Budd pyjamas accompany the Scottish journey aboard the Royal Scotsman

The gentle sway of a sleeper car, the soft amber glow of brass reading lamps, the weight of fine cotton against skin as the Scottish Highlands roll past beyond the window. Budd pyjamas, in their characteristic pale lavender, rest against crisp linen sheets with the ease of something made for precisely this moment of repose.

Ben Cobb, who brings his eye as editor at large of The Sunday Times Style and columnist at Esquire UK to the particulars of how things look and fit, understands the grammar of travel dressing. The Royal Scotsman, that most deliberate of journeys through Scotland’s landscape, calls for a different register of comfort than the everyday. What matters aboard such trains is not mere ease but elegance in repose, garments that move with the body rather than against it, fabrics that feel substantial without weight.

Budd’s pyjamas belong to the Savile Row tradition of shirtmaking, where precision tailoring extends even to the garments worn beyond the public eye. The cut, the button plackets, the collar and cuff proportions carry the same attention to line and silhouette that defines the house’s bespoke suiting. Cotton of proper weight, finished seams and the unrushed construction of pieces made to be worn season after season.

Such details matter most when travelling slowly, when the rhythm of a train and the measured pace of a weekend away allow time to notice how a garment sits, how it breathes, how it accompanies the body through morning coffee and evening reflection. Budd understands this grammar of quiet luxury, the kind that asks nothing of the wearer but reward it generously.

Imagery courtesy of Budd Shirtmakers (@buddshirtmakers).