Sunspel’s new menswear range has been a lesson in patience for the British heritage brand. Their new basics: button-fly boxer shorts, briefs, a vest and a T-shirt are all made from Sea Island cotton – the highest quality cotton in the world that’s finer and softer than cashmere. But this premium fabric is hard to come by. Sunspel’s cotton comes from one of the original Sea Island plants – the Montserrat - on a tiny farm in Jamaica. But with only three sites in existence, the process from picking cotton to final product is lengthy. In fact, the range has taken the brand several years in development. “Sea Island cotton is incredibly luxurious. The level of care that goes into this process is rather like the efforts that might go into the creation of a fine French wine,” explains CEO Nicholas Brooke. Back in the factory in Derbyshire it then takes nine people to produce just one T-shirt for the collection. But all good things come to those who wait, and happily the range launches in time for Christmas.

The Sea Island cotton range will be sold through a small number of retailers, including the brand’s flagship store in Soho, starting at £85 for briefs.

Proms, weddings, bar mitzvahs and yes, Christmas celebrations, all call for Rat-Pack immaculate tuxedos. Italian tailoring company Brioni and Mr Porter know all about that, and have created a classic evening suit for the festive season. Brioni, founded in Rome in 1945, are true purveyors of snappy Italian suits; the likes of which have been worn by Bonds Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. So it is little wonder Mr Porter have teamed up with them to make suave seasonal dressing simple. Though men’s suits might have moved into more experimental territory for AW12, the tuxedo requires hard and fast rules that shouldn’t be ignored. Never wear it two sizes too big, don’t let the trousers puddle around the ankles and always wear a bow-tie. Brioni’s fail-safe exclusive one-button tux for Mr Porter comes in midnight blue, is fully lined and has twin peak lapels. A pale blue shirt with concealed buttons is also part of the set and there’s even a matching cummerbund and bow tie.

Available online for £3,685 at mrporter.com.

Reclaimed from snooker players and “kooky” English professors, Jupe by Jackie’s immaculately hand crafted bow ties should tempt any sceptic. Designer Jackie Villevoye, who set up her brand two years ago, works with painstaking precision to create accessories that would be more appropriately titled works of art. In her atelier in India, a bow tie can take two days to needlepoint, a process that shuns fast fashion. However, Villevoye’s work is not just favoured by men, women are also wearing her designs with buttoned up shirts and AW12’s suits inspired by famous females, Katharine Hepburn, Diane Keaton in Annie Hall, and Marlene Dietrich who wore their masculine tailoring so well. For the winter range, colours are muted in navy, grey and dusty red and detailed in subtle silk patterns. With dapper dressing taken care of, we are left to perfect the art of tying the things.

Prices start at £75. jupe-by-jackie.com