Working again recently with my dear friend & menswear supremo Eric Musgrave on pictures for his definitive book on the history of corduroy, he was kind enough to send me this reminder of us from my exhibition in 2010 to accompany his 2025 version.

Eric is as stylishly dressed (in corduroy, of course) as ever but I rather fear that the passing years have been kinder to him than to me - such is the price we photographers-about-town pay for the dissipative lives that we lead...