Gustav Temple meets the eighties pop star who stepped out into music hall on a European tour last year. During the eighties, lots of people were wearing suits and there was even a brief flirtation with the 1940s. But your 80s look always seemed to come from the heart. How important are clothes to you… … Keep Reading
After six years in the Nissen Hut, the bicycles, briefcases, hobby horses and bowler hats are coming out to play again. Contestants observe the Chap Olympiad motto: Slower, Drunker, Better-dressed The Chap Olympiad began in 2005 and soon became one of the summer’s social fixtures in London. Growing from 25 people, two bottles of gin,… … Keep Reading
The flaneurs on this year’s saunter sans purpose braved unusually clement May weather to stake their claim on the streets of London. Photos by Soulstealer Photography The morning of Sunday 11th May 2025 was a day much like any other on Jermyn Street. A few tourists poked their heads into the windows of menswear stalwarts… … Keep Reading
Readers submit themselves to the ultimate sartorial assessment. Please send photographs to chap@thechap.co.uk “Why of course I am,” writes Gary Horsfield, “except once a week I let my Chap tie clip down and go Tap Dancing with the Jolly Boys.”Sir, patch pockets on a blazer with no badge, no pocket square and no shirt cuff… … Keep Reading
I still find the Eurostar really rather wonderful. You get on a train at St. Pancras and alight some two hours later at Le Gare Du Nord into a different world, where the attitudes, tastes, smells, people and culture are as different from London as sand is to salt. Undeniably, it is quite an anomalous… … Keep Reading
From the eleventh floor balcony of a hotel overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the horizon flashing with lightning, brassy wisps of Mariachi music wafting up from somewhere through the heat of the night, was the sense that we were definitely in Mexico. It had taken nearly 20 hours to reach this moment of Mexican awareness, though… … Keep Reading
On a recent trip to Rajasthan, I discovered that not only does India possess its famous wealth of history and architecture, but it is also one of the most natural habitats for the travelling Chap. My journey took me first to Delhi, only nine hours away by plane but, as soon as you land, the… … Keep Reading
Gustav Temple meets a best selling novelist and an art forger to find out the difference between fake or fortune. When the subject of a blue plaque you have just seen outside a house in Saltdean answers the door, you are already questioning what is real and what is fake. For aren’t blue plaques usually…
Glamour, Tweed, Interior Design, Fire and Brimstone all clamour for space in the new edition. The new edition, CHAP Spring 25, gathers the glamorous, the bizarre, the occult and the stylish all under one immaculate banner. Captain of the Good Ship Chap is Dame Joan Collins, with a look back at some of the early…
This year’s saunter sans purpose may start at the same place as before, yet it can never end up at the same place. This year’s Grand Flaneur Walk takes place on Sunday 11th May 2025, commencing beside the statue of Beau Brummell on Jermyn Street, London W1, at midday. This will be the fifth incarnation…
To mark this year’s Day of the Dad, we are offering a free Chap tie or pocket square plus half price for a year’s subscription. This year, Father’s Day falls on 15th June in the United Kingdom, and we are making a generous offer to those who wish to reward their dear pater for his…
