Tune in "The Details"

Available from 1 May, The Details introduces the little things that matter in the male wardrobe, delving into the history of zips, buttons, stitching, pleats, collars and labels to tell a story about the evolution of contemporary menswear. 

Over the course of six 30-minute episodes, The Details takes listeners on a journey across the globe, from the cutting rooms of London’s Savile Row to a factory floor in Nara, Japan, with stop-offs in New York, Paris, Naples and beyond. Hosted by writer and MR PORTER Contributing Editor Mr Adam Welch, and with a historical backbone provided by Professor Andrew Groves of London’s University of Westminster, the series brings together interviews with collectors, enthusiasts, craftsmen and some of the most detail-obsessed names in contemporary fashion.

The button is a wonderful thing: ancient in design, pleasing to the touch and eminently collectable. In this opening episode, Mr Welch visits Ms Margaret Howell in London and Auralee in Japan to have a rummage through their button collections.

One of the most trend-sensitive details in menswear, the collar has a lasting life in the modern world, both in the hands of Barker, a traditional collar-maker in Somerset, and, as Mr Thom Browne explains in this episode, as a piece of timeless utilitarian design.

In this episode, Mr Welch visits multi-award-winning art directors Messrs Michael Amzalagand Mathias Augustyniakof M/M Parisand Barbour’s head of menswear Mr Ian Bergin to discuss what makes a label.

This episode discovers why the zip has a special pull for Balmain’s creative director Mr Olivier Rousteing and explores the next frontier in zip technology with the North Face Japan.

Whether you’re broad-chested or rake-thin, it’s pleats and darts that will make sure you look good. In this episode, Mr Welch explores their technical merits at Huntsman in Savile Row and drops in for an appointment with Mr Luca Rubinacci– the man behind modern tailoring’s most generously pleated trousers.

Stitching is more than what holds a garment together, so this episode explores the Japanese art of sashiko stitching with Tokyo-based designer Mr Gaku Tsuyoshi and quizzes Ms Emily Bode on how she’s using stitching to drive a new, more sustainable mode of consumption in men’s fashion.

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