This is the first batch of
2011 TWEEDS!
I'll be listing many, many more tweeds throughout the year! More items coming very soon, too....
Bespoke Harris Tweed from Alexandre prior to their move to Savile Row added as no. 9!
Also as always, OFFERS ARE VERY WELCOME!
Please PM with interest and offers!
2011 TWEEDS!
I'll be listing many, many more tweeds throughout the year! More items coming very soon, too....
Bespoke Harris Tweed from Alexandre prior to their move to Savile Row added as no. 9!
As always, all prices include boxed shipping in CONUS with delivery confirmation; International inquiries are very welcome, with shipping at cost.
NB: All length measurements are from the BOTTOM of the collar, down the back to the hem!
NB: All length measurements are from the BOTTOM of the collar, down the back to the hem!
Also as always, OFFERS ARE VERY WELCOME!
Please PM with interest and offers!
1) Beautiful Classic Ivy-style 3/2 sack tweed with patch pockets! Canvassed
SOLD
This is a beautiful jacket, and I really wish that it fit me! If it's at all possible, this one just screams Ivy style in an utterly understated Ivy way.... It's a 3/2 sack with a lovely lapel roll, classic two-button cuffs, and single vent. It also has patch pockets with lapped seams and is fully canvassed. This was--of course, Union-Made in the USA. The tweed on this jacket is wonderful--a beautiful combination of dark forest and moss greens in a very subtle diagonal stripe, which my camera utterly failed to capture. It's half lined. It has a few stitches loose in the lining under one arm (a five minute fix, if that--or else ignorable), but otherwise this jacket is in absolutely excellent condition.
This is tagged a 41R, but as always please see the measurements:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 25 (+2)
Shoulder: 18
Length: 29 1/4
2) Classic herringbone Harris Tweed Canvassed
SOLD
This is a lovely classic herringbone Harris Tweed! The tweed of this jacket is the classic Harris browny-tan herringbone, shot through with subtle vertical stripes of ochre and light blue, which are just visible in the weave from a distance and give the tweed its lovely handwoven Harris look. The jacket is half lined and half canvassed with a single vent, and was Made in the USA. It's in excellent condition, and comes complete with the classic Harris-style leather football buttons!
Measurements:
Chest: 20 1/4
Sleeve: 25 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 30
3) Harris Tweed in subtly-flecked basketweave Canvassed
SOLD
Another lovely Harris tweed in basketweave very subtly flecked with the occasional spots of dark red and blue, this is half-lined, Made in the USA, and has a single vent. It also has the classic Harris buttons; four to a sleeve! It's half-canvassed, and in excellent condition.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 24 3/4 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 30 1/4
4) Trad/Ivy 3/2 tweed sack with lapped seams and hooked vent! Canvassed.
SOLD
This is another wonderful 3/2 sack! As with the first 3/2 sack listed above, this one has a wonderful colourway that would fit perfectly into "Take Ivy"--and which, again, my camera utterly fails to do justice to. It has a lovely lapel roll, lapped seams across the back and the shoulders, a single hooked vent, and is half lined. It was, of course, Union-Made in the USA, and has the classic two-button cuff. It's fully canvassed and in excellent condition.
Tagged a 41R, but please see the measurements:
Chest: 21 3/4
Sleeve: 24 1/2 (+2 1/4)
Shoulder: 18 7/8
Length: 29 1/2
NB: The fourth picture was taken with a flash, to show the texture and pattern better.
5) BEAUTIFUL dark brown--and subtly flecked!--herringbone Harris tweed!
I purchased this from another member, but, alas, it's just a bit too small for me--which is a REAL shame, as it's a beautiful tweed; a very dark brown herringbone with subtle flecks of dark red, pumpkin orange, and gorse yellow, perhaps one of my favourite everyday Harris colourways...
Anyway, this is a really lovely jacket that I'm sorry to part with. It's single vented, half-lined, and has the classic Harris football buttons in a complementary brown. It's half-canvassed and in absolutely excellent condition.
SOLD
Measurements:
Chest: 20
Sleeve: 26 1/2 (+1)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 31 1/2
6) WONDERFUL vintage 2.5/3 sack Harris Tweed with lapped seams and hook vent! Canvassed
SOLD
This jacket is going to make someone very, very happy! It's a genuine high-roll 2.5/3 sack (NOT a miss-pressed 3/2), and was designed by "Lord Ivy". Naturally, it was Union-made in the USA, and has lapped shoulder seams and a lapped back seam, as well as a single hook vent. It's also fully canvassed.
The tweed of this jacket is absolutely beautiful; a very dark blue heathery herringbone with subtle dark chestnut-bark brown vertical stripes. Combined with its sack cut and button stance, this is a quintessential example of the rarer 1960s cousin of the classic 3/2 sack!
This is in excellent condition, although it could use a dry clean to freshen it up--it's been sitting in my closet for quite some time, and is now being parted with as part of my New Year's Resolution to pass on lovely jackets that I don't/can't wear!
Measurements:
Chest: 20 3/4
Sleeve: 23 7/8 (+2)
Shoulder: 17 7/8
Length: 29
7) Bespoke herringbone tweed jacket Canvassed
SOLD
A nice, standard herringbone tweed that was custom-made in the USA. The tweed is the classic, everyday brown herringbone with the occasional fleck of orange and light blue; it's not Harris tweed, but it's easily comparable in quality. The jacket is fully lined with a single vent, and is half-canvassed. This is a very nice jacket indeed!
Measurements:
Chest: 20 3/8
Sleeve: 26 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 18
Length: 30 3/4
8) Bespoke Half-Norfolk tweed jacket Canvassed
If you've been looking for a half-Norfolk jacket, and if this is your size, look no further! Made from a nice, heavy tweed with full canvassing this is a seriously robust jacket. It's half-lined with a single vent, and was custom made in New York. All of the front pockets are flapped (with non-functional football buttons on each flap), and the tweed is a lovely dark forest- and moss-green herringbone. This jacket does have some minor flaws. It's had two professional repairs to snags (one above the front chest pocket and one on the inside of the lapel fold), both of which are shown (the lapel repair is almost invisible) and some minor fraying at the bottom front of the inside lining at the hem and at the top of the inside breast pocket. Given these flaws, then, this lovely bespoke, full-canvassed half-Norfolk is just in Very Good condition. As such, I'm asking just
SOLD
Measurements:
Chest: 21 3/4
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+ 2 1/4)
Shoulder: 17 3/4
Length: 30 3/4
9) GORGEOUS BESPOKE Harris Tweed by Alexandre, prior to their move to Savile Row! Canvassed
SOLD
This is simply gorgeous, but I'm going to have to admit that it's an inch too short for me, damn, damn damn...
The first thing about this tweed is obviously just that--the tweed! It's beautiful, and striking, and extremely rare (I've seen few other Harris tweeds that come close to the complexity of this one) and my pictures utterly fail to capture it. So, there's flash pictures (which are too bright) as well as regular pictures (which are too flat and dull) to give you some idea of what it's like.
The second thing to notice is that this is a bespoke Harris, made for someone with fairly regular measurements--hurrah! It was made by Alexandre, prior to their move to Savile Row, when their quality control was still very good indeed, and they were able to use it to capture some customers from long-established Row firms. (The quality control slipped a bit later on when they were on the Row, with their RTW jackets becoming stiffer and less well-crafted.)
This jacket is half-canvassed and fully lined with a single vent. It's terrifically well-made, and I wish that it was just a bit longer, as I love these vibrant and rare Harris tweeds. It does have some very minor flaws, all shown: (1) There's been a tiny and almost invisible repair to the top seam of the outer breast pocket; (2) there are some minor watermarks to the lining (obviously, invisible when worn), and (3) the front buttons and cuff buttons are not from the same set; one set was replaced at one point. But they're very, very close, and won't be noticed as odd sets unless you're looking for this. In any case, this is a very easy fix if you're bothered by this! Otherall, then, this jacket is in Very Good condition.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 3/4
Sleeve: 25 (+2 1/4)
Length: 30 1/4
Shoulder: 19
10) Langrock of Princeton 3/2 tweed sack in basketweave Fully canvassed
This was previously listed, and appears in this post with a price drop:
http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.p...07&postcount=1
Tweeds from the uber-trad Princeton store Langrock are becoming increasingly hard to find as they now that Langrock has been closed for over a decade, and this one is lovely. It's a classic 3/2 sack, fully lined and fully canvassed, with a beautiful lapel roll and two button cuffs. It also features fully lapped seams and a single hook vent. It does have some minor flaws; a brown spot on each sleeve, a fray in the lining by the interior chest pocket with the Langrock label, while the lining by the vent needs to be re-stitched. The spots might well come out with dry-cleaning, but, if they're set, they could also pass as weave faults, while the fray is an easy repair--or could just be ignored!
Given these flaws, though, this Langrock 3/2 sack is just in Very Good condition, hence just $22, or offer
Measurements:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 24 1/2 (+2 1/2)
Length: 31
Shoulder: 18 1/2
