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[DartagnanRed]

Ah damn JM beat me to it.

 

[Arch3r]

What a waste of money... It doesn't take much to look good. black shirt black tie I think takes the cake.... Just no.

As for CK, this is why he can't command the same prices as RL.

 

[Reynolds]

I often dread Derby Day and the Melbourne Cup as newspaper websites typically provide a series of galleries with lots of photos of terribly dressed people.

Clearly, I'm a sucker for punishment as I know that the outfits will generally be awful but I still can't resist clicking on them.

My goodness, Journeyman - are you me?

I held these exact feelings upon finding this article this morning:

http://www.thechronicle.com.au/photos/buy/1062133/

This is what qualified as "best dressed" last year...

 

[Gerry Nelson]

My goodness, Journeyman - are you me?

I held these exact feelings upon finding this article this morning:

http://www.thechronicle.com.au/photos/buy/1062133/

This is what qualified as "best dressed" last year...

Yes, in Toowoomba

 

[RKLan]

Hi all, another long time reader here.

Just walked by Henry Bucks here in Adelaide and saw they were having a (decent?) sale in store. Didn't have time to really look properly but signs indicated that you could take 50% off already on sale merchandise, only had time to see tie prices: yellow sticker down to ~$75 (from ~115?) before other discount? Not sure which items are/aren't but there were quite a few yellow tags around from my quick look.

Not sure the extent to which this applies to other stores around the country so ymmv. Maybe if someone has time to visit they could provide better details?

Don't believe I have seen this posted on here as yet.

 

[Johknee]

Interesting looks put together by the gents at Drakes. I feel they are successful.

Can you tell me where you found the first photo?
Love both of these but I'm especially interested in the first jacket!

 

[Foxhound]

I must say foxy you always look good in the flesh. Photos aren't always the best way to judge.

Thankyou very much.

But that's a cord jacket isn't it? So you get a free pass almost. Just don't do it up. And crumple it a bit more.

Yeah, it is cord. I don't feel as though my fit on Tuesday(in spoiler) was that great as I'm not sure that the cord jacket is congruous with grey trousers.


Welcome to the forum, RKLan.

 

[Gerry Nelson]

To be honest, corduroy jackets present a challenge for me. My gut feel is go with a heavier pair of chinos and some suede chukka boots or scotchgrain brogues.

Those grey trousers and black shoes seem a little too refined for me - I reckon if you swapped out the grey trousers for heavish khaki chinos and the boots for your LWBs, it would look ace.

That jacket and OCBD are great.

 

[Nolvadex]

Thebrownman is a contributor to dmarge so it can't be that bad

 

[Journeyman]

Can you tell me where you found the first photo?
Love both of these but I'm especially interested in the first jacket!

It's probably from Drake's of London's Tumblr - Drake's Diary:

http://drakes-diary.tumblr.com/

The jackets can probably be found in their store:

http://www.drakes.com/online-shop/outerwear

 

[Romp]

posted me in jeans before... i rarely wear jeans but i think if you want to make it work in a casual way such as linen coat, long sleeve polo, it needs to look quite casual overall - Im with gerry and not loving that tie/denim combo.

 

[Johknee]

It's probably from Drake's of London's Tumblr - Drake's Diary:

http://drakes-diary.tumblr.com/

The jackets can probably be found in their store:

http://www.drakes.com/online-shop/outerwear

Thanks JM. I checked Drake's online store earlier and found a brown wool jacket but, I'm not sure it's the jacket from the original post. Also, 895 GBP is a little out of my price range.

On that note, any suggestions where I could pick up a jacket similar this?
I've been wanting something similar for a while. Approached a couple of MTM business and was told to consider grey rather than brown. I'd like it it to be; brown, heavy-weight fabric, patch pockets, soft shoulders/unstructured.

Thanks!

 

[Journeyman]

Johknee,

It looks like a tweed of some kind. You should be able to get an olive or brown tweed jacket from a variety of places, particularly from UK sellers. Try having a look at Charles Tyrwhitt, TM Lewin or various other UK businesses.

Actually, thinking of it, you'll probably have to go MTM if you want patch pockets (unless you're willing to buy from Drake's) as most UK places that I can think of would only sell jackets with flapped pockets, not patch pockets.

I would have thought that most MTM places should have access to some brown or olive tweed as well as grey tweed. I know that Rene from Deer Style in Brisbane certainly does and it shouldn't be uncommon.

Alternatively, if you can find an MTM place that will accept CMT orders (ie orders where you supply the cloth and they cut it and make the jacket for you), you could order your own brown tweed fabric from somewhere such as eBay or another fabric supplier:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100-PURE-...MADE-IN-SCOTLAND-BY-Reid-Taylor-/321244427435

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100-PURE-...MADE-IN-SCOTLAND-BY-Reid-Taylor-/321244431306

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Light-Bro...uiting-Fabric-Length-2-50-Metre-/111236580737

 

[Gerry Nelson]

What about this?







http://shop.e-f-v.com/products/shoreline-single-breasted-jacket?variant=784676339

 

[Journeyman]

^ Looks good - I didn't realise that Erik had his store up and running as yet.

I'll have to have a look at their offerings.

Alas - I just realised that both the single-breasted and the double-breasted jacket are single-vented (which is quite unusual for a DB jacket in particular).