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    Henry Poole - Founders of Savile Row: The Making..

    I got it free from Poole's - so you can probably get it there for $3000 or so, and they will throw in a suit for free. I liked the book. It is more about the company, and the individuals who created it, rather than about the styles, but it does give you a nice idea of the history of bespoke...
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    If I could get away with it, I'd wear...

    I had a friend who bought a leather frock coat after a drunken lunch in Rome, and looked very good in it. I actually used to wear Tyrolean jackets every day, and liked them a lot, despite the continuing objections of the women in my life. One of my girlfriends even made me a jacket to my...
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    My 'to do list' for NYC trip next week

    Arvi Is Via Quadronno between Madison and Fifth - it's very narrow, with a bar on your left as you enter, with a seating area at the back, with excellent sandwiches, mostly on a ham/cheese theme? If so, I concur in your view that it's a great espresso bar. One of the nice things about New York...
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    My 'to do list' for NYC trip next week

    I too would advise avoiding Pink. I always go to Brooks Brothers on Madison Avenue when I am in NY, but that is because I am from London, and this is a treat for me. Another regular haunt for me is Belgian Shoes (I think it's on 56th st). They are only available from this store, and I always...
  5. sleeper

    Let's play everyone's favorite game...

    I have that exact tie. I used to let a friend of mine use one of the bedrooms in my flat when he was in town, and he left a tie like that behind, and then told me to keep it, as he no longer wanted it. It looks right, but I will check the reference number when I am at home tonight
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    How do you wear a necktie as a belt?

    I think this is only really appropriate for a gentleman if you are engaged in some form of sporting activity (e.g. the grandfather who was fishing). It looks just about OK with your white flannels while playing cricket, tennis, or croquet. Of course, it is advertising the fact that your trousers...
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    Holland & holland

    I remember meeting a friend of mine from university, who was about to join Holland and Hollland (from a management consultancy) as their brand manager, in order to capitalise on the quality of their shotgun brand. They had always been known as one of the best gunmakers, better than the more...
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    Does anyone here wash their linen?

    I have had bad experiences with linen trousers being machine washed, although this may be because of the ineptness of our maid. I ended up with wrinkles being fixed into the cloth, as grey lines, an effect similar to being stone-washed. Not something you want with bespoke trousers. I think they...
  9. sleeper

    Askandyaboutclothes.com

    To be honest, I think that the best thing is to ignore them, and not ban them or delete their threads, and they will eventually get bored and go away. So it makes sense for Andy and the moderator not to do anything.
  10. sleeper

    Watch

    Well, imageWIS, you definitely lived up to your name. Great post. Just wanted to add my opinion/boasting. I have four watches (in order of acquisition): Tissot automatic (nameless, pedigree-less, bought for my 18th birthday) Lange 1815 (YG, white face) Lange One (WG, blue face) Casio analog...
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    Tuxedo peak lapel

    To my mind, they look too wide, given that it's a single-breasted jacket. But then, I like quite narrow lapels in general. The only peaked lapel dinner jacket that I have ever owned was inherited from my father, who bought it from Harrods during the 1950s. It's double-breasted, and the lapel...
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    Savile row suits

    I think that the price of rent on Savile Row is a major item for many of the tailors there - it's some of the most expensive real estate in London. Don't underestimate labour costs, either - it's a long apprenticeship, and it's hard work, and it's not easy to attract people to the job any more...
  13. sleeper

    Interesting jacket

    Mr Harris, Fascinating post about the Nehru jacket. Amazing what Ebay can turn up. I have had a thing about lapel-less jackets ever since I was a teenager, and discovered a Mao-esque linen jacket at Kenzo that I wore till it died. Then I discovered Austrian "Bayerische trag" jackets...
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    Which buttons are to be buttoned

    I feel very strongly about this. In my opinion, the recent fashion of buttoning the top button of a three-button suit is an abomination. Whenever I see Tony Blair doing this, I feel an urge to burn my British passport. Maybe I am an old stick-in-the-mud, but it just ruins the symmetry for me...
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    Army and navy stores in england

    I think there are two things here, but I could be wrong. One is the Army and Navy store in Victoria, which is a well-established department store, in a respectable area of London, which is probably the one referred to in the book extracts. I think Harold Nicholson used to live quite close. They...

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