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Joe Jackson Interview

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

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Return of The Chap Olympiad

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

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The Fifth Grand Flaneur Walk

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

Am I Chap?

Am I Chap?

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

  • Joe Jackson Interview

    Gustav Temple meets the eighties pop star who stepped out into music hall on a European tour last year. During… Keep Reading

  • Billy Zane

    Billy Zane, in a 2019 interview with Gustav Temple, discussed his forthcoming film Waltzing With Brando in its earliest inception… Keep Reading

  • Sir Michael Caine

    Colin Cameron touches the Douglas Hayward-constructed hem of the great British actor, to learn which of his films Michael Caine… Keep Reading

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    Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer

    Gustav Temple meets the man who put ‘Chap’ into Hip Hop and called it ‘Chap Hop’. The full interview appears… Keep Reading

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    Paul Anderson

    Paul Anderson, who plays Arthur Shelby in Peaky Blinders, spoke to Gustav Temple during the filming of Season 4, about… Keep Reading

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    Max Raabe

    Marie de Winter and Ferdinand Sturm meet the German singer to chat about his ideas on good style, tame zebras… Keep Reading

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    John Blashford-Snell

    Gustav Temple meets the legendary explorer whose adventures have taken him across all seven continents, as well as into the… Keep Reading

Photoshoots

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    Overlook Revisited

    The Chap descended on a former convent near St Albans with a curious connection to Stanley Kubrick to re-enact scenes… Keep Reading

  • What Katie Did

    A stocking for every occasion? Well, they haven’t yet brought out a Tweed Seam (The Chap will be the first… Keep Reading

  • Dashing Tweeds

    Dashing Tweeds make fabulous, flamboyant tweeds that fuse great British workmanship with innovative design and dandiacal flair. Neil Ridley and… Keep Reading

  • Peaky Blinders Chap Photoshoot

    Peaky Blinders

    The Chap took some semi-professional models and clothing supplied by Darcy Clothing and Some Like it Holy to create our… Keep Reading

  • Laird Hatters

    Laird Hatters

    Laird Hatters supply the more fashionable parts of London with sterling bowlers, Fedoras, trilbies, Homburgs, Baker Boy Caps and many… Keep Reading

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    Earl of Bedlam

    In issue 94 we took to the streets of Lambeth to photograph the clothes made by local bespoke tailor Earl… Keep Reading

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Bohemian Paris

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

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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

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

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Rajasthan, India

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

The Spring Edition

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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…

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Grand Flaneur Walk 2025

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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…

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Father’s Day Subscription Offer

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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…

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