James St. Peter's

James St. Peter's Menswear. Crafted with Character. Ready to wear, Capsule & Made for You. Ipswich store & private app
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23/08/2026

A rather perfect Sunday.

This morning started with a fitting for a party of three, which was extremely good fun. Then it was off to Helmingham Hall for Music on the Lawn, where I unexpectedly bumped into rather a lot of James St. Peter’s customers.

Good company, good music and plenty of familiar faces.

I suppose when you genuinely enjoy what you do, it’s difficult to know where work ends and pleasure begins.

Not a bad way to spend a Sunday.

With the party season fast approaching, there is a good case for owning a dinner suit properly made for you.Years spent ...
21/08/2026

With the party season fast approaching, there is a good case for owning a dinner suit properly made for you.

Years spent working with Ralph Lauren Purple Label taught me that the best dinner suits are not about decoration. They are about proportion, cloth, construction and restraint.

Ours is made to your fit, with enough allowance in the seams to accommodate the small changes that life tends to make over the years. A good dinner suit should remain useful long after the first occasion.

And because it is Made for You, the details can be personal. Sometimes one discreet change is all it takes to make the suit unmistakably yours. Image 2 shows this well.

If black tie appears in your diary more than once or twice a year, this is not an indulgence. It is one of the soundest investments in a gentleman’s wardrobe.
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James St. Peter’s. Made around you.

Your best marketing is your customer.We created a simple capsule wardrobe for Mark Hollingsworth around two Made for You...
14/08/2026

Your best marketing is your customer.

We created a simple capsule wardrobe for Mark Hollingsworth around two Made for You suits in Super 130s wool, six made-to-measure shirts and pieces he already owned.

This is how Mark describes the result:

“As CEO of a global charity, I spend a significant amount of time travelling internationally and meeting stakeholders in a wide range of climates and settings.

Working with Mark at James St. Peter’s, I chose a capsule approach to a business/business casual wardrobe, built around two expertly made-to-measure suits in Super 130s wool (which are smooth and light, and hold a sharp crease and clean drape) and a carefully selected range of six MTM shirts.

This well-designed capsule wardrobe has transformed the way I travel and work, and with the addition in my suitcase of a pair of chinos or jeans provides six-plus outfit variations for a trip.

Fewer decisions, less packing, and a consistently professional appearance wherever my role takes me in climates and locations as varied as Pakistan, Mexico, Paris, Washington, Beijing, Zambia and Ghana.”

— Mark Hollingsworth

Thank you Mark Hollingsworth for@letting me share

A good wardrobe should make life simpler.

Fewer, better clothes. Made around you.

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Made for Greg.Greg is wearing our cotton-cashmere overshirt, layered over the JSP House Shirt, with double-pleat summer ...
11/08/2026

Made for Greg.

Greg is wearing our cotton-cashmere overshirt, layered over the JSP House Shirt, with double-pleat summer grey flannels.

And a small detail worth noticing: two buttons undone, and the shirt still looks composed and elegant. Exactly why we reconsidered the traditional button formation.

Three pieces. Relaxed, refined and designed to work together.

James St. Peter’s. Made around you.

A great example of combining our ready to wear collection with something more personal.Our House Jacket, teamed with a c...
07/08/2026

A great example of combining our ready to wear collection with something more personal.

Our House Jacket, teamed with a custom made Cuban collar polo through our Made for You service.

The result is relaxed, considered and entirely individual.

James St. Peter’s. Made around you.

Made for Adam.One of the first customers to experience our new Made for You Knitwear service.Adam chose a classic navy p...
05/08/2026

Made for Adam.

One of the first customers to experience our new Made for You Knitwear service.

Adam chose a classic navy polo, crafted from exceptionally soft fine gauge merino wool and made to his exact measurements.

The choice did not stop there. He could have selected from twelve different styles, six knit textures, six luxury yarn qualities including cashmere, cashmere blends, linen and both lightweight and heavyweight merino, all available in 24 colours.

For a small independent retailer, it is an offering more commonly associated with stores such as Harrods or Selfridges.

James St. Peter’s. Made around you.

Why eight buttons?The traditional seven-button shirt was designed to be worn with a tie. Today, the shirt is more often ...
04/08/2026

Why eight buttons?

The traditional seven-button shirt was designed to be worn with a tie. Today, the shirt is more often worn on its own.

With the traditional formation, one button undone did not feel quite formal enough, while two felt too casual.

For the JSP House Shirt, we moved the button formation upwards by one centimetre and added an eighth button lower down.

One button undone now feels smart and composed. Two feels comfortably relaxed. The lower eighth button also helps the shirt remain neatly in place.

This is only one of the considered details behind what we believe to be one of the finest shirts available today.

Available in store or, for something even more personal, through our Made for You service.

Eight buttons. Every detail has a purpose.

James St. Peter’s. Made around you.

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17 St Peters Street
Ipswich
IP11XF

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 8pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm

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