The bricks lining the Festival of Speed startline are 100 years old and a gift from the Indianapolis Speedway "Brickyard" in 2011 to mark their centenary event!
Legend of Goodwood's golden racing era and Le Mans winner Roy Salvadori once famously said "give me Goodwood on a summer's day and you can forget the rest".
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
The Gordon Tartan has been worn by the Dukes and Duchesses over the last 300 years.
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Extracts from the 4th & 5th Dukes diaries are on display with red ink used to highlight great things that had happened.
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
The bricks lining the Festival of Speed startline are 100 years old and a gift from the Indianapolis Speedway "Brickyard" in 2011 to mark their centenary event!
Our replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style
Our replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style
Future Lab is Goodwood's innovation pavilion, inspiring industry enthusiasts and future scientists with dynamic tech
Legend of Goodwood's golden racing era and Le Mans winner Roy Salvadori once famously said "give me Goodwood on a summer's day and you can forget the rest".
Nick Heidfelds 1999 (41.6s) hillclimb record was beaten after Max Chilton in his McMurtry Spéirling fan car tore it to shreds at 39.08s in 2022!
Whoa Simon! A horse so determined and headstrong, he not only won the 1883 Goodwood Cup by 20 lengths, but couldn't be stopped and carried on running over the top of Trundle hill
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
The first ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
Whoa Simon! A horse so determined and headstrong, he not only won the 1883 Goodwood Cup by 20 lengths, but couldn't be stopped and carried on running over the top of Trundle hill
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
The Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
We have been host to many incredible film crews using Goodwood as a backdrop for shows like Downton Abbey, Hollywood Blockbusters like Venom: let there be Carnage and the Man from U.N.C.L.E.
After a fire in 1791 at Richmond House in Whitehall, London, James Wyatt added two great wings to showcase the saved collection at Goodwood. To give unity to the two new wings, Wyatt added copper-domed turrets framing each façade.
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
Ensure you take a little time out together to pause and take in the celebration of all the hard work you put in will be a treasured memory.
The first public race meeting took place in 1802 and, through the nineteenth century, ‘Glorious Goodwood,’ as the press named it, became a highlight of the summer season
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
The oldest existing rules for the game were drawn up for a match between the 2nd Duke and a neighbour
Easy boy! The charismatic Farnham Flyer loved to celebrate every win with a pint of beer. His Boxer dog, Grogger, did too and had a tendancy to steal sips straight from the glass.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
We have been host to many incredible film crews using Goodwood as a backdrop for shows like Downton Abbey, Hollywood Blockbusters like Venom: let there be Carnage and the Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.
Easy boy! The charismatic Farnham Flyer loved to celebrate every win with a pint of beer. His Boxer dog, Grogger, did too and had a tendancy to steal sips straight from the glass.
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
The origins of the modern suit may lie in military tunics and the various innovations of the “original dandy”, Beau Brummel, but the origins of the modern suit wearer are rather more recent. This goes back to the big bang of Sixties style culture, when “modernists”, rebelling against the more voluminous uniform of the previous era, adopted the Rat Pack uniform of sharkskin, stiletto-lapelled Italian tailoring.
In more recent times men commonly opt for a linen suit in summer and a thicker fabric suit such as tweed for winter, however, for the last two decades, suits have generally followed the same sparse pattern. But things are changing, as men turn to the era before that big bang for inspiration. Last seen in the Fifties, an approach that espouses the manly style of Cary Grant and Gary Cooper is transfiguring the skinny-fit rules of contemporary dressing with elegantly draping suits and just-so accessories that talk to the timeless appeal of classical comportment and masculine style. Think of it as clothes for men, not boys.
This approach espouses the style of Cary Grant and Gary Cooper... clothes for men, not boys
Apart from the obvious fact that trends by their very nature change, indicative of a much wider dissatisfaction with the way the slimming down of the suit’s silhouette has hindered our ability to stand apart from the sartorial “crowd”. The clearest indication of this can be found on the various social media feeds of today’s style mavens and bold-face fashion leaders – the most attuned of whom have long moved on from the skinny look to define the mood for a more expansive, elegant mindset.
Follow journalist and stylist Tom Stubbs, for instance, and you’ll see a regularly updated account for his current passion: high-waisted, pleated trousers, often worn as-casually-as-you-like with a chest-baring shirt or his trademark vest. “What was natty a few years ago, is ‘meh’ now,” says Stubbs of the Noughties’ obsession with slick tailoring. In contrast, Stubbs favours a less austere approach. “Flat fronted trousers look dated,” he says baldly. “And anyway, pleats are easier to wear.” And if you look like a gangster? “Then your suit’s too big.”
you can be assured of being about the smartest man about town – or country, come to that
If you’re searching for a seminal look to define the new exuberance in tailoring, then consider the “Hollywood Top”, a trouser style last seen in the Forties and Fifties but recently re-introduced by Edward Sexton, the master tailor who is the progenitor of much of what represents classically stylish suiting today. By dropping the belt loops two inches from the top of the waistline and adding two generous pleats, the tailor has created perhaps the breakout piece in the new era of suave menswear (and the good news is that this will shortly go into production as a ready-to-wear item). Sexton trained as a cutter on Savile Row before joining up with celebrity tailor Tommy Nutter to dress the likes of Bryan Ferry and Lennon and McCartney – stylish bon vivants who shared Sexton’s love of the high-glamour heyday of Hollywood in the Thirties and Forties – decades that, then as now, sum up a sartorial high-water mark for menswear.
“People don’t look good when they’re uptight,” counsels Sexton, who prefers his signature double-breasted, broad-lapelled suits in traditional (yet often strikingly patterned) fabrics cut and proportioned in a style he refers to as “long, low and leafy”. This means a stronger, squarer shoulder-line, teamed with a high armhole (“to lengthen the body”) and a low “button stance” designed to accentuate the contours of the ideal figure. Accessorise, as Sexton does, with a tab- or pin-collared shirt, or dress up (and down) with a single-ply cashmere roll-neck, and you can be assured of being about the smartest man about town – or country, come to that.
Revival Fashion presented by Mastercard at Goodwood Revival (Sept 7-9, 2018) will host specially curated fashion shows every day and our daily Best Dressed Competition presented by Mastercard.
This article is taken from the Goodwood magazine, Autumn 2017 issue
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