Luxury brand Hugo Boss has a seriously beautiful website as you'd expect, where you can order their contemporary and sophisticated separates, accessories, eyewear and watches in a few easy clicks. There's no doubt that this is a luxurious brand although it is not overpriced and be warned, if you haven't yet converted to Boss, click here and you'll probably do so fast.
Here’s an extensive range of classic, high quality reasonably priced clothing and accessories for men and women. Choose from black tie tailoring, suits, flannels, cords, jeans, shirts and ties, belts, shoes, cufflinks and underwear, plus accessories such as hats and caps, luggage, grooming tools and gifts.
Austin Reed offers an extremely good range of clothing online, right through from tailoring and evening dress to casual jackets, shirts and jeans. This is a very easy website to navigate and once you click on a product you can see immediately if your size is in stock. The signature collection is slightly more expensive than the main line, with higher quality fabrics and hand finishing.
The only real place to buy a Scottish tartan kilt is of course Scotland and if you can't make it up there then you can order it online from Kinloch Anderson. You need to know which tartan you should order and they have an extensive selection to choose from. You’ll also find all the necessary accessories including jackets and sporrans, skien dubh’s (decorative knives) kilt pins, belts and footwear with kilts, jackets, sashes and accessories for ladies and children as well.
On this extremely well designed site you can hire morning dress for weddings, your tails and top hat for Royal Ascot and highland dress as well. If you prefer to buy you can select from their collection of formal, casualwear and accessories by their own brand and labels such as Cardin, Savoy Taylors Guild and Cerruti and use their Style Advisor for help with 'what to wear when'.
The Crombie name has been synonymous for over 200 years with high quality, hard wearing cloth and while that still continues the Crombie brand has been developed into an excellent collection of clothing for men and women, much of which you can find online. There's an extensive range for men including the famous Crombie coat and for women there's a smaller range including dresses, separates, leather and suede.
This is a really good and fast developing range of menswear with everything you could possibly need, including tailoring (and dinner jackets) a wide range of formal shirts, casual shirts, trousers and sweaters plus a full collection of accessories. The site is very clearly photographed and the order system is really easy. There are also some men’s gift ideas here such as cashmere scarves and cufflinks.
Hackett have a beautiful, atmospheric website offering their well known high quality sportswear, tailoring, shirts and ties, knitwear and outerwear online. In the Rugby Shop you can choose from very good range of striped rugby shirts and you can also visit the Aston Martin Shop, with ‘Aston Martin Racing by Hackett’ clothing and the Army Polo collection.
MacGregor and MacDuff will make your kilt (and jacket) for you and ship it to you anywhere in the world. When you place your order you need to choose from literally hundreds of tartans (preferably choose your own), three types of dress jacket and a wide range of sporrans, belt buckles, skian dubhs, flashes and shoes. You can also hire your Highland dress but you need to visit one of their shops to do so. Delivery of bespoke outfits takes up to twelve weeks.
This is a very easy site to navigate, with simple drop down menus and clear pictures plus very good special offers. You can buy almost everything here, from formal tailoring to casual trousers and accessories. The shirt collection includes stripes, checks and solids with clear size and length options.
Famous for its well priced mens and ladies wear for several years Racing Green has now relaunched its website with a good range of menswear including shirts, tailoring (including dinner jackets and dress shirts) shoes and accessories. It's a very easy site to get round and much more classic than it used to be with smart pictures of a wide range of products. The prices are reasonable and the branding is very classy so definitely give it a try.
Brook Taverner has been in the business of classic men’s tailoring since 1912, producing suits, jackets, trousers and overcoats from premium cloths sourced from around the world. One of the advantages here is that suit jacket and trouser sizes can be mixed and matched offering numerous size and length options and their suit trousers also have a hidden stretch waistband.
Jermyn Street based Favourbrook has created a unique collection of menswear based on a contemporary take on three hundred years of elegant British dress. Their hand tailored styles include frock-coats, Nehru jackets, high-cut four button single-breasted jackets, morning-suit tails and wonderful, eye-catching waistcoats and cravats. Not everything is available to order online.
Ok, I have to now admit it, men’s fashion websites are officially getting as good as those for us girls (well, almost, anyway). Here’s an excellent example, with a full collection of high quality clothes and accessories from city suits, formalwear and overcoats to huntin’ shootin’ and fishin’ essentials, Barbour, waistcoats, collarless shirts, stiff collars and even top hats. Yes and shoes, links, belts, braces and wallets. It’s a great site. I’ll say no more.
Cromwell & Smith is a Shrewsbury based high quality mens outfitter offering a range of carefully selected supliers for tailoring, shirts, shoes and casualwear with labels such as Henry Cotton, Hilditch and Key, Bladen, Feraud, Crockett and Jones and Eton Shirts. This is a very well edited collection with simple, clear pictures and several views of each item. Expect quite high prices but excellent quality and service.
This is a company where the words young and contemporary come straight to mind. They always have one of the best selections of new wardrobe must-haves alongside their very good basics such as knitwear and t-shirts, which are well priced, good quality and available in a range of colours. French Connection is definitely not cheap but delivers up to the minute styling for men and women and is well worth taking a look at for new, modern additions to your wardrobe.
Charles Tyrwhitt are well known for their colourful and well laid out catalogues, their website is also extremely attractive, easy to navigate and the service offered excellent. There’s a very good selection of casual shirts and knitwear, tailoring, ladies shirts, cashmere knits and accessories and ‘Tiny Tyrwhitt’ clothing too plus excellent discounts at sale time.
Situated at Number 1 Savile Row, London and established in 1785, Gieves and Hawkes have always stood for the very best in men's tailoring whether for formal evening wear, suiting or casualwear. On their website you can now not only find out a great deal about the brand, but also choose from their high quality range of shirts, belts and braces, cufflinks, shoes and ties.
Famous London department store Liberty now has one of the most glamorous sites on the web, where you can shop from their collection of contemporary clothing, accessories and gifts for both men and women by designers such as Helmut Lang, Theory, See by Chloe, Alexander Mcqueen and many more. Shop too from beauty and fragrance, homewares and and the original Liberty of London collection. Add this site to your favourites right now.