Ripped and ready
To carry off the Bond look, you need the Bond frame. After all, clothes hang best on a shapely clothes horse. To beat off the winter blues and give your biceps a boost, Brummell has a special offer from the new City studio of Matt Roberts, fitness trainer to the stars, for a a free fitness consultation, bespoke fitness programme and a 10% discount of all training packages.

High-octane handling
Brummell (begrudgingly) congratulates Gemma Pugh of Arbor Square Associates, winner of a prize draw for attendees at the FN 100 Women event last month to enjoy a weekend with an Aston Martin V8 Roadster, thanks to event sponsor Aston Martin. Fortunately, Brummell has another prize draw up his immaculately tailored sleeve – win a supercar driving lesson courtesy of luxury car club écurie25.

Doing the Continental
Frank Sinatra had it about right: “It's very subtle, the Continental, because it does what you want it to do.” I had spent the morning driving down relatively busy A roads behind a Ferrari 599 but was perfectly happy that I had got the better of the deal. It’s no hardship being cocooned in the plush cockpit of a Bentley Continental GT Speed listening to John Humphrys detailing the latest travails of our benighted government.

New edition of Brummell magazine out now
In this month’s edition of Brummell we celebrate the concept of bespoke. The term comes from Savile Row, where a customer would bespeak (speak for) a measure of cloth that was then turned into a suit. But the theory behind bespoke has long since expanded beyond the world of tailoring. Inside you will find a directory of bespoke products from attaché cases to umbrellas; a guide to personalised fragrances; a look at tailored champagnes; a guide to commissioning portraits; and the insider’s scoop on the most customisable city in the world: New York.