Autumn/Winter cloth weights and types for sports jackets and trousers

[TeddyHanoi]

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.

 

[Shetterd]

Might be a question for the cloth thead. https://www.styleforum.net/threads/unfunded-liabilities-a-k-a-the-cloth-thread.56404/

 

[GaiusM]

Tweed will work well in UK fall and winter. As for Harris or Donegal that is up to you. Style and weight are different, you can get both in various weights. Look at several and see which appeals to you more.
14-15 oz will probably suffice for anything not requiring an overcoat.

 

[TeddyHanoi]

Tweed will work well in UK fall and winter. As for Harris or Donegal that is up to you. Style and weight are different, you can get both in various weights. Look at several and see which appeals to you more.
14-15 oz will probably suffice for anything not requiring an overcoat.

Thanks for the weight recommendation. I'll be ordering from abroad without being able to handle the weight physically so to have a weight guide is very useful.

 

[TeddyHanoi]

Might be a question for the cloth thead. https://www.styleforum.net/threads/unfunded-liabilities-a-k-a-the-cloth-thread.56404/

Thank you I'll try that.