Country wear, shooting kit, shoes, boots and ladies sporting kit … all with The Field’s seal of approval. Matters sartorial should never come between a sportsman and his quarry or, indeed, his enjoyment of the great outdoors.

Ideally, clothes should make life easier without your having to give them a moment’s thought – in an understated way of course. Once there was a set “uniform” for the country gentleman and, in truth, everyone else in any situation, but the times have been changing.

Forays for dryness and warmth have been made into the realms of “technical” fabrics – from which travellers never look back – yet we still cling to our forebears’ disruptive-pattern weather protection of choice, tweed.

Here we present a guide to help you focus your search for the perfect country kit.