TeddyHanoi
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Hi all,
I've been living in summer climes for pushing on 2 decades and usually wear sports jackets and trousers. I have a solid summer sports jacket collection using the following: hopsack, fresco, mesh (Holland and Sherry), linen, linen and silk blends, lightweight merino. I use full canvas and semi-lined for the jackets. For trousers I use Dormeuil excel, Fresco, tropical wool and linen. I also use RTW chinos.
I've now moved to Hanoi and am very much looking forward to building a autumn/winter clothing collection for use in Hanoi winter and for UK and Irish winters when returning home during those seasons. I wear bespoke sports jackets, bespoke trousers and sometimes RTW trousers. However, I am utterly clueless as to where to begin re winter jacketing and trousers in terms of weight and style of cloth to build the basics:
JACKETING and WEIGHT OF CLOTH:
I have no clue re most common weight. For summer I use anything between 8-10oz is ok for jackets, with slightly heavier if linen.
What are the winter equivalent weights (most common weight range)?
Do I go for Harris tweed? Donegal? What cloths are winter staples for the above climes and most importantly which is an all rounder weight that I can use indoors and outdoors (naturally if outrageously cold I'll be throwing an overcoat on - Western Europe and North Vietnam winter are the climes).
TROUSERS: Flannels get mentioned a lot on this thread and from what I can see it's basically a heavy wool/merino? What's a common weight range for winter? What is a good weight for trousers and apart from flannel are there any other cloth that is suitable? Regarding RTW I was looking at Cordings for cords and moleskins.
Any help or opinions most appreciated.
I've been living in summer climes for pushing on 2 decades and usually wear sports jackets and trousers. I have a solid summer sports jacket collection using the following: hopsack, fresco, mesh (Holland and Sherry), linen, linen and silk blends, lightweight merino. I use full canvas and semi-lined for the jackets. For trousers I use Dormeuil excel, Fresco, tropical wool and linen. I also use RTW chinos.
I've now moved to Hanoi and am very much looking forward to building a autumn/winter clothing collection for use in Hanoi winter and for UK and Irish winters when returning home during those seasons. I wear bespoke sports jackets, bespoke trousers and sometimes RTW trousers. However, I am utterly clueless as to where to begin re winter jacketing and trousers in terms of weight and style of cloth to build the basics:
JACKETING and WEIGHT OF CLOTH:
I have no clue re most common weight. For summer I use anything between 8-10oz is ok for jackets, with slightly heavier if linen.
What are the winter equivalent weights (most common weight range)?
Do I go for Harris tweed? Donegal? What cloths are winter staples for the above climes and most importantly which is an all rounder weight that I can use indoors and outdoors (naturally if outrageously cold I'll be throwing an overcoat on - Western Europe and North Vietnam winter are the climes).
TROUSERS: Flannels get mentioned a lot on this thread and from what I can see it's basically a heavy wool/merino? What's a common weight range for winter? What is a good weight for trousers and apart from flannel are there any other cloth that is suitable? Regarding RTW I was looking at Cordings for cords and moleskins.
Any help or opinions most appreciated.