Per the camo discussion, this year's definitely looks brigher in color (more green) and while the camo pattern looks similar, there seems to be less "whiskering" if you will. I'm not a fan of the white/off-white stitching on this year's version and I'm even less a fan off all the stitching on the pieces, though I like the idea of a vest/waistcoat.
I think you can do a lot in terms of pairing the camo. An orange or medium blue sweater works underneath while I think a camo waistcoat would look cool under a brown-tone herringbone blazer. Not a fan of the plaid and camo combo though. I think it's bit too much pattern and pattern where as a herringbone in the right color tone is a bit more subtle.
I do like that vest from SS12. I would never get it because I just don't see myself wearing it. If I lived in England and had the appropriate function though...
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buzzlulu 
Eric
Thank you for the feedback on the Camo.
Does anyone know if End Clothing will still be carrying Cabourn this season? Many of the other online retailers have Spring listed however End is only showing left over sale items from various seasons.
One last note - living in the States there are almost no Cabourn retailers. Barneys in NY carries an extremely limited selection - at high prices. My first venture into Cabourn was this fall and both pieces were ordered from the UK. Extremely easy to do as often the retailer will pay the shipping or charge a minimal amount. The problem arises when one needs to return something back to the UK. Often the shipping charges are rather expensive. I was going to create a separate thread suggesting that overseas retailers arrange a way for customers to take advantage of the favorable shipping contracts they have already negotiated with FedEx, DHL etc. In this way if something needs to go back because of size fit etc. it would not cost an arm and a leg to ship. This is something which inhibits me from ordering more things from Europe. I had to send a pair of Trickers back to Norse Store (fit) and it cost me $60.
Gregg
I would assume End will be carrying Cabourn again. They might be waiting since they still have a good amount of AW inventory left. The other retailers haven't had their SS inventory up for long either and they've also largely sold through their AW inventory, which they had less of in the first place. End aren't the only stockist who hasn't put up the SS collection just yet.
Doubt that ever happens with the shipping. Best bet is to put it up for sale on eBay or the classifieds.
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Originally Posted by Eric Gill Sans Having looked in more detail at the first offerings for the Nigel Cabourn SS13 collection released so far, it's my opinion that this is the stand out piece so far
The Yellow Ventile Aircraft Jacket
These are my reasons:
1. Its an outerwear piece - something that is synonymous with Nigel Cabourn and the brand. If future British Summers match what we've had over the last few years, a waterproof Spring Summer jacket will get plenty of wear. It is light weight enough to layer up in cooler months.
2. Ventile - ventile looks gorgeous when new, it has a subtle sheen and a smooth firm handle which cant be matched by synthetic fibres or standard cotton. It's very tightly woven and doesn't naturally hold dye well, so with some wear, age and creases it will get a great marble fading effect which will be subtle in this colourway and blend in nicely with the taping. This will age particularly well I think unlike darker colours such as navy.
Ventile was originally invented and woven a couple of miles from where I live so am partial to the fabric. It is still woven and dyed in small batches and considering the cost of the jacket against the high cost of the material, I think it this jacket represents very good value. This jacket hasn't cost £20 to make!
3.Colour - The yellow is not too bright or garish - it has an ochre shading to it which will work so well with lots of different colours, skin tones, hair colours (unlike red and orange). The brown buttons, which on all Cabourn pieces are superb stand out nicely making a real feature of the fastenings. The light colour and the contrast and the natural stone coloured taping is more subtle on this colour and so it doesn't look like a piece of sportswear.
4.Functionality - Ventile is naturally waterproof and breathable but this is the first time Cabourn has taped and sealed seams which means that the jacket is even more impervious to rain. Cabourn's clothes while being more fashion items rather than high performance clothing has always harked back to another era where functional clothes were imperfect - Macintosh still leaks rain through the stitching, waxed and oil cloth which although holds back much of the elements can still gets soaked and again leaks through the stitching.
This taped jacket should be the closest to wearing a Gore Tex type jacket but still made in small quantities with natural fibres and processes and still retains Nigel Cabourn's design authenticity and heritage.
In the words of Frank Hogwallop, "I seem 'em first!" 
Definitely my favorite piece at this point. Love the color, makes it look very Spring. The taped seems don't stand out so much on this one as well. On the flip side, the taped seam Aircraft Jackets are notably pricier this time around though, about 300 pounds.
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Always wonder how you would wear these, now I know :-)
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Originally Posted by Eric Gill Sans While on the subject of waterproof fabrics
I wore these skiing in Austria as salopettes over merino wool long johns every day over a week and got caught in some pretty heavy blizzards and miraculously they kept the water out even though the whole front of the trouser looked damp.
The fabric is a tightly woven cotton which replicates exactly the Burberry gabardine that Scott's men wore to keep out the wind and snow and mentioned in the article - it worked really well.
I realise snow it not the same as heavy rain coming down vertically but even so it was pretty good.
The only draw back was that the bottom of the pants didn't go over my ski boots so i wore then rolled up and loosely tucked in. Thinking about getting them altered with flared panels sewn in the bottoms for next time.
I was a fan of the whole Evan outfit, especially the smock. I would never spend that much on one piece though. Pants hit a good price at Barney's, but they didn't have my size left.
I could using them during winter hikes as well.
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Eric Gill Sans
Sorry it's such a poor photo but this is one of my favourite SS11 pieces - this is the only 46 outside of Japan
All done up and tightened a la 'Ice Station Zebra' style
I think there is one still available at
www.ushowu.com for any who dare!
It looks a bit faded at the elbow. Is that how the beeswaxed fabric wears after time? Just curious as I've seen other pieces from that season on eBay recently and was pondering one of them.
