to chestnut. More

It's a donkey jacket — but not as we know it. Respectful of the age-old workwear classic rather than deferent, this is a winter jacket with a whole-cut upper body, more pockets than one might expect, and a complementary combination of cloths warm and rainproof. More

More predictive of winter than the Gregorian Calendar and twice as wearable — yes, the heavy crewneck is back again in all its fluffy tuck-stitched lambswool glory. It is, as ever, ten-ply: barely a fraction below thermonuclear on the knitwear warmth-o-meter. More

The cloth from which the balmacaan is made is, yes, okay, brown — but it's so much more than that. It's a barleycorn tweed from County Donegal, alive with numberless, numerous, and beyond number little fluffy nuggets of wool, from chalk to auburn to chestnut. More

This is the British warm — a long double-breasted overcoat in the tailored tradition, only with lapels so sharp they routinely prod unwary eyeballs, a vent at the back so vertiginous it inspires vertigo, and a soft, relaxed shoulder found typically only on golf sweaters. More

The Ulster is a certifiable heavyweight slugger of a winter coat — befitting its upbringing in the Belfast dockyards circa 1850. This year it tips further the scales by being made with hefty — and riotously flecked — lambswool barleycorn tweed from County Donegal. More

This is a disaster and no mistake. The tielocken was meant to be a no-fuss version of the trench. But look what happened. Two inverted pleats, a two-piece belt with four buckles, a sleeve half raglan and half set-in, and five or six pockets. Where did it all go wrong? More

The peacoat is made with tweed woven in a mill inside a boat-shed on the Morayshire coastline, with every step performed singlehandedly with weaving machinery of Victorian vintage, using the tough, undyed wool of Herdwick sheep from the Lake District. More