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Drapers has something similar to the first pic. I'd call the cloth oatmeal. It's in this pic, second from left:
L to R: Drapers khaki cavalry twill, Drapers oatmeal flannel, Drapers light gray flannel, Minnis light gray flannel.
Don't know the Dugdale, but for really hot weather, Minnis 8/9 oz is better than Smiths, which comes in 10 or 11.5 iirc.
Since all these other projects seem to be going well, I guess I'll tilt at a windmill too. As I mentioned before, I've been having a hard time finding a nice flannel for trousers in a kind of light sand or tan color as in the picture below from Vox's blog:
http://www.voxsartoria.com/image/55814655923
Ideally I'd like a little less yellow and a little more brown.
These come close to the color I'm looking for:
http://www.howardyount.com/collections/wool-pants/products/super-120s-fall-flannel-tan
This color also, although this is a twill, and a little darker than I'd want:
http://www.nomanwalksalone.com/index.php/beige-wool-twill-trousers-2216.html
but I'd like to do something heavier, maybe 15oz or so. I prefer woolen flannel to worsted, so that would be my first choice. Seems like Fox would be the right choice for the job. I'm open to suggestions though. Just trying to gauge interest generally before investing a ton of time in it.
I think flannel in such a color would work well as a suit too, which I may consider myself. But the principle use would probably be as odd trousers. So, who's interested?
Edit: Since a few projects are going on at once, when expressing interest, either quote this post (and spoiler because of its length) or say, "in for a trouser length/whatever of unbel's flannel" - I will favorite posts that I think refer to my project to acknowledge that I saw them.
Drapers has something similar to the first pic. I'd call the cloth oatmeal. It's in this pic, second from left:
L to R: Drapers khaki cavalry twill, Drapers oatmeal flannel, Drapers light gray flannel, Minnis light gray flannel.
Dugdale Bros' New Fine Worsted vs Minnis Fresco vs Smith's Finmeresco, which one of these would you choose to make your summer/tropical suit?
Don't know the Dugdale, but for really hot weather, Minnis 8/9 oz is better than Smiths, which comes in 10 or 11.5 iirc.