Charlie Casely-Hayford on modern craft and high-low culture | #045

This week is the final episode in our four-part mini-season with Portman Marylebone. Ending on a high, Aleks sits down with Charlie Casely-Hayford, the owner and creative director at esteemed British menswear brand, Casely-Hayford London. Fellow fashionistas will doubtless know that Charlie inherited the brand from his father, the late, great, Joe Casely Hayford OBE, who sadly passed away in 2019 and was one of the most influential British designers of his generation.

Today, Charlie is continuing to evolve the business in his father’s stead and speaks to Aleks about how the brand continues to be informed ‘by a conversation between father and son’. We also touch on the brand’s deft blending of high fashion and tailoring craft and explore how Charlie finds inspiration in both high and low culture – and everything in-between.

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This episode is produced in partnership with Portman Marylebone, an elegant central London retail destination that is home to many of the city’s most characterful restaurants, galleries and independent fashion brands. Portman Marylebone has been meticulously maintained by the Portman Estate for just under 500 years.

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Show Notes:

Charlie Casely-Hayford — Instagram | Website
Portman Marylebone — Instagram | Website

[03:45] FT | How to wear a suit now
[08:20] Dazed & Confused Magazine
[08:22] I-D Magazine
[08:48] Virgil Abloh
[08:54] Abloh-isms (book)
[09:35] Gieves & Hawkes
[22:24] Central Saint Martins
[22:58] The Courtauld
[29:03] ACNE Studios
[30:38] Mark Cho on HandCut Radio
[31:38] Jazziunf on Spotify