How To Be A Classic Gentleman - Permanent Style Interview With Simon Crompton

Read the full interview at https://gentl.mn/be-a-classic-gent 00:26 Can you share with us the journey that took you from the university to where you are today? 01:05 So, when did you know that this is something you wanted to do? 01:42 Did you do an internship or did you just apply somewhere and stayed there all your career? What were the different steps that you took? 02:22 Oh, wow! So how long have you been in the company then? 03:35 How would you describe the relationship between legal patent stuff and permanent style? 04:45 So, how do you split the time between Permanent Style and the other stuff? Is it like 50/50 or is it 30/70? 05:07 How would you describe the state of print menswear journalism versus online men's wear journalism? 07:11 I've read that you kind of described your style often as British style sold to the Italians which is kind of a phrase coined by Micheal Drake, he always used that. Can you describe like your approach to that and what it means to you? 08:19 Tell us more about this Italian-Brit thing? 11:21 I think one of the big works in craftsmanship and clothing today is handmade and if you look what's described as handmade, there's this huge kind of area, right? Like sometimes, I would think it's abused or misused. What's your definition of handmade? When is something handmade and where's the line? 13:25 Where is the point sometimes where you think a machine actually provides a better result? Where would you say "Actually, more handwork doesn'