“...there's a tendency to want to experiment with bespoke because you want it to be special. When actually the thing you’d wear most more than anything else is a navy, single-breasted, mid-weight suit. It’s always worth starting with something quite normal because you'll get the most wear out of it and once you've got it you can get something else next time. It's easy to get carried away. One of the first things I had made was a double-breasted grey flannel suit which is beautiful but it's very heavy: about 13 or 14oz. I just didn't end up wearing it as much as I would like to. For the next one I went almost to the exact opposite extreme and had a very lightweight linen suit made which again is very beautiful but limited in wearability. You learn that actually the kind of things you love most and use most are quite ordinary.”