John Smedley will always be in vogue

Summary

Tim Heavisides recalls his fondness for the historic fashion firm and his enduring attachment to a black jumper Re your report ( Fashion and tradition: how John Smedley is innovating in a tough market, 1 November ), I was fortunate to grow up with a mum who was interested in good quality clothes and fashion, and who, when I was 17, bought me a black rollneck top. Think Roger Moore. Think Illya Kuryakin (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.). Think of me in the lower sixth at a rural grammar school in Wiltshire, who missed going to the Bath blues festival at Shepton Mallet in 1970. I also missed the Isle…

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