Earl of Bedlam

Blue skies, the blue ridge mountains of Virginia, the blue bird of happiness… even though the sleeve lining of a jacket may only be glanced as an elusive flash by anyone other than the wearer, each element of an Earl of Bedlam piece is given consideration and care.

The primary consideration for this latest commission from was staying cool in the sultry summers of the American South. Counter intuitive but true, wool is going to keep you cooler than linen. Ask a sheep. Have you ever seen a flock decked out in pure linen suits? No, thank you, we rest our case.

A BLEND of silk, linen and wool gives you the superior characteristics of each with the advantage of being crumple free. The sum of the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Not for the first time, we found the winner at

Only the sleeves will be lined, in another natural breathable fabric, silk. This beautiful crepe backed satin came from

A one button, unlined jacket that you can roll into your travel bag that comes out restaurant / boardwalk ready, made in the finest fabric with throw-on insouciance…

and that is the spirit that named the jacket, “The Sans Souci”… without care, trouble free. Michael’s family heritage is German and in Potsdam sits the Sans Souci Palace, a construct of luxury in the pursuit of pleasure.

? Not any glass either but a Venetian heart dangle twiddle charm attached to our Punk rock flyer silk scarves, a drop of red against the monochrome hand bills of gigs for Blondie, The Buzzcocks, the Specials and a gob of others.

From the latest roll, the wider ones are now stitched and ready to post on their way tomorrow to and but the 17cm x 150cm (slightly skinnier but just as long) is still yours to nab… then that’s it from this latest edition.

£250 + £15 tracked and signed postage, £25 r.ow.

Sunday Girl says grab it.

As the pride of South London, Crystal Palace get ready to take on Reyo Vallecano in Leipzig tonight for the final of the UEFA , the fans are forging bonds, forgetting rivalry as they gasp in admiration at the suit we made for last year.

That miracle of tailoring was instrumental in the team winning the FA Cup Final at Wembley in May last year. Things happen fast in football and that fixture was not a cert until two weeks before kick off.

We created Richard’s suit, INCLUDING DAN PRINTING THE COTTON GABERDINE TO THE EXACT KIT COLOURS, in two weeks minus one day. Never say never, never say it can’t be done. Dare to dream, envisage what you want and we will create it. What an absolutely sensational result.

Stress? Oh yes, and not something we want to go through on a regular basis. Worth it? A hundred times over!!

With no extra time we went straight to finish meaning until Richard emerged changed into it and proclaimed it fitted like a goalie’s glove, we were living on our nerves.

Will the Lucky Suit come through again tonight?!?!

🦅🦅🦅⚽️🏆🎺🥁🥂

No day off at Bedlam Towers! In these difficult times for businesses, so delighted are we that Dan managed to find another British silk supplier after the previous one went bust dramatically, unexpectedly, that we have rolled out joyously relieved the latest swathe… and opened the hatch in the conservatory to let the steam out on this sweltering holiday.

This order was jump started by who fancied herself in our punk rock flyer scarf, necessitating a reprint, then it spluttered and stalled when the silk company hit the wall.

Now back in gear, hand to the shears - in addition to the one for Ms. Lesh, there is enough for another lush length double sided punk flyer scarf 150cm x 25cm (£300) and a third slightly skinnier (17cm) but just as long (150cm) (£250).

The gold on black scarf you see in the photos is already nabbed by Sandra but there’s a silver cuffs on steely blue for you (£200) and a double sided pocket square of each (£100).

As we always say, whatever the weather these are your go to accessories, keeping you cool on sizzlers like today, and snug in chillier seasons.

In the UK today we’re breaking records for “this day” temperature and you’d be bananas to if you don’t think today is the day for a fresh organic cotton tee and a scrummy fruit salad.

We’re here to oblige….
in ‘s best Deptford Market fruit monger holler…
for £30 instead of the original £60
(+£10 UK postage / £25 r.o.w)…

We have your Bank Holiday tutti frutti treat…
C’mon get ‘em…

“To have the banana”, said in French, to wear a broad smile -
Two in small
One in medium
Two in large
One in XL
One in XXL
One in # #

“Orange is the colour of madness.” So wrote Vincent van Gogh, and he knew a thing about colour:
One in small
Three in large
Two in XL
Two in XXL
One in # #

“Sugar the strawberries,” a French idiom for being “a bit fruit & nuts”:
Two in small
Two in medium
One in XL
One in # #

Everyone’s a jackpot crackpot!

Digitally printed on supreme cotton tee shirts, the EoB fruit machine rolls out winners!!

Speak out we said, don’t be shy to make requests. Maura, now there’s a lady who knows what she wants and gets it. She’s a native New Yorker, she ain’t no shrinkin geranium.
“Can I have a v-neck?”

One V-neck tee comin’ up, hold the slaw.

“Thank you love your stuff maybe one day I’ll be able to get a bespoke” wrote Miss M.
“Well you kinda just did!” we replied.

Somewhat reminds me of the Winged Victory of Samothrace, another dame on top of her game.

To celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday we threw a half price party for the “God Save the Queen Bee” tees that quote him on the back.

Now ONLY these sizes in these quantities remain at the STILL once-in-a-century deal price of £30 instead of £60
(+ £10 UK track & signed postage, £25 r.o.w.)…

In short sleeve organic cotton,
yellow with the silk screen print in black ink:

6 in large fitted (meaning, cut to go in and out slightly).

In organic cotton,
black with the silk screen print in yellow ink:
1 large cut straight up n down / 2 fitted
1 extra large cut straight up n down / 2 fitted

Modelled for you here by the rose of Regents Park
and on dog house bass (bee hive bass?!) The Living Legend of Letchworth, Mark O’ Clogger.

Save the bees, buy these tees.

Wear the wise words of the greatest living human about your person and let’s all try to be more like Sir David Attenborough. Happy birthday To HIM!!!!

#100

is working through the limited edition Gold Standard tee orders, including one for the man they celebrate, The Gold / Legends writer Neil Forsyth his very self.

Don’t forget that if you’d like to go proper large or even gold on black, we always try to accommodate if we can and make what YOU want, as demonstrated by this photo.
So don’t be shy, ask.

Sizes small to XXL in drapey silky breathable 70 % bamboo-derived viscose + 30 % organic cotton;

Sizes above that, # # to 5XL will be 100% organic cotton.

£80 + £10 UK POSTAGE, £30 r.o.w.

To celebrate the terrific talent of who wrote not only but also (the story of other acquaintances of ) we have created today “The Gold Standard” tee for Tom Burke,
who plays to such great effect in the former.

Embroidered in gold on an unbleached soft white, “stone” coloured, drapey bamboo (oh! Hello! Antibacterial!) tee, we are doing a limited edition of 25.
Available in small to XXL.

If you’d like to go larger than that, we can oblige, but they will be organic cotton.

£80 + £10 tracked & signed postage (£25 r.ow.)

Watching as I type episode 4 of Legends, trying “not to fall over in those f’in shoes” while punching the air that has done the right thing. Or has he??

I remember like yesterday hearing that Olivia Channon had died. Mister Wesley remembers going into the Heygate Estate at The Elephant, into a flop flat like the one in Glasgow, where the delivery driver gets shot, one bulb swinging, stepping over nodding bodies, saying to his mate who’d gone to score, “We need to get out of here”.

You know you’re old when you wait a week to open your presents! That’s the kinda boring grown up discipline six decades delivers.

It’s only two days since my actual birthday but a whole week already since the Death & Life party. It was quite an emotional stew to digest, going from funereal mode to fête, hence I’ve only now got to savour many of the fabulous offerings.

So much to cogitate, so many seeds to germinate! A Caroline rose to plant next to the Evelyn rose by our white picket gate. Many DIY artworks created; some thoughtfully curated. I am slathered in serum and liberally sprinkled with Chanel, but more than anything I am extremely grateful. And also relieved, as a great gift from the hospital was my biopsy result which finally arrived this week. The blob was indeed a carcinoma but they hope they got it all. The posh SPF 50 was, therefore, a particularly clever cadeau.

Chateau Caroline and the script that scuppered two careers 🤣 . Kind and witty friends with long memories - here’s hoping we make many more.

I hope to write to every one and there may still be bags yet hiding, please forgive me if I’m doddering slow.