Heritage Research

Cut, sewn and finished by hand

Heritage Research is a brand that specialises in reproducing menswear classics with an attention to detail that’s so extreme it borders on autistic. All garments are meticulously made by hand under one roof in the UK using only the finest British and Japanese fabrics, specifically woven for Heritage Research.

Every piece is cut, sewn and finished by hand using traditional English tailoring methods. Through a design process that references original heritage garments, the cut is adapted to a modern silhouette while natural fabrics such as linen, cotton and wool provide a rich texture and ensure durability. With inspiration drawn from military, outdoor and workwear themes, Heritage Research creates collections that strike a perfect balance between classic and contemporary clothing.

The A/W11 Men’s collection is divided into two themes which in style sit at polar opposites but aesthetically blend effortlessly the lives of sartorial elitist Jack Kennedy and 19th Century mountain man John ‘Liver Eating’ Johnson. When JFK became President in 1961 it felt like a new age. He was different to what had gone before; his suits were trad but sharp and stylish. His shoes were often loafers with no laces. Unheard of!

Hanging out at Nantucket Sound, sailing off Cape Cod or playing touch football with his brothers he looked cool and sophisticated. A model of classic North Eastern Ivy League style. John Johnson was an ex US Navy sailor who had fought in the Mexican American War and later became a mountain man in Colorado known as ‘Crow Killer’ and ‘Liver Eating Johnson’ due to a personal vendetta he waged against the Crow Indians over 10 years for murdering his wife and child. After killing a Crow warrior he would eat their livers, a symbolic gesture as the tribe believed this would bestow the warrior’s strength upon the eater. In his long and colourful life Johnson also fought in the Civil War as a Sharpshooter and became a notorious town sheriff before passing in 1899.

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