The Official Tweed Appreciation Thread

[DorianGreen]

A beautiful colour composition.

 

[DorianGreen]

I love some colour accents on a more muted base.

 

[DapperDan15]

A beautiful colour composition.

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I actually really like this, except for the shirt. That's a lovely green saturation for a wool tie.

 

[DorianGreen]

A gorgeous vintage tweed on this jacket by Assisi.

 

[oucheebooboo]

Can anyone recommend an online retailer that sells Harris Tweed in a 3/2 roll, or 2 button with a center vent? I love O’Connell’s but going to wait for a sale. I found an almost perfect match in this J Press but I don’t want patch pockets. I found a few possibilities online from supposedly Scotland but they only show side vents and the jackets are made short. Any help is appreciated. Looking for any shade of brown. I’m not really worried about price as long as its less than 1200 new. I prefer classic. Like I said above O’Connell’s will be fine but would like to compare similar options.

Harris Tweed Tan Windowpane Sportcoat | J. PRESS

Shop our selection of Sport Coats and browse classic Ivy Style pieces at J. Press.

jpressonline.com

I would’ve suggested Andover & O’Connell’s. O’Connell’s pricing is reasonable (even better, they're, currently, in the midst of their winter sale), offers both OTR & custom, and has among the widest selections of trad tweed.

A few others among the traditionalists.... Unfortunately, most "new"/trad tweed (sorry for the oxymoron) will, at least, slightly exceed your price limit. (I didn’t filter for patch.)

-Cable Car Clothiers (SF)

• 3 roll 2, Rust
• 2 button, grey
• 2 button, blue

-Ben Silver (Charleston, VA)
-Dann-Online (website frozen in time; questionable service)
-Eljo’s (Charlottesville, VA, in transition; new owners take over in Feb)

Your most reasonable pricing choices will be among O'Connell's, eBay & Etsy. Unless you get lucky in the SF B&S.

 

[DorianGreen]

A lovely tweed jacket and a nice outfit.

 

[Lagavulin62]

I would’ve suggested Andover & O’Connell’s. O’Connell’s pricing is reasonable (even better, they're, currently, in the midst of their winter sale), offers both OTR & custom, and has among the widest selections of trad tweed.

A few others among the traditionalists.... Unfortunately, most "new"/trad tweed (sorry for the oxymoron) will, at least, slightly exceed your price limit. (I didn’t filter for patch.)

-Cable Car Clothiers (SF)

• 3 roll 2, Rust
• 2 button, grey
• 2 button, blue

-Ben Silver (Charleston, VA)
-Dann-Online (website frozen in time; questionable service)
-Eljo’s (Charlottesville, VA, in transition; new owners take over in Feb)

Your most reasonable pricing choices will be among O'Connell's, eBay & Etsy. Unless you get lucky in the SF B&S.

I guess I will need to wait till next season. My sizes and selection are outof stock.

 

[comrade]

Cable Car Clothiers is usually overpriced and its' merchandise is " dated"
It's always 1958 at Cable Car. Andover has a large selection, especially MTM.
I got a tweed jacket there in 2023, MTM . I have no idea what it is. I just liked it
in a swatch book. I'll try to find out. OConnells is very "trad" no side vents etc.
I understand that they can accommodate you MTM if you veer from the pure
sack coat.

 

[oucheebooboo]

Cable Car Clothiers is usually overpriced and its' merchandise is " dated"
It's always 1958 at Cable Car. Andover has a large selection, especially MTM.
I got a tweed jacket there in 2023, MTM . I have no idea what it is. I just liked it
in a swatch book. I'll try to find out. OConnells is very "trad" no side vents etc.
I understand that they can accommodate you MTM if you veer from the pure
sack coat.

I concur; CCC is precisely as you've described. However, it is due to their anachronistic nature*, that I posit that they (and those like them) are well positioned to offer precisely what the OP desires: trad tweed, center vent, no patch pockets, "classic" proportions. (Their prices, unfortunately, are~$300 over his max.)

Your other suggestions, while top notch, mirrored those previously suggested.

Meeting the OP's needs and also his desire to navigate around the classics of O'Connell's, and seemingly, beyond the previously suggested, Andover and J. Press, is truly a tough "ask".

*Harris Tweed's production apex was in 1966 (Wikipedia), a "dated" haberdashery, where "it's always 1958," seems appropriate.

 

[oldworldelegance]

L

A beautiful colour composition.

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Great herringbone trousers. Do you have any idea which fabric they are made of?

 

[DorianGreen]

L

Great herringbone trousers. Do you have any idea which fabric they are made of?

Indeed. No, but the gentleman wearing them is Andrea Luparelli of Sartoria Ripense, you could enquire directly.

 

[DorianGreen]

The Russell Check is one of my favourite patterns. I'm amazed how intricate yet clean it is. It resembles a work of art.

A gorgeous jacket by taillour.

 

[comrade]

Cable Car Clothiers is usually overpriced and its' merchandise is " dated"
It's always 1958 at Cable Car. Andover has a large selection, especially MTM.
I got a tweed jacket there in 2023, MTM . I have no idea what it is. I just liked it
in a swatch book. I'll try to find out. OConnells is very "trad" no side vents etc.
I understand that they can accommodate you MTM if you veer from the pure
sack coat.

My Andover MTM Tweed:

The Teviot Archives - Lovat Mill is the Home of Tweed

First established in the early 1900s, this quality combines both worsted merino yarns and fine cheviot woollen spun yarns to give a light yet robust Tweed for medium use and day wear. Teviot is a 13/14oz 430 gram per metre cloth.

lovatmill.com

My Jacket Tweed is # 929

Cable Car Clothiers is usually overpriced and its' merchandise is " dated"
It's always 1958 at Cable Car. Andover has a large selection, especially MTM.
I got a tweed jacket there in 2023, MTM . I have no idea what it is. I just liked it
in a swatch book. I'll try to find out. OConnells is very "trad" no side vents etc.
I understand that they can accommodate you MTM if you veer from the pure
sack coat.

 

[DorianGreen]

My Andover MTM Tweed:

The Teviot Archives - Lovat Mill is the Home of Tweed

First established in the early 1900s, this quality combines both worsted merino yarns and fine cheviot woollen spun yarns to give a light yet robust Tweed for medium use and day wear. Teviot is a 13/14oz 430 gram per metre cloth.

lovatmill.com

My Jacket Tweed is # 929

Wait, you have a purple jacket? You surprise me.