Made in ... Britain

In my-wardrobe's flotilla of British made beauty, the brogue is the flagship. This summer we have intricately tooled styles from Grenson, Sanders and Trickers filling our shoe racks with a breathtaking total of 462 years of history. In the hands of less imaginative designers all that heritage could be a straitjacket but the thoughtful types at these heritage houses seem capable of relentlessly and elegantly reimaging the template. Check out Grenson, creators of the above specimen. Its Northampton HQ remains true to its 1866 roots with pole-vault-height quality standards decreeing that the premium leather footwear is still made in the 1895 built factory with much the same hand wrought, bench made techniques, yet the styling is renewed with suede and leather rewrite in two tone and offbeat colours. Check out Sanders' soft soled versions and a slew of newness from Tricker's. The brogue is reborn.

Made in ... Italy

Italian glamour crafted in Italy is a rare and precious find but that's exactly what you get when you wear Moschino. Founded in 1983 by Franco Moschino, the brand's bedrock is its playful, adventurous styling and rethinking of key pieces that has, upon occasion, been accused of art. The brand is renowned for its perfect manufacturing quality - just the sort of thing that you keep close to your heart and the Italian brand has done that by keeping highlights of its manufacturing near at hand, with tailoring still constructed in the country. So for blazers that are just a little bit special wear the made in Italy Moschino with bold coloured chinos or your eveningwear denims and graphic T-shirts for a grown up but edgy rock and roll style.

Made in ... France

Made with refined savoir faire in the workshops of Northern France, St James's faithful rendition of the Breton stripe is a summer perfect slice of Gallic style that is tuned to team with denim and chinos as well as tailored shorts this summer. Your assurance of the quality is the St James history. Born in 1850 in a commune near the beautiful Mont St Michel it was the Legallais family who birthed the brand, spinning and dying its own wool and selling it by the batch to haberdashers before knitting it into fisherman's jumpers. Thick, tight and close to the skin, St James knits were traditionally known as the seafarers second skin and the knits are now joined by cotton versions in a much modernized facility near the apex of the Channel and the Atlantic. Slip on a pair of Rivieras and complete a sea-going look.

Made in ... Denmark

In the middle of mainland Denmark is the traditional textile weaving centre of Herning. A bustling market town, it plays home to Knowledge Cotton Apparel, a family run business and proud manufacturer that sticks close to staunch ethical principles, using sustainable methods and 100% certified organic cotton in its own factories. Not that any of that would matter if it weren't for the brand's expert rendition of that hard to define Scandinavian aesthetic, which it treats to a soft laundering here and a colour pop there so that it straddles both Scandi and preppy styling for a modern and always thoughtfully made look. With taped internal seams on the bright, gently tapered chinos, saturated shades on soft cotton tailored shorts and softly washed down Oxford cottons, it's a quality look that subtly redefines that Danish style.