Page 224 - The Bite Magazine - Spring Summer 2013

bitemen
There is so much more to Alfred
Dunhill than meets the eye.Not only
was the prolific founder famous for
converting his father’s saddlery business
into Dunhill’s Motorities in 1893 at the age
of 21, opening a pipe, cigar and tobacco
store among the men’s club of Duke
Street in St James’s in 1907, launching the
revolutionary Unique lighter - the first
to be operated using one hand in 1927,
pioneering the iconic Facet timepiece
based on his car head-lamp designs in 1936,
producing the first butane gas lighters in
the mid-1950s which were regularly used
by British spy James Bond in both print
THE RENOWNED LUXURIOUS AND ELEGANT MENSWEAR BRAND, ALFRED DUNHILL, FURNISHES
THE MODERN GENTLEMAN WITH CLASSIC AND CUTTING EDGE STYLES FROM THEIR AUTUMN/
WINTER 2013 COLLECTION. JADA BROOKES VISUALISES THE TRUE GENTLEMAN THROUGH THEIR
DISTINGUISHED STYLE.
ALFRED DUNHILL AW13:
and on screen, and manufacturing the
unforgettable Dunhill brand cigarettes in
1963, the brand is also known today for
its men’s luxury goods, writing implements,
lighters, timepieces, fragrances and clothes.
For many years, Alfred Dunhill has been
dedicated to unparalleled quality, British
craftsmanship and timeless elegance for
the modern gentleman. With lightweight
materials and soft structures as the key
focus this autumn/winter, the collection
merges classic style with cutting-edge
technology. In this collection, expect to
see such styles as an olive green suede
bomber jacket with herringbone rib detail,
a travel-friendly raincoat in Prince ofWales
micro-fibre, a quilted down-filled gilet, a
four-pocket hunting jacket with removable
shearling collar and a double-breasted
Escorial wool jacket made by 250-year-
old flannel pioneers Fox Brothers as part
of an adaptable and dependable winter
wardrobe. What makes the casual wear
side of this collection so ultra-luxurious
is the perfect cashmere from the heritage
mill town of Hawick in Scotland and the
exclusive ‘Alfred Yarn’, a unique blend of
cashmere, silk and mink produced using
the whole-garment technology, woven into
the cable-knit roll-neck jumper.