How to don the countryside look in the city

Edwardians wore suits just to go and collect their pipe tobacco, so why not wear one in lockdown. Soldiering on with your monochrome work suit on your walk around Richmond Green, might start to feel a little unsuitable. Right on with the colour palette of Richmond Green and the surrounding Georgian houses, replace it with Walker Slater’s brown Shetland wool tweed Edward three-piece suit. Add a touch of outback panache by wearing G. Inglese’s dark grey gingham button-down Western-style shirt underneath, and cap it off by donning a brown fur felt crushable Fedora hat from Laird Hatters. Carmina’s burgundy Cordovan leather dress boot, will act as the pivot below this dashing country and western appearance in the British capital.

Fie Lucan, founder of her eponymous brand Lucan, has reinvented shooting attire by producing designs that are not overbearingly functional. A bon vivant manipulator of country sport clothing, it has meant her elegant creations transition perfectly from field to street, “the jacket pockets should be able to fit a box of cigars in town, and a box of cartridges in the field” as she puts it. The brand’s grey herringbone tweed Scotia coat is a subtle example of her joie de vivre when it comes to Lucan designs. Deep raglan sleeves, contrast corduroy collar and moleskin lining are just three features that differ from the more metropolitan herringbone overcoats that you find at Neapolitan firms and some Savile Row tailors. Farmers have long been tarred with the sartorial crime of stepping off their Massey Fergusons in fraying cords. If you look after your cords, you ideally won’t have that issue and even more so if you invest in Connolly’s dark brown thick corduroy high waisted trousers, which act as a soupçon for rustic masculinity in the urban environment – and would contrast nicely with a refined pair of navy calfskin leather Galway Utah laced boots from Edward Green. As the bitter winds are hard to keep at bay, accessorise with a Black Watch tartan cashmere scarf from Joshua Ellis and a grey VBC POW check flannel flat cap from Cappellificio Biellese 1935.

Bringing earthy tones of green, tan and brown down to the city for casual affairs will only work if you leave your moleskin breeks and tweed field jacket behind. Instead sport those colour palettes in something more casual and you won’t look out of place when entering a pop-up art gallery in Bloomsbury or at a show in a West End theatre (when we’re allowed). Lucan’s beige bracken Donegal tweed Fauconberg bomber jacket is a cunning creation to suit any setting. It still retains that heathered look, but its antique brass zipper and shirt-style collar give it a slightly badass edge, which is perfect for casual outings in large-scale cities. The beige dog walking jacket from Alexander Kraft Monte Carlo is an equally suitable option. Tweed is warm, but when traipsing around the narrow alleyways of St James’s, opt for a thicker shirt such as Purdey’s white and orange cotton and wool mix check version or a biscuit cotton overshirt from Grenfell if you need to take your jacket off. Alternatively, wear a casual cotton gingham shirt from Cifonelli or B Corner. Brown suede brogues typify the country aesthetic. British footwear stalwarts George Cleverley and Tricker’s offer versions that blend louche luxury with sophistication. Ludwig Reiter who are well-renowned for their Hunting apparel offer a pair of suede leather Budapester Brogues and Mocha patina calf leather Hunting boots which are perfect for less formal settings – and would combine nicely with Byrne and Burge’s fawn ribbed drill brushed cotton trousers. It may seem mad as their shape resembles the old-fashioned safari sunglasses of 1930s Kenya, but Purdey’s Sporter sunglasses are a country gem, that can be put to good use in London’s great parks if the sun is shining. Be bold and brave with the right combinations; English racing pundit and eccentric John McCririck was never without his signature deerstalker hat, which he paired with flamboyant tweed suits - a cohort of oversized gold rings and his trademark fat cigar, which all seemed to work marvellously together in London.