The Chap makes a smooth transition from gentlemen’s periodical to members’ club.
When The Chap magazine ceased publication in 2025, we realised that what we had built was so much more than a gentlemen’s periodical. Having hosted a multitude of social events, musical gatherings and public protests against the forces of blandification, we saw that there was still work to be done in the field. Thus the Founders’ Club was formed, a bastion of old-world genteel charm, discreet bonhomie and the occasional desire to sally forth into the real world – but only if everyone is properly dressed.
The Founders’ Club motto is Vestitus bene vincit omnia (the well-dressed person conquers all) and members will receive, as soon as they sign up, a Membership Key Fob. This handsome item bears your individually embossed membership number and may be used to secure discounts at selected vintage and clothing outlets.
Members will also receive a hardback book designed to bolster their devotion to fine clothing and fine living. The first of these is SLOWER, DRUNKER, BETTER DRESSED: Twenty Years of The Chap Olympiad. Future topics will include International Dandyism, A Gentlemanly Travel Guide and Food and Drink for Chaps and Chapettes.
As well as these physical items that will enhance one’s daily life, we will also be supplying regular monthly content on our web site, in an exclusive area only accessible to Founders’ Club members. The result will be more, rather than less content than was previously published in our quarterly magazine. This will be expanded to include a members’ forum, where one may converse with like-minded folk from all over the world, safe from the prying eyes of the improperly attired.
The first hardback book, pictured above, will be delivered by 8th November 2025. The key fobs will be ready at the end of November. Online content is already being published and links will be served to you as soon as you ring the bell (or join the Club). The online discussion forum will be ready by January 2026. Our first quarterly meeting, in the form of a club luncheon, will take place in February 2026, and every three months thereafter.
So join us on this launch into the next magical phase of The Chap, a publication which has been entertaining, uniting and bringing pleasure since 1999, and will continue to do so.
Membership of the Founders’ Club costs precisely the same as a previous quarterly subscription to The Chap Magazine. For full details of how to join, visit The Founders’ Club. Vestitus bene vincit omnia.
Ah, The Founders Club! A truly dapper move, Vestitus bene vincit omnia indeed. Securing the key fob and the wisdom of SLOWER, DRUNKER, BETTER DRESSED sounds like essential kit for navigating the modern world with grace. While I may be a touch late to the party for Founders status, the promise of the online forum already has me imagining lively debates with like-minded chaps, all safely moderated by the chic standards of The Chap. The idea of exchanging witty banter with fellow gentlemen, free from the prying eyes of the improperly attired, is quite the appealing prospect. Here’s hoping the monthly web content is as engaging as the descriptions sound; I eagerly await the day of the luncheon, though I suspect my Sartorial Assessment results might need some strong drink to better dress. Cheers to The Chap entering this new era!màn hình đếm ngược thời gian