Roger Scruton somewhere listed clothing as one of the essential characteristics of a nation (along, I think, with food and weather). As we’ve had a fairly Novembral May here in Europe I’ve had ample cause to break out cardigans and tank tops and tweed. I rejoice at pictures such as the above. There is the aesthetic sensibility of colour and fabrics, here a rather bold but pleasing assemblage of matter; there are the wooden buttons when plastic would be so much easier to manufacture & replace; and the almost tangible warmth of the texture and striation. It is a wholly human creation.