The Official Tweed Appreciation Thread

[FlyingMonkey]

Love the 1930s lapels

Me too. The lapels on my homespun tweed suit (which was made by a Japanese company, based on an older British style) are similar. I love the rounded peak lapel...

 

[rodaman]

I would grab it.

Its a gorgeous color mix and would work great with dark, mid, light brown corduroy trousers. Grab it

I have it and I love it

 

[OlSarge]

Something old, something new. The jacket is 'previously owned' but the vest and trousers are from Peter Christian. The shotgun is a 1909 W. W. Jeffrey.

 

[ojaw]

Off to a wedding?

 

[Fueco]



Off to a wedding?

Man, I almost spit up my beer laughing at that... Look in' sharp gents.

 

[ojaw]

And of course to echo Fueco, sharply dressed gentlemen all.

 

[sugarbutch]

Recent tweed wearing:

 

[comrade]

Don't you find tweed warm in SanFrancisco the last month or
so? It's been in the 70s(F) many days.

 

[sugarbutch]

Not much more than other jackets, no. I guess I don't run that warm generally. Also, the bottom two shots are from my week in northern NY, so definitely no problem there.

 

[meister]



Me too. The lapels on my homespun tweed suit (which was made by a Japanese company, based on an older British style) are similar. I love the rounded peak lapel...

It has some special name I can't remember sweetlip or some fish analogy.

 

[A Canuker]

The weather has become very chilled up here which has given me the opportunity for this somewhat vintage Harris tweed overcoat.

 

[OlSarge]

It has some special name I can't remember sweetlip or some fish analogy.

shad belly?

 

[Isolation]

Shirt is a light cream/yellow. Fox Tweed by Dream Bespoke I got on my last trip.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

So, this isn't a 'fit pic' as such: I'm wearing a suit today, but this vintage piece just arrived so I tried it on. It's a perfect condition brown, blue and cream 100% wool Half-Norfolk jacket by long departed trad favourites, Cricketeer, with 3 flapped and buttoned pockets, action back/shoulders, back belt, and single vent. And it will only need minor modifications (sleeves and jacket length) to make it fit very well. Normally I wouldn't buy a jacket that was obviously an inch or more long, but in this case the pockets are set high enough that taking an inch off the jacket will not cause it to look wrong. I'm on record here as not being that keen on Norfolk jackets, but I think I prefer the Half-Norfolk and, in any case, when it only cost me $35 (yes, indeed), I can afford to give it a go...

 

[meister]



So, this isn't a 'fit pic' as such: I'm wearing a suit today, but this vintage piece just arrived so I tried it on. It's a perfect condition brown, blue and cream 100% wool Half-Norfolk jacket by long departed trad favourites, Cricketeer, with 3 flapped and buttoned pockets, action back/shoulders, back belt, and single vent. And it will only need minor modifications (sleeves and jacket length) to make it fit very well. Normally I wouldn't buy a jacket that was obviously an inch or more long, but in this case the pockets are set high enough that taking an inch off the jacket will not cause it to look wrong. I'm on record here as not being that keen on Norfolk jackets, but I think I prefer the Half-Norfolk and, in any case, when it only cost me $35 (yes, indeed), I can afford to give it a go...

Beautiful jacket. Cricketeer were good.