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Harry Rosehill Londons Oldest Family-Owned Businesses In an age of buy-outs and corporate takeovers, it may come as a surprise that some major London businesses are still family-owned. These companies are still run by descendants of their original founder, their most valuable heirloom passed down through multiple generations. Here are Londons seven oldest: 1. Creed - 1760 In 1760 James Henry Creeds delivered a pair of scented gloves to the new monarch, King George III. The gloves came fr...

Country Life Trending: Credit: Oxley Hetty Lintell picks out the best hats for this time of year and offers tips on looking after them. To keep your hat in tip top condition always rest it upside down — this will help preserve the brim. Too much rain may cause a hat to discolour or lose its shape, so dry your hat by resting on its crown with the headband flipped out. Resist the urge to dry it on a radiator: leaving a hat in the heat (or the sun, when that returns) means the headban...

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Download 3.58 MB What a peculiar thing a bowler hat is. How can something so perfectly ordinary stand for so much? It started out in a perfectly normal way. The younger son of the Earl of Leicester, Edward Coke, decided the gamekeepers on the family estate, Holkham Hall in Norfolk, needed a hat that didnt get knocked off by low branches as they did their rounds. So in 1849 he went to Londons venerable hat making firm, Lock & Co, whove been making hats since 1676, and set them the challenge. Whi...

A History of the Bowler Hat Author: "I say old chap. What do you fancy for the 2:30 at Kempton Park?" For British bankers and civil servants, the bowler hat was part of the working uniform, along with the pin-striped suit and tightly furled umbrella. But it was so much more than that. In America, where it’s called the derby, it was also called “the hat that won the West,” not the Stetson. In Bolivia, it’s women who wear bowler hats, known as bombin. The Origin of the Bowler Hat The Ear...

Noël Coward knew just “how potent cheap music is”, as he says in his play Private Lives, but he also understood the power of striking a pose. His sophisticated stage dialogue was always delivered in matching style. Now admirers of this towering talent – he was acknowledged in his day as “the Master” – will have the chance to see glamorous costumes, designs and props, along with letters and photographs gathered from his long career. A rare collection goes on sho...

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. The Best Beanie Hats on Earth (According To Esquire Editors) Look, youre going to be sat outside for the foreseeable so hat up Noah, Aimé Leon Dore You want the best. And heck, you deserve the best. But theres a lot of choice out there, and sometimes the best is hard to find. Fortunately, we know where to find it. Every week, the Esquire editors reveal their favourite brands, from under-the-radar steals to luxur...