Accessories

WATCH ME GO. Quality purveyors of vintage watches, with a hand-picked selection of men's dress watches and day-to-day timepieces, plus ladies' cocktail watches and pendants. An online trove of vintage and design watches of every period and description, with free UK delivery. Watchmego.co.uk

LOCK & CO. Founded in 1676, Lock & Co. is the oldest family-owned hat shop in the world. Styles include Ascot silk top hats, traditional bowlers (or "cokes" as they are known at Lock & Co.), stylish Monte Cristi panama trilbies and fedoras, cotton travel hats and linen caps. Lockhatters.co.uk

CLASSIC HATS. Gentleman's hat, cap and accessory emporium catering for the chap, gentleman, cad and dandy and even the discerning lady, based in the achingly fashionable area of Columbia Road in London's East End. Thelaird.co.uk

RETROSPECS. An opticians in St Albans and an on-line store for vintage eywear of every period and description. Many of the vast selection of frames are the genuine article from the 1950s onwards, while others are well-crafted reproductions. Retrospecs.co.uk

FOX UMBRELLAS. Formerly a shop in the City of London selling umbrellas, now a factory in Surrey and an on-line emporium of quality gentlemen's umbrellas. Foxumbrellas.co.uk

GEOFFREY BREEZE. Purveyor of a vast selection of antique gentlemen's canes, swagger sticks and umbrellas, as well as ladies' canes and brollies dating back to the 18th century. Antiquecanes.co.uk

OLD TOWN. Vendor of high-quality ties, braces and waistcoats made from authentic 1930s patterns. Old Town also make splendid suits of a similar vintage, in their charming factory in Norfolk where every stage of manufacture is carried out. Old-town.co.uk

THE VINTAGE SHIRT COMPANY. You've purchased a fabulous whistle with a vintage cut - how about some shirts with authentic period details to go with it? Their range of button braces is virtually unrivalled, and they stock every conceiveable shape and variety of stiff shirt collar, as well as the shirts to go with them, along with 1930-s style spearpoing collared shirts.Vintageshirt.co.uk

BRENT BLACK. The effects of global warming will soon make it panama hat weather all year round. Be prepared by visiting Brentblack.com

PACHACUTI. The hat department of this fair trade company offers a diverse range of authentic Ecuadorian Panamas shipped directly from where they are made. Panamas.co.uk

HERRING SHOES. Can't decide whether your feet would be more accommodated within a Church, a Tricker or a Cheney? Then proceed to Herringshoes.co.uk, where you will find the best of British footwear under one Goodyear-welted roof.

OPHELIA FANCY. One for the ladies, or for the gentlemen looking for that special gift - saucy lingerie with a vintage flavour. From corsets to garters and even the accoutrements of the burlesque lady (or gentleman), one is certain to find a little of what one fancies here. Opheliafancy.com