Unfunded Liabilities: a/k/a The Cloth Thread

[hirschlederne]



New Spring/summer Dormeuil came out today, the bottom left is intended as a jacket or suit!

Is that a QR Code cloth top left?

 

[TweedyProf]

@Tweedy

What type of jackets are you going to wear them with?

I should have specified: hopsacks, more coarse grained versions, some wool-silk-linen mixes, that have the appearance of texture but are smooth in finish. Also picked up a recent jacket made up in from the Phoenix book (mid blue, similar to Murlsquirl's green Steed jacket). So, all the jackets have some small scale variation. Having some trousers that are more smooth in finishing (not sure I like them), I wanted something a bit more textured.

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How are those in terms of texture? I dislike an overly smooth finish on grey odd trousers.

Dormeuil tropical is really good in solid colors for trousers, I have a mid grey that goes with nearly anything.

I have a pair of trousers in tropical wool that tend to be smoother than I prefer but they are appropriately, well, tropical. I guess some variegation even if the texture is smooth would be ok.

 

[Bespoke DJP]

Dear @TweedyProf

Since some of your SCs have wool-silk (and linen) mix in a smooth finish, you may like to consider a cloth by Ermenegildo Zegna: mid-grey, Wool 85% - Silk 15%, 190 gr., code 20136.

I do have it - still unfunded - it's a fantastic shade, extremely beautiful in hand; sorry I don't, nor will I have any Fresco, etc to compare.

Best,

Dimitris

 

[David Reeves]



David, where do you get your smoked mother of pearl jacket buttons from? I am in neee of some replacements and I am unhappy with the ones I ordered (too thin and dull).

I get them from Richard James Weldon, gritti does nice ones as well.

 

[greger]



Kind of opposite actually. I wear a suit daily except when I go to South East Asia for 3 weeks a year. I think I might want to be a tad bit more casual now during the summer. My tolerance for sweating through my good dress pants has dropped in my old age.

Gosh! If I could be your old age I'd be somethun like 20 to 30 years younger. What a lucky boy you are at your old age.

 

[Concordia]



Gents, I'm considering having a coat made up a bit similar to this:

However, I would like a fabric with more surface interest to it (like barleycorn, birdseye, whatever) and would prefer the colours to be a light blue/grey version, weight preferably somewhere around 600 grm., something like the LL blue/grey barleycorn that was made a few years back:

I have searched for a leftover of the LL cloth but to no avail, so I would therefore be much obliged if anyone had suggestions for something slightly similar (not necessarily across all parameters, but at least something remotely in the same style that would work for a coat like this).

Thanks a lot in advance!
SKM

Not blue-grey (more undyed grey), but some excellent plain, non-sissy tweeds from Ardalanish Tweeds.

 

[sprout2]

Not blue-grey (more undyed grey), but some excellent plain, non-sissy tweeds from Ardalanish Tweeds.

They used to have a great twill that I had shortlisted but sadly don't see on that site anymore. Maybe it's available in the swatch box.

 

[patrickBOOTH]



Gosh! If I could be your old age I'd be somethun like 20 to 30 years younger. What a lucky boy you are at your old age.

I don't know about that. It's a lot of work being me.

 

[Leaves]

Saw this on Instagram from a Korean tailor called Estado. Alpaca from Lovat I believe. I think I need some more Alpaca in my life. Has anyone made something up in it? I have an Alpaca blend SC in the works but am wondering what 100% Alpaca would look like in an overcoat (I'm not sure picture shows blend or pure Alpaca).

 

[S K M]



Not blue-grey (more undyed grey), but some excellent plain, non-sissy tweeds from Ardalanish Tweeds.

Wow, those are some great tweeds indeed, thx! However, managed to pick up a length of the blue/grey version from Molloy which I have now handed over to my tailor:

But will definitely keep Ardalanish in mind for further commissions

 

[mactire]

Wow, those are some great tweeds indeed, thx! However, managed to pick up a length of the blue/grey version from Molloy which I have now handed over to my tailor:




But will definitely keep Ardalanish in mind for further commissions

Where'd you get it? I've been considering getting it re-woven myself.

 

[S K M]



Where'd you get it?  I've been considering getting it re-woven myself.

Managed to track down a length from a member who was willing to swap for another length. Kind of bummed for you because I would be very willing to support a full production (the LL run was only a test length).

 

[sprout2]

Try Dormeuil for this they might not have the same blue gray but many shades of a more practical weight barleycorn yorkshire tweed

 

[greger]

Nothing

 

[Tony Montana]

Saw this on Instagram from a Korean tailor called Estado. Alpaca from Lovat I believe. I think I need some more Alpaca in my life. Has anyone made something up in it? I have an Alpaca blend SC in the works but am wondering what 100% Alpaca would look like in an overcoat (I'm not sure picture shows blend or pure Alpaca).

That is Douglas Cordeaux from Fox Bros. in the picture. You could drop them an email, maybe the cloth is by Fox. "Lovat" might only be the colour.