You might have seen the collar pin make an appearance in the TV series ‘Mad Men’. They came to life in the 20’s when it was fashionable to have a pinned down collar rather than a stiff classic collar like today, but now the collar pin is making a strong come back in the world of men’s fashion.

The good thing about a collar pin is that whether you’re going for a classic or contemporary look then it will fit in perfectly with your outfit.

The pin is placed through two small holes in the collar and sits underneath your tie. This gives the tie more of a lift giving it a neater look and much better shape.

If you’re going to brave the collar pin then we’d suggest a narrower bladed tie to sit on top preferably fastened with a half Windsor knot

Moss Bros is pleased to announce the launch of his new hirewear collection with Ted Baker. Next Spring, having worked together for many years, Ted will be offering his hirewear in all Moss Bros stores, beginning with morningwear. Tails of the unexpecTED is a classic morning suit with a contemporary twist is inspired by Ted’s very own tailcoat. Incorporating a vibrant peacock feather lining exclusive to Moss bros, this new addition to Ted’s formalwear family is perfect for the groom, groomsmen or racing party.

Always one for the attention to detail Ted has created accessories to add a special touch to your perfect ensemble. These are available in a variety of crisp colours to complement any occasion.

For those who like to spread their tail feathers and stand out from the crowd, Ted’s morningsuit is perfect to ensure your special occasion is a memorable and fashionable one.

This season the heritage look is a key trend, everywhere you look you’ll see textured blazers, elbow patches, geoprint shirts, paisley ties & bow ties with matching pocket squares and the odd striped tie. Don’t think that just because you don’t live in the country side and milk the cows every morning that you can’t sport a checked jacket, it’s purely a myth that they are for the country folk! We have taken it upon ourselves to give you the real (and smarter) heritage look for this winter.

Blazers can be a versatile garment in your wardrobe, you can pair them with jeans, chinos or formal trousers but you must have the right shoes on, we recommend a wedged brogue with these blazers, classic yet contemporary and most importantly extremely stylish. All our new Ventuno21 heritage blazers come in a slim fit and prices start from £89. We’ve introduced a mixture of 3, 2 and 1 button blazers. Don’t be afraid to wear a 3 button blazer they are on trend at the moment but remember to only do up the top 2 buttons.

Remember that it’s all about the finer details, adding a tie or bow tie can turn your look from a dressed down formal look to a stylish well presented heritage masterpiece. Our new Ventuno21 heritage ties come in a mixture of geoprints, stripes and paisley prints, of course they are all 100% silk to give you that extra quality.

We are proud to announce we have won the Perfect Weddings Award for Best Groomswear 2012. This is the second year running we have won! Bring on 2013. We’d like to thank you all for your continuing support!

Moss Bros Group, the UK’s number 1 destination for men’s suiting are launching a new, premium range for AW12 under the ‘Moss 1851’ label. Celebrating 161 years of British heritage, the collection is split into two categories, namely Moss 1851 and Moss 1851 British Cloth to encompass suits, jackets and coats.

The Moss 1851 collection sources cloths from the choice international mills to create a range of suits that embody the essence of traditional British elegance. The block has been developed by taking the best in class attributes and styling from the company archives and contrasting them with bright linings for an injection of newness that defines a signature detail of the collection. Super fine suit fabrics come in birds eye, sharkskin and herringbone weaves with prices starting at an affordable £249.

The Moss 1851 British Cloth collection uses only the finest fabrics woven and finished in Britain’s top cloth mills. The core cloths for AW12 include a Prince of Wales check, herringbone and classic cable stripe and prices start from an extremely modest £349. Built on our 161 year history, this collection distils the essence of functional yet refined British tailoring where attention to detail is paramount. Using a refined contemporary block, the Moss 1851 British Cloth collection is styled with intricate and time honoured processes that are synonymous with British heritage. Apart from the luxurious Super 120’s cloths and a horse hair half canvas construction, each two piece suit features rope sleeve heads, hand finished collar tabs, elegantly slanted pockets and hidden flower loop under the lapel. The interior boasts piano facing on the lining with contrasting cloth jets and pocket envelopes for security.

An equal amount of effort has gone in to the trousers. Using a slimmer block, these trousers have been designed to give the utmost in comfort and style to the wearer. Sporting a discrete coin pocket on the hip as well as side adjusters to the exterior and brace buttons to the waistband interior – bunched waistbands are a thing of the past.

Due to land in stores in September 2012, The Moss 1851 and Moss 1851 British Cloth collections are exclusively available in stores where the Moss Bespoke service is available.

Some of our new formal shirts have finally landed for your viewing pleasure. Whether you’re checked, plain or striped (or all 3) we have a style fit for you and we know you’re going to love them.

We are pleased to announce a new addition to the shirt family, the Blazer Performance Shirts! With huge success among Moss fans the Blazer Performance range has a new lease of life in the form of Performance shirts. Ideal for the working man these shirts have been designed for long lasting use. These formal shirts have been crafted as ultimate performance shirts, they’ve been woven from a special 100% non iron cotton fabric for the ultimate non iron performance, the fit of the shirts is tailored with tapered seams. They are ideal for dressing up in the office and dressing down at night.

The new Savoy Taylors Guild shirts remain in a regular classic fit with a double cuff and a choice of spread or regular collar. The shirt designs stay true to STG’s long standing heritage with check, striped or plain colour; they of course purvey the highest of quality being 100% luxury cotton.

Our new Calvin Klein shirts have also arrived, being successful with our customers last season we have decided to extend the range, the designs of the shirts have also been adjusted to more of a contemporary feel we now have rope stripes, micro checks and self stripes. The quality remains the same at 100% cotton, one major change to the shirts is that they are now ‘easy iron’ meaning less time for you (or the wife) in front of the ironing board on a Sunday night.

As well as dressing Arthur Williams & Ade Adepitan for the Paralympics we also had one of our own staff members helping out with the smooth running of the games! Read his account of the experience below!

I work in the Bradford store 044, and just came back from volunteering at the Paralympic Games.

It was such an amazing, unforgettable experience, one that will remain with me forever.

Many thanks must go to my store manager, Hanif Khan and the rest of the team, who have supported me whenever I’ve needed time off to attend volunteer training sessions. I really couldn’t have done it without his and their help.

I loved walking through the sun soaked Olympic park every day, helping groups of families take that special photo with them altogether, as well as getting a few of the park myself, and feeling the whole atmosphere.

The park itself was huge, and it took half an hour to get from the Stratford Gate entrance, to my venue of Eton Manor, which was hosting the Wheelchair Tennis. It wasn’t the first time that I had been there, I had helped on the test event held during a cold and wet May this year, and the difference in the weather was commented on by everyone else who had been there for the test event. The phrase “Umbrella’s aren’t just for rain” was widely used, as were the umbrellas that were provided for us as part of our uniform, to get some shade while on duty.

I met Paralympics GB’s Peter Norfolk and the rest of the team on the practice courts on the 1st day, and got to see some fantastic, gripping Tennis.

Highlight of my week in terms of volunteer duty came on the second day of play (Sunday), monitoring the crowds on centre court. This was great, as I got to watch GB’s Marc McCarroll and his doubles partner Gordon Reid comfortably dispatch their Canadian opponents 6-3, 6-1, despite some vocal Canadian support. Then, just as the sun was going down, and most of the crowds had gone home, was the last match of the day, an epic 3 set thriller between USA and Brazil in the men’s doubles, first it looked like being an easy win for the Americans, taking the first set 6-1, but the boys from Brazil were not finished, taking the second set 6-3. The third set then produced a moment of unplanned genius when it was punctuated by a floodlight failure, and was suddenly accompanied by the song “I’ve got the power”, playing over the tannoy systems, the remaining crowd responding with huge cheers and claps, at the irony of the music. Tired and exhausted, Brazil finally took this roller coaster third set 7-6, with the very last tie-break point of the match. With no TV crews set up until the next day that memory will only be with those of us who were there.

A small farewell gathering was held on the penultimate night, a chance to swap phone numbers and email addresses with friends we’d made, and get a picture with the Paralympic relay torch, that had been brought over for the occasion.

On the last day I managed to grab a moment with Netherland’s Marjolein Buis, one of the Ladies Doubles gold medallists, and touch the gold medal she won with Esther Vergeer only hours earlier.

We finished the last night forming a long chain of volunteers waiting the to “High-5” people as they were leaving the venue, wishing them a safe journey home and thanking them for coming.

Moments like these are rare in life, and I’m glad I have been able to be part of such a successful and memorable Paralympic Games.

Here’s to 2014 and the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Recently our new Ventuno 21 men’s suit range has landed in store and online. Among this amazingly fresh collection of contemporary tailoring is a burgundy slim fit heritage suit, ideal for weddings, the office, impressing at meetings and special occasions, it really is the universal suit.

You might be thinking what makes this suit so special? Well firstly the geoprint lining is one like no other, we’ve not seen anybody use this lining before, secondly the printed hanky that you see in the top breast pocket matches the lining but not only that, its stitched into the pocket so you can pull it out when necessary and tuck it in when it doesn’t match the tie you want to wear. If it were us wearing it then we’d always expose the hanky, it’s so on trend at the moment.

You can pair this suit with many a shirt and tie/bowtie combination, you can even wear it with an open collar and flaunt the hanky to give you a cutting edge.

The jacket can also be worn with jeans and a tshirt or polo shirt for the weekend look too.

In this week’s Drapers you can read how our store manager Ahmed Khan has progressed so far at such a young age and has become an integral part of the Moss Bros Team. An inspiration from Moss Bros.

This week we caught up with our shirt buyer to find out what to expect from Moss this season and to give you an introduction to one of our new brands!

If you want any questions answering from our buyers then tweet us @mossbrostweet

How have you changed the shirt offering at Moss for this season?

Like the suits we have definitely moved to a younger trend led range. We have included different fits across all our ranges. We now have an option for tailored fit shirts in the Blazer range, Slim fit shirts in Ventuno and in Savoy Taylors Guild with extra added options.

We’ve also updated our non iron Dehavilland range, which is aimed at our more classic customers, with on trend stripes, semi plain and gingham designs.

How do you cater for all ages with our shirt ranges?

We aim to provide a wide range of brands at Moss, to ensure that all our customers can find exactly what they want.

For a customer who loves fashion and on trend shirts, look for our Ventuno 21 range, the shirts are all slim fit and a few extra slim!
You will find small checks and ginghams, a pin collar shirt, button down collars and bright poplin shirts.

For our customers who like to keep it simple, practical and traditional we offer Dehavilland (which are all easy iron) and Savoy Taylors Guild, where some options are available in slim fit. We also provide Ted Baker, exclusive French Connection and Calvin Klein for our fashion focused customers who are looking for a contempory simple designs.

What changes & introductions can we expect for AW12?

We will introduce our new Moss 1851 range, which will be crafted from luxurious cotton in plains and simple stripes. This range will be special to Moss as it will inherit 161 years of our tailoring experience and heritage. It will be the most premium range we offer.

To match our Blazer Performance range on suits we have created our ultimate Blazer Performance shirts. They are 100% cotton and non iron. They come in a tailored fit with a more contemporary style, which means you can go to work looking very smart and cool enough for going out after! They are super comfortable!

In AW12 you will also be seeing a lot of ‘heritage’ style shirts, from casual ginghams to stripes. These are to match the heritage jackets we have created along with the heritage style ties and bow ties.

Which brand or brands are you most excited about within the shirt range?

We are very exicted about our Blazer Casual range. We have fun floral prints, stipes and large gingham’s. Perfect for your casual Friday out fit!


What is your favourite shirt in stock at the moment?

The French Connection Mini Gingham Navy shirt. I love this shirt! Its the small gingham detail, it looks smart for the office, especially when teamed with a navy Ventuno skinny tie. Or un-do the top button and team with jeans for a smart casual day look. It is 100% cotton, tailored fit, and has a smaller contempory collar.

What is your number 1 office essential?

The Ted Baker Quilted Document Bag. This men’s bag is perfect for an everyday work bag, it’s on trend and really practical especially when travelling around the city with all your notes.