Love Luxe…
From super-soft cashmere to exclusive Dita eyewear, visit Scruples to discover a world of refined luxury. Photography: Kirsten Platt
Pure luxury lies at the heart of this season’s beautifully curated collections at Scruples 1984. As always, director Stephen Collins along with store manager Tom Orrell and the team have an international line-up of designers that are elevating Scruples’ menswear offering: “This year we have slightly altered the way we are buying. We have top names such as Loro Piana and Canali that are producing ready-to-wear collections that feature casual pieces of kit which represent pure luxury in terms of fabric and fit.”
Unusually for the winter season there is a considerable amount of colour featuring in the collections, as Tom explains: “As everyone knows we love a pop of colour at Scruples! A client, who normally only wears navy jackets has just bought a beautiful, deep pink cashmere blazer – stunning!”
Colour is also featuring on everything from winter knits to detail on the denim – whatever the shade, it enhances the luxury look. Take Mackage for example, a name that has delivered a truly unique colour – Trench – in their signature collection of outerwear.
This Canadian brand has proved incredibly popular at Scruples’ Barrowford store: “It’s been amazing!” enthuses Tom. “It’s a really wearable colour and features in two different styles of coat that also come in navy.
“Everyone seems to want something new in a different colour.”
Another world-leader within the luxury clothing market is top Italian brand Pal Zileri, which mixes contemporary style with classic tailoring. This season at Scruples, discover cashmere bombers and overshirts – plus a weather-proof trench coat which features an embedded versatile hoodie.
Focusing on functionality, Herno is another brand that utilises technique and technology to create Italian outerwear that is tactile and design-led.
Jacob Cohen, which specialises in luxury, ready-to-wear jeans along with Tramarossa famed for its hand-tailored denim, are both favoured brands along with Richard J Brown, which is leading the way with their unique, cashmere-blend denim – ultra-soft and exclusive to Scruples.
“We have luxury denim in a variety of styles this season,” says Tom, who is tremendously excited about the latest in-store eyewear collections.
“We can’t believe how popular our eyewear collections have become since taking on the Tom Ford brand a while back.”
Zegna also features as well as respected makers Dita, with Scruples’ Barrowford store being the sole UK retailer of the brand, which styles its sunglasses in a combination of high-grade titanium and Japanese acetate: “Word has got around that we stock Dita sunglasses and they’ve become unbelievably popular. There’s a fabulous range of styles. It’s like walking into a car showroom and coming away with a Rolls Royce! Our collection of sunglasses is a relatively new asset to Scruples but wow, it’s fantastic!”
GIFTS
In the run up to the festive period, Scruples has a range of luxury giftware that is sure to impress. From super-soft cashmere socks from Falke in lovely seasonal colours, with pale lilac becoming a best seller! Falke has also embarked on a quirky alliance with summer-brand Vilebrequin – better known for its swim shorts: “The Falke x Vilebrequin collaboration is unusual – the socks feature turtles which were Vilebrequin’s summer 2024 trademark. The ad campaign for the socks is interesting!”
Belts from British brand Elliot Rhodes make a great gift – the inter-changeable mix-and-match designs are renowned for their quality. Maybe opt for an exclusive diamante skull buckle and team it with luxury leather – including python, croc or stingray.
Scruples also offers a complimentary gift-wrapping service along with ‘gift coins’ (which look like boxed medals) with balances of £250, £500 or £1,000.
Scruples 1984
85-87 Gisburn Road
Barrowford BB9 6DX
01282 695770
scruplesmenswear.co.uk
