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So just to follow up, is anyone else interested in getting some madras shirting?
http://patchwork-madras.weebly.com
Last week, we had about ~5 people express interest. If anyone else wants to join in, let me know and I'll send DMs next week to organize. We need about 30 meters to place an order, but they can be mixed and matched however you guys' like. (ie we don't all have to order the same pattern).
Cost is about $5/ meter, though you should expect to pay a little more for shipping. (I'm not taking any profit here, and will ship at cost.)
Did this end up happening? I was hoping to get in on it, but never heard anything.
The -12 degrees f it was this morning has me dreaming of summer shirting.
I think the 13oz book is standard fare, the 16oz is the one that is hard to come by.
Harrison's remade the 13 oz. and the 8-9 oz. Lessers books a year or so ago, so I don't think there's a shortage of those. Harrison's has said that it's considering remaking the 16 oz book.
I have suits in both the P&B Fine Classics and Minnis Classic, and I think they're both very good. They both drape well, don't wrinkle much, hold a crease, and seem hard wearing. They both have nice sharkskins which are more defined and less smooth than the Lessers 13 oz. I like their look better. See pic below. Lessers on left, P&B on right. On this site, a Harrison's representative talks about the differences between the Lessers and P&B books. http://harrisonsofedinburgh.proboards.com/thread/6
Sorry, I couldn't get the link to transfer over. It's a fairly boring cream/tan pattern, not one of the ones listed on their Bleeding Madras page.Unfortunately, this does not say which one it is.
Apparently the new Harrison's made Lesser fabrics aren't like they once were. I have no idea if it is just a bunch of bologna though.