A graduate wardrobe, cut for the City

Clapham & Canary Wharf · One wardrobe, three offices, no further panic buys.

A first job in banking often arrives with a rail of almost-right cloth. We do not replace it. We finish it.

Sleeves were set to show a quarter-inch of cuff. Trousers were tapered from the knee so a Chelsea boot disappeared cleanly. The navy was suppressed at the waist without touching the shoulder — the one part the factory had, for once, got right.

He kept the receipts. He did not need them.