Good Afternoon all, welcome to the last of our pre – 2012 updates. We’re pleased to report we’ve made sterling progress behind the scenes, busying ourselves in a run up to the holiday break. Thus far the show is shaping up to be a worthy successor to our well-received debut, with further confirmation of new [...]

“A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.” George Bernard Shaw, member of the Bloomsbury Set. The forthcoming Jacket Required menswear show – 12th & 13th February 2012 – features a new location and more exhibitors but retains the same focus on quality of brand, diversity of offering and uniqueness of experience. For this the [...]

A good news story in today’s Drapers about the February 2012 show.

Jacket Required are pleased to announce our second show will be taking place on the 12th and 13th February 2012 in a central London location. Following on from the overwhelming success of our first exhibition, we will be doubling the amount of exhibitors within a beautiful, historic building and look forward to seeing you there. [...]

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Good afternoon from Jacket Required and our last newsletter before the show launches this weekend. We are overwhelmed by the response so far and look forward to seeing you at the show. Just a quick reminder of our immense brands list which includes Porter, Human Made, Bedwin & The Heartbreakers, LA Panoplie, Vera, aNYthing, Beats [...]

Founded in 1906, Gymphlex have produced fine sportswear for over a century. They’ve built a credible reputation around functional, quintessentially British sporting attire, which today acts as a welcome portal to an almost forgotten, smart-sports aesthetic. Though their mainline is produced to be fit-for-sport, the brand has recently undertaken a special project lead by designer [...]

A preview of our Jacket Required inaugural show in August on The Highrise. Click image to read.

Good Morning All, Welcome to the final week before our grand debut. For this update we’ve chosen to focus on several of our accessory brands, highlighting those labels whose efforts go beyond clothing. Beats by Dr Dre Beats is a joint venture between Interscope & Geffen Chairman, Jimmy Lovine, world renowned producer Dr. Dre and [...]

For SS12 Dockers have trawled the length and breadth of khaki history, building on a seemingly unmatched knowledge of the fabric and its various applications. In a progressive departure from their existing library of wares, SS12 sees the brand focus on khaki’s utilitarian appeal, promoting the fabric’s often under-appreciated ruggedness through a series of military [...]

We spoke to Style Salvage about our upcoming project. Click the image to read the interview.

Good Afternoon All, This week’s update is a rather large one, with a number of exciting developments having been made behind the scenes; we cover food and drink, Nordic attire and the all-important post-show party. Visitor Registration As we now count down the days to our show, we’d again like to remind all visitors who [...]

Our latest press is a 2 page interview in Style in Progress

Good Afternoon All, The show is now only a few weeks away, which means we’re keen to ensure you have all registered to attend. We’d again like to remind all visitors who have yet to register for the event, to do so over on our website. We’ve a submission form up there for all of [...]

Our friends at Selectism interviewed us about why we were doing the show. Click the picture to view.

Good Day All, There’s now less than a month to the show and the excitement is growing as we move closer to our debut event. As mentioned in previous communications, we’re keen to ensure all visitors register to attend. All visitors who have yet to register, please do so over on our website. We’ve a [...]

We’re happy to share a preview of Veja’s SS12; the Mediterranée collection. One of the styles due to be shown in under a month at Jacket Required. In line with Veja’s previous releases, the Mediterranée is a beautifully simple shoe that’s subtle enough to team with a variety of outfits. The upper is made from [...]

  Founded in 2004, Sandqvist have developed a recognisable aesthetic in a relatively short time, now commonly known for their restrained, modernist reinterpretation of classic luggage. The young Swedish brand primarily work with premium cotton canvas and leather, offering minimally styled solutions to the chores brought about by our daily carry. Their typically Scandinavian, pragmatic [...]

Good Morning All, We hope you’ve all enjoyed an unusually bright weekend in Blighty, now for another update from the team here at Jacket Required. For those who may of missed last week’s update, we’re happy to again relay our excitement regarding our relocation. To help accommodate our growing brand list we’ve made the decision [...]

London’s YMC (You Must Create) have kindly given us a look into their offerings for AW11; a collection that sees the brand introduce yet another facet of their growing personality – adding to a solid reputation garnered through the production of some of the best staple attire on the market today. For AW, the brand [...]

Good Morning All, Important news to start – To help accommodate our growing brand list we’ve made the decision to shift our venue, opting for a larger space only a few streets away from our original location. The event will now be held within Rochelle School’s Club Row building. Originally built in the 1880s, Club [...]

Bedwin & The Heartbreakers | Brand Focus www.bedwintokyo.com Bedwin & The Heartbreakers are amongst a select few to have successfully extended a reach beyond their native Japan in recent years, taking their place amongst a trans-continental fleet of forward-thinking brands. Now nearing the cusp of a decade in production, Bedwin have realised a recognisable house-style [...]

  Bedwin & The Heartbreakers are amongst a select few to have successfully extended a reach beyond their native Japan in recent years, taking their place amongst a trans-continental fleet of forward-thinking brands. Now nearing the cusp of a decade in production, Bedwin have realised a recognisable house-style built around practicality, focusing efforts toward producing [...]

Good Morning All, With less than two months until Jacket Required, we’d like to extend a huge thanks to all who’ve expressed interest thus far. Such attention has only served to enhance our belief in the UK’s retail landscape, promoting childlike enthusiasm often absent in the narration of our homeland’s style spectrum. With the show [...]

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