Hackett London founder Jeremy Hackett hits the track at the Aston Martin -Goodwood Drive Day

Posted on02. Jun, 2010 by admin.

Video of Founder & Chairman of Hackett, Jeremy Hackett spending the day with Aston Martin Racing, at the World Famous Goodwood Circuit in West Sussex, England following their win of the 2009 Le Mans Series.
The video features a racing pit stop of the Aston Martin Racing Le Mans LMP1 race car number 007.
At the 2009 [...]

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DRESSED TO THE NINES

Posted on18. Apr, 2009 by admin.

Dressed to the nines - Where did this expression originate
There are at least half a dozen theories on the origins of the expression, “dressed to the nines”.  We know the phrase is first recorded in the late eighteenth century in poems by Robert Burns.
One very persistent theory is that the British Army’s 99th Regiment of Foot [...]

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SMART CASUAL – SOME THOUGHTS

Posted on28. Feb, 2009 by admin.

We are so often asked what it means when an invitation stipulates ‘smart casual’, a vexed question generally unresolved. Apart from the fact that it’s a contradiction in terms it’s also a matter of personal whim, taste and interpretation. It’s a recent phenomenon in fashion and like the question ‘how long is a piece of [...]

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