Drake’s

In Paris during the 1980s, I bought a silk & cashmere square measuring 105 cm x 105 cm. It was incredibly beautiful, a multicolored design with unicorns prancing & other subjects on a navy background with a turquoise border. Some asshole who must have crashed one of my parties stole it from me, together with a great pale yellow triple yarn cashmere sleeveless sweater. I felt pissed off & violated.
Trying to find another one on the web, I learned that the store I’d bought it from — Hilditch & Key on r de Rivoli near the pl de la Concorde — no longer exists. But every search I did on them or the unicorn square brought up at least one entry for Drakes London. So I visited their online store, & discovered to my disappointment that they had no item resembling what I sought. But… they did have some AMAZING silk & wool scarves for men, including several with colorful Kelim designs, measuring 48 cm x 180 cm.
Granted, £253 including express courier shipping to Brooklyn, NY is hardly a giveaway, but I couldn’t resist. And it’s still more beautiful than the Hilditch & Key scarf was. So I’m one happy camper.
For any dude who likes to spoil himself on occasion, or anyone wishing to gift someone with an object that fulfils the expression, «A thing of beauty is a joy forever,» hurry to Drakes London’s website & feast your eyes on the scarves!

Well, what is to say about Drake’s ?
The brand founded by tie guru Michael Drake just opened a new (flagship ?) store in Clifford Street. Once famous for their high-​quality cashmere and wool ties, the branch recently branched out into other aspects of menswear.
Their ties are undisputably of high quality, and Drake’s have a nice choice of non-​silk ties (i.e. wool, wool-​silk blend and cashmere) ties as well as bow ties and handkerchiefs. However, for some reason, Drake’s ties seem to lack the understated elegance that you so often see in Italian wool and cashmere ties, and the colours and patterns are often much to bold or strange for my taste. A lot of the Drake’s ties are fairly narrow (8 cm) and they sell a broad range of even narrower 7 cm ties. This may be quite en vogue at the moment, but the tie width clearly deviates from what one would consider a classic shape.
Drake’s have recently started selling a whole range of menswear items including jackets and shirts that are similarly high-​quality items, but again not necessarily what you would consider «classic» menswear — which is surprising since a lot of style savants highly recommend their products.
The selling prices for Drake’s ties are slightly above 100 GBP which seems reasonable for their high quality, but most of their other menswear items are in my opinion (sometimes highly) overpriced.
Ties — aye, other producs — nay !

This is the best shop in London for you’re looking for decent quality British made woven silk ties. I would seriously recommend Drake’s when it comes to ties. Drake’s ties are hand made in Clerkenwell, London. The manager of Drake’s used to work for Emma Willis in Jermyn Street. Drake’s are right next door to Richard James. As of early 2012, the former retail manager from T Fox & Co in Moorgate, the most unique umbrella store in the City, now works for Drake’s again as retail manager. And also this retail manager reminds me of Christophe Waltz from Tarantino’s, Dejango Unchained (2013) whilst the actor himself was signing autographs at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square during the film première event of Dejango Unchained