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Originally Posted by Prof. B. Bear 

Wearing linen suits to the office, yay or nay?

I'm sadly also voting nay. I wish it were different, especially with the weather, but the odd pair of pants isn't out of the question, imo. A linen jacket is probably a bit far for an office environment, sadly. 

Just ordered a tie from Jason to get myself organised for father's day. Easy!

• Bespoke by Gieves and Hawkes - so, beautiful hand-sewn button holes etc
• Black and white houndstooth with a blue overcheck
• Dark grey leather-weave buttons
• Dove grey suede elbow patches
• Bellow back
• Bellow front pockets
• Throat latch
• A diguised mini pocket in front of the breast pocket (never seen this before - is it a kind of ticket pocket? Or is it to hold the arms of your glasses when the sit them in the breast pocket?)

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Originally Posted by Selvaggio 

Have you ever wondered how many crazy details can be packed into a single bespoke item of clothing?
On the weekend, the patron saint of cheap clothing (St Vincent) smiled down upon me and delivered the plus non ultra of sports coats. Okay, so it doesn't actually fit me (yet), but check this out..

• Bespoke by Gieves and Hawkes - so, beautiful hand-sewn button holes etc
• Black and white houndstooth with a blue overcheck
• Dark grey leather-weave buttons
• Dove grey suede elbow patches
• Bellow back
• Bellow front pockets
• Throat latch
• A diguised mini pocket in front of the breast pocket (never seen this before - is it a kind of ticket pocket? Or is it to hold the arms of your glasses when the sit them in the breast pocket?)

Cool - aye?

Please post pics. This sounds great!

First MTM shirt arrived yesterday from moderntailor.com, white cotton with rounded french cuffs and monogrammed initials on left cuff (is this a style faux pas?) with the following measurements:

Sleeve is probably .5 inches too long, but other than that, fit is amazing.  First time I've ever owned a shirt that fit ok around the shoulders/chest/neck but wasn't ridiculously billowy around the waist.  Will post fit pics when I can.  Will go for button cuffs in future I think, but it's pretty standard to wear FCs amongst the legal fraternity here.  Have also ordered a light blue oxford (o437a) and blue stripe (T322) button downs in the same fit.

Also the parts arrived for my full grain leather belt (guide from that thread on reddit and http://www.primermagazine.com/2012/learn/how-to-make-a-90-belt-for-only-23).  Will post pics of me putting it together over the weekend.

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Originally Posted by lachyzee 

Got some TM Lewin sweaters in the mail the other day... and sadly I think my quest to find a slim fit v neck sweater will have to continue.

The quality on these seems nice but the fit is just not how I would like it. A bit loose in the chest and body, and too long in the sleeves. All of these issues are fixable but a more major issue is that the V Neck is lower and looser than I'd like.

So I think they will be getting sent back tomorrow.

Any other suggestions? Kind of running out of time for something to be delivered from O/S and then get some use out of it this winter.

I was thinking J.Crew, Uniqlo via proxy, RL or perhaps just forgetting the overseas buy and grabbing a $150 from Herringbone locally. By the time I get the others shipped here they'll probably be almost $100 each anyway...

*edit*

20% off at Collins Place HB store tomorrow night, tempting... I kind of want to pick up a knit I like now so I get some use out of it this winter, what's the fit/quality like?

I'd try Uniqlo, or maybe grab some Country Road on sale?

In regards to pricing, I used a free proxy on SuFu and landed them here for ~40 each.