In this episode of What The Luxe, host Anant Sharma sits down with Oliver Spencer, founder of the eponymous menswear label and formalwear brand Favourbrook, to explore a career built on patience, craft and a quiet resistance to fashion’s obsession with scale.
From selling hand-painted waistcoats off a wheelbarrow on Portobello Road to building two enduring British brands, Oliver shares why he never followed the traditional Savile Row path — and why he continues to make a significant proportion of his collections in England, even when the economics point elsewhere
Together, they discuss:
• Why true luxury is rarity, craft and design — not availability
• The difference between fashion, styling and genuine garment design
• What the industry gets wrong about growth, scale and “success”
• Why small is becoming beautiful again in business and culture
• The role of shopkeeping, community and the High Street in modern luxury
• How Oliver’s latest venture, Secret Trips, connects clothing, travel and a more considered way of living
A thoughtful, unfiltered conversation about slowing down in a world that moves too fast — and building brands with integrity, longevity and soul.
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