Posts by Chilli padi

Thanks for the tip on this. Today I bought a black pair of C&J Handgrade Belgraves for GBP195 + GBP40 for cedar shoe trees. Normally these shoes would have cost GBP300+. They didn't have many Handgrades left in my size (8E) - I was...

Guys I can't give you a reason why only two working buttons on the sleeves, but what I can tell you, having spent a significant amount of time on Savile Row over the past couple of weeks, is that it is not at all unusual on a Savile Row...

Why have only two working buttons on the sleeve? My answer is that while working sleeve buttons are a nice bespoke touch, if the sleeve length is correct and has four buttons why have any of the buttons working at all?  I don't intend...

Thanks for your input.   I have now been measured up and will report back.  First fitting will be towards the end of this month.  The coat will have four buttons (two of which will be "working") on each sleeve, but I'm one...

If you have the chance to go to Hong Kong, I don't think they have a minimum order (can't remember) and the turnaround is two or three days.  I have four shirts from Ascot Chang, all ordered from the store in Central.  I also have...

It's been a while since this topic was last discussed. I am in the market for a new bespoke suit.  I am doing some preparation before I do the rounds at Savile Row and surrounding environs. For my new suit, I have in mind a...

I used to buy a lot of TM Lewin shirts. Probably own six of them. I haven't bought any in the past couple of years though because: (a) they are cut too narrow for me (and I am skinny.), and (b) the tail is too short for me. However I...

In a sense I have come full circle on the cufflinks issue.  I started work with plain one-button barrel cuffs.  This was back in the good old days when I knew nothing about quality shirts.  The scales were subsequently lifted from my...

I have just bought a new fragrance to wear when I don't feel like the orange blossominess (real word?) of Caron's L'Anarchiste.  It is called L'eau de Navigateur and it is made by L'Artisan Parfumeur in Paris.  To my (untrained) nose...

To which list the following should be added: Schedoni of Italy (suppliers to Ferrari, see here) Valextra of Italy (no website that I can find) Connolly of England (suppliers to Rolls Royce and others; again no decent website I can...