From vintage-inspired driving goggles to Savile Row tailoring, clothing has become a defining feature of vintage car events. When the historic motoring season kicks off this weekend with Goodwood’s 72nd members’ meeting – the first since 1966 – enthusiasts will be showing off their wardrobes as well as their wheels.
“I like my cars to be well turned-out and what I wear to drive has got to be right, too,” says Ben Cussons of the Royal Automobile Club, who will be driving his C-Type 1952 Jaguar.
For the occasion at Goodwood in southeast England, Cussons has gone retro and commissioned an Edwardian-style motoring suit from Henry Poole & Co, the tailors that founded Savile Row and made clothes for Napoleon, Nelson and Churchill.