“We’re a British brand, and certainly proud of it,” says Michael Hill, the co-owner and creative director of Drake’s. “But we have always drawn inspiration from our travels. The way the Japanese combine new ideas with a love of vintage, and their respect for craft and provenance, or the Italian approach to relaxed tailoring. Making the rules and then breaking them a little bit. That sense of discovery is what keeps us going.”

Carmelo Anthony’s memories of New York are vivid in his mind. In the late 1980s, when the world was viewed from a waist-high vantage point, the city pulsed with an unpredictable rhythm. One day it was a wonder; the next, a challenge. “It was loud, it was unpredictable, it was survival,” he recalls. “Every corner was a test.” By the summer of 1992, he was gone. A young kid from Brooklyn navigating Myrtle Avenue in Baltimore, growing into both a new city and a 6ft 5in frame. If New York was the primer, Baltimore was the crucible. “I like to say that’s the city that actually raised me,” he says. “Baltimore taught me how to navigate life, taught me about feelings, emotions and the mental.”

In the trailer for the new Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere, Springsteen – or Jeremy Allen White, who plays him – is shown buying a new car. “I do know who you are,” says the salesman. “Well, that makes one of us,” quips Allen White. It’s a clever way to breadcrumb the story, which focuses on an introspective Springsteen making 1982’s Nebraska, the album between The River in 1980 and 1984’s megahit Born In The USA. But it could also refer to the star’s style.

Fashion is a simple game sometimes. Silhouettes tend to get bigger or smaller in cycles. Sneakers and shoes right now? Low-profile and slim. Trousers are wide and tailoring is boxy. Over the past few years, shirts have taken a turn towards the loose and louche, with designers riffing on classic long-sleeve poplins and formal styles, worn untucked and carefree… or at least that’s the intention.

“We’re a British brand, and certainly proud of it,” says Michael Hill, the co-owner and creative director of Drake’s. “But we have always drawn inspiration from our travels. The way the Japanese combine new ideas with a love of vintage, and their respect for craft and provenance, or the Italian approach to relaxed tailoring. Making the rules and then breaking them a little bit. That sense of discovery is what keeps us going.”

Carmelo Anthony’s memories of New York are vivid in his mind. In the late 1980s, when the world was viewed from a waist-high vantage point, the city pulsed with an unpredictable rhythm. One day it was a wonder; the next, a challenge. “It was loud, it was unpredictable, it was survival,” he recalls. “Every corner was a test.” By the summer of 1992, he was gone. A young kid from Brooklyn navigating Myrtle Avenue in Baltimore, growing into both a new city and a 6ft 5in frame. If New York was the primer, Baltimore was the crucible. “I like to say that’s the city that actually raised me,” he says. “Baltimore taught me how to navigate life, taught me about feelings, emotions and the mental.”