Take at look at these posts- http://permanentstyle.blogspot.com/2010/09/pics-of-toby-luper-suit.html and http://permanentstyle.blogspot.com/2010/09/final-suit-from-toby-luper.html. Note the blatant advertising at the bottom.

The firm concerned advertises its bespoke tailoring - http://www.hemingwaytailors.co.uk/. Yet Crompton writes "Toby’s suits are made at Cheshire Bespoke, which has an excellent reputation and makes for one or two Savile Row names as well." Cheshire Bespoke makes RTW and made-to-measure suits for Chester Barrie, Huntsman and Richard Anderson.

He goes on "I’m very pleased with the suit as finished, and it received some appreciative comments on the details during a recent meeting at Kent, Haste & Lachter." (looking for a freebie?) Yet he concludes "a good option for off-Savile Row at £1800, particularly given Toby’s eye for fit. I can’t vouch for the cutting, but Toby says all customers are made individual patterns".

So Crompton says he can't vouch for the cutting despite posting a picture of himself in his suit. But he also says is pleased for a bespoke suit from a Yorkshire firm (supposedly made to his individual pattern by Cheshire Bespoke in Crewe) which he says is very pleased with. What a farce!

Crompton (previously a loyal customer of Graham Browne) now has three new suits by Anderson & Sheppard, Huntsman and Hemingway/Cheshire Bespoke worth around £9/10k.

http://permanentstyle.blogspot.com/2010/10/all-sold-out.html
Crompton extols the business benefits of being featured on his blog.

Last edited by NJS (2010-10-01 11:39:01)

Roll dhem droms.

Last edited by NJS (2010-10-07 11:32:22)

If I were looking for someone to spruce up the prose of my self-indulgent fashion blog or brand website I would not look to Mr. Crompton. His writing rarely passes serviceable. I'm surprised to hear that anyone would offer him paid consultancy work for writing and editing.

More freebie BS on Dents gloves? - http://permanentstyle.blogspot.com/2010/11/dents-how-british-gloves-are-made.html.

"There’s an odd little bit of Selfridge’s between Ralph Lauren and the Kurt Geiger shoe emporium. It contains general accessories – hats, scarves and gloves – and stands out because it is the one part of the menswear floor not obviously split up into concessions. Perhaps the licenses are too small to deserve more floor space; perhaps Selfridge’s wants at least one area that feels more like a store, less like a branch.

This is the only place I had previously come across Dent’s gloves; not exactly auspicious. "

Yet he goes on to write a puff PR piece on the company's history and manufacturing processes but he has not even visited the factory.

"Expect even more unwanted detail when I travel down to Warminster (location of Dent’s current factory) to see the process myself later in the year."

What a tosser!

Last edited by Bishop of Briggs (2010-11-02 15:02:48)