Suiting can be excruciatingly dull, but Simon Spurr knows how to spice things up in the detail. Special this season was enlarged houndstooth, a daring departure from perennial check and pinstripe.

The rest fell neatly into the designer’s steadfast “officer and a gentleman” motif. Luxurious fabrics sewn into highly attenuated modern armor seems pitch perfect for the dizzying world of red carpet premieres and paparazzi run-ins, explaining why celebrities the like of Kellan Lutz, Joe Jonas and Andy Cohen were at attention front row.