In every issue of the magazine, we include a list of things to team are looking forward to wearing and buying in the season ahead. Here’s the one from this issue, as a little taster. We always include a guest contributor as well, and this time it was the French creator and stylist Cléa Carlier (above).

Manish Puri, Deputy Editor

Top of the wishlist:

I’m travelling to Japan for the first time this spring and one of the things I’m most excited about (that doesn’t involve food) is visiting shoemaker Seiji McCarthy to hopefully commission a pair of MTM shoes.

Looking forward to wearing:

New York tailor Ralph Fitzgerald has gone from strength to strength since we first met in 2024. My first suit from him, a DB in a vintage navy wool seersucker (above), is nearly ready and will be worn at every occasion this summer.

Favourite spring/summer outfit:

A guayabera from Katab in Mérida, some espadrilles from La Manual Alpargatera in Barcelona and an ice cold beer brewed in whichever country I’m lucky enough to be on holiday in.

Elliot Hammer, Creative Director

Top of the wishlist:

A ticket to Spain for a week or two. I’m looking forward to good food and beautiful countryside. I’ll be taking my trusty Patagonia Black Hole Duffel (40L is ample, above). All I need now is a pair of sandals…

Looking forward to wearing:

The Real McCoy’s Cotton Pile Skipper entered my wardrobe in the last days of summer. Roll on the terry cloth days.

Favourite spring/summer outfit:

Living in New York I’ve reached a point in my life, both in terms of age and geography, where dressing like a Soprano’s character makes sense. Step forward the vintage short-sleeved shirt, tailored trousers, one-inch belt and a pair of loafers. Bada bing, bada boom.

Cléa Carlier, creator and stylist @classic_nonchalance

Top of the wishlist:

Alessandro Gasparini ‘Mocasso’ loafers in chocolate brown suede. The white stitching on top definitely reminds us of the Native American origins of the shoes and they are, of course, very low-cut because I’ll always find more excuses to show off my socks. To be worn with loose jeans, a nice pink shetland jumper and a film camera filled with pictures of landscapes, blurry.

Looking forward to wearing:

A linen double-breasted suit in lovely tobacco, courtesy of Fratelli Mocchia di Coggiola. With a roped shoulder however, because I want to be able to dress it up, and an adventurously large leg-opening (27cm) because quite frankly, I just like it. It’s currently being made, but you can see some inspiration for the cut above.

Favourite summer outfit:

Springs are quite cool in the morning and evenings, but warm in the afternoon, in my part of France. So I’d love to get my hands on a woollen knit long-sleeved polo from William Crabtree or John Smedley that I could wear, collar up (yeah, we’re criminals around here) with a silk neckerchief, and a good old navy blazer and grey trousers combo (although the grey trousers can easily be replaced by light-wash jeans). Very comfortable, very simple, perfectly adapted for strolling in the sunlit park with a guitar and a wife after work, without throwing a fit because you don’t want to ruin your super 130’s trousers by sitting in the grass.

Lucas Nicholson, Publisher

Top of the wishlist:

A light harrington jacket, currently eyeing up a sand-coloured ‘smerigliato’ model from Stone Island. Recycled nylon tera, and garment dyed, as you’d expect from Stone Island. Also potentially a made-to-order one from the Korean brand Jack Fort.

Looking forward to wearing:

In the summer I often add more jewellery to my outfits – I got a red beaded necklace from Chan Luu last summer which I really enjoy using to add some additional colour.

Favourite spring/summer outfit:

People often associate Ivy style with Autumn/Winter, but I think the summer looks are underrated. A pair of wide leg, pleated chino shorts, a boxy oxford shirt with a big pocket, on the feet either white canvas trainers, leather fisherman sandals or deck shoes, and all topped off with a pair of sunnies: one of my favourite summer looks, clean and smart enough to deal with the city and what it throws at you.

Simon Crompton, Editor

Top of the wishlist:

A cropped Hermes jacket in wool gabardine. I saw this recently come in for Spring/Summer ‘26, and it is the most perfect summer blouson, in this pale mushroom colour. Expensive of course, but this is called a wishlist for a reason right?

Looking forward to wearing:

Superga 1925 canvas trainers (above). At completely the opposite end of the price spectrum, but this special edition Superga did last year was a beautifully simple trainer in raw canvas, and only £125. Fingers crossed they bring it back for everyone else.

Favourite spring/summer outfit:

Relaxed linen trousers, tailored but fairly wide, with a tee and a PS Linen Overshirt. Chic and simple and cool (as in fresh – I’m English, I’d never presume to say that I looked cool).