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I just got this field jacket in navy:

This is made by TCNY which is a subsidiary of Ascot Chang. I'm a 38R in suits and I got a medium. It's a very light jacket that's pretty slim cut and I wouldn't wear anything more than a shirt or t-shirt underneath - maybe with a very thin jumper/cardigan but that's pushing it. The fit is good - no excess material but not tight. The only quibble I have is the sleeve length. When I enquired about this jacket, TCNY advised me that some customers find the sleeves too short and offered to lengthen the sleeves for me. I had them lengthen the sleeves by half an inch. I think this is just about right although if I was doing it again, I would have gone a full inch longer on the sleeves. Nonetheless, I think I will be getting a lot of wear out of this over the coming years and TCNY were a pleasure to deal with. Their online retail is not up and running yet so you can email them to order.

The jacket cost about $150 with another $15 for alterations

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Originally Posted by Gerry Nelson 

I just got this field jacket in navy:

 

 

This is made by TCNY which is a subsidiary of Ascot Chang. I'm a 38R in suits and I got a medium. It's a very light jacket that's pretty slim cut and I wouldn't wear anything more than a shirt or t-shirt underneath - maybe with a very thin jumper/cardigan but that's pushing it. The fit is good - no excess material but not tight. The only quibble I have is the sleeve length. When I enquired about this jacket, TCNY advised me that some customers find the sleeves too short and offered to lengthen the sleeves for me. I had them lengthen the sleeves by half an inch. I think this is just about right although if I was doing it again, I would have gone a full inch longer on the sleeves. Nonetheless, I think I will be getting a lot of wear out of this over the coming years and TCNY were a pleasure to deal with. Their online retail is not up and running yet so you can email them to order.

 

The jacket cost about $150 with another $15 for alterations

That looks really good Gerry. Would you mind sharing your waist size? I too wear a 38 in suits, but I have a 31 waist size and normally have to take in shirts / jackets quite a bit. 

Maybe everyone knows this, but the best buys on sale at the moment IMO are RL cashmere cable sweaters at $250 a pop at QVB and I assume the other boutiques. Of course you won't be able to wear them for a while, but they're normally 500-600 each.

Does anyone know if Lacoste sizing in the US is the same as Australia? I called them up, but they don't seem too confident as they said I could return it (which doesn't help me!).

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Originally Posted by apropos 


they're also $120 on ebay, and the cashmere is nothing to write home about...

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Originally Posted by DartagnanRed 

Maybe everyone knows this, but the best buys on sale at the moment IMO are RL cashmere cable sweaters at $250 a pop at QVB and I assume the other boutiques. Of course you won't be able to wear them for a while, but they're normally 500-600 each.

Apropos, how would you compare a BB cashmere sweater to a RL one?

http://www.brooksbrothers.com/Cashmere-V-Neck-Sweater/MS00079,default,pd.html?dwvar_MS00079_Color=BGN2&contentpos=3&cgid=0224

I got a BB one from a B&S trader for $120, feels freaking awesome. 3-Ply Knitted in Scotland.

http://www.styleforum.net/t/328147/brooks-brothers-sweaters-cashmere-camel-wool-new-added-1-6 - Steve Smith has pretty quick postage, and the sweaters feel amazing. But again, I don't have many brands to compare with.

What are the Lauren ones like?

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Originally Posted by Gerry Nelson 

I have a 31 waist size as well.

Nice find Gerry i want one too!

hmmm im a much fatter 40R/34 waist ... you reckon I size up?

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Originally Posted by Romp 

Nice find Gerry i want one too!

 

hmmm im a much fatter 40R/34 waist ... you reckon I size up?

Thanks! I'd say go with the large (more for the chest than the waist) and get the sleeves extended by an inch. I think I'm on the borderline for the medium. These are the specs for the medium:

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Originally Posted by lennier 

So has anyone used M.J. Bale's online service much before? I've just had my first 'experience' of it and all I can say is if it is typical then they have a long long way to go to approach their overseas competition and be comparable to their in-store service standards.

Yeah I'm not a fan. They're always appallingly low on stock and inflexible with their deals. It's a shame, because they make some great stuff. 

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Originally Posted by lennier 

So has anyone used M.J. Bale's online service much before? I've just had my first 'experience' of it and all I can say is if it is typical then they have a long long way to go to approach their overseas competition and be comparable to their in-store service standards.
It started with delays in getting my order shipped, where I was given plainly rubbish excuses that were contradicted by the courier's tracking information. Don't appreciate being lied to.
Then the order finally turns up, with a jacket completely missing from it. No indication at any point that this was a partial shipment, and the invoice enclosed lists all items.
The remaining two suits were 'packaged' by being stuffed together in to a single normal dust cover, which was just closed up (not sealed in any way) and had a shipping note stapled to it. Needless to say they are creased so badly they would need full pressing to wearable.
To round it off, one of the suits is mis-described on the website as being half canvassed and half lined, but is in fact completely unstructured and unlined.
I'll wait and see how they respond to my advice of these issues, as I generally judge companies by how they correct their mistakes, not on the making of them, but I'd have to say at this point I wouldn't be touching their online business again. I should have taken Tom up on his offer to get stock in for me, but I didn't want to put him to the trouble when I expected ordering online to be an easy option!

Wow! Their online service sounds like crap! I'd be very interested in seeing how they respond to this. An alternative might be this mob.

Paolo and Tom at the Melbourne store are great and I wouldn't have any issues buying from them.