Harrisons of Edinburgh fabrics

[Manton]

Originally Posted by iammatt

From what I have seen, it is to Naples what Lesser is to Savile Row.

I thought Woodhouse was the preferred source down there?

 

[Sator]

When I was in Jungmann & Neffe in Vienna I came across some incredible overcoating that felt like it was about 36 Oz weight. It felt like carpeting. I nearly brought some. Now that could have stood up on it is own.

However, 18-20 Oz is still effortlessly lightweight by comparison. It is only just full bodied enough to be called a real cloth. Only just.

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by Sator

When I was in Jungmann & Neffe in Vienna I came across some incredible overcoating that felt like it was about 36 Oz weight. It felt like carpeting. I nearly brought some. Now that could have stood up on it is own. However, 18-20 Oz is still effortlessly lightweight by comparison. It is only just full bodied enough to be called a real cloth. Only just.
We all have our crosses to bear...and then some of us have our jackets...

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by Manton

I thought Woodhouse was the preferred source down there?
For summer fabrics, from what I have seen. They make nice frescos. I think they are the non-fuzzy type.

 

[Michael Ay329]

Sator all of this talk about heavy weight cloths is making me pant heavily

I got a hold of 10 meters of the London Lounge's Triple Overcheck pattern in 14oz Fox Flannel. This stuff weighs a ton....how can anyone manage 18 ounces in Sydney or Melbourne???

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by Michael Ay329

Sator all of this talk about heavy weight cloths is making me pant heavily

I got a hold of 10 meters of the London Lounge's Triple Overcheck pattern in 14oz Fox Flannel. This stuff weighs a ton....how can anyone manage 18 ounces in Sydney or Melbourne???

Ten meters? Do you want all of that? Because I know a guy who wants a length. He will pay a reasonable price. (Not me, I have my own.)

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by Manton

Ten meters? Do you want all of that? Because I know a guy who wants a length. He will pay a reasonable price. (Not me, I have my own.)

He's going to have two three-piece suits made up in it to figure out what it's like to be Sator.

 

[Sator]

Wow! - for the TRIPLE CHECK wardrobe of 10m LL cloth:

lounge coat and reefer jacket
two pairs of trousers
waistcoat SB & DB
Ulster overcoat

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by grimslade

He's going to have two three-piece suits made up in it to figure out what it's like to be Sator.
I saw two members wearing triple check suits at the same time. They were so cute, like the Bobsey twins.

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by iammatt

I saw two members wearing triple check suits at the same time. They were so cute, like the Bobsey twins.

You know, for some reason I read that as the Gun Club, which was the point of my joke. It's not very funny anyway, but even less so when it's the triple check...

 

[Sator]

Originally Posted by Michael Ay329

Sator all of this talk about heavy weight cloths is making me pant heavily

I got a hold of 10 meters of the London Lounge's Triple Overcheck pattern in 14oz Fox Flannel. This stuff weighs a ton....how can anyone manage 18 ounces in Sydney or Melbourne???

10m of double width will weight a lot!

Flannel always feel chunkier than a tightly woven worsted, resulting in an impression of it being a lot heavier than it really is. The P&B Universal worsteds from Harrison's all feel much more effortlessly light. I only wish they had more designs in the 20-21 Oz range as well as some 21-24 Oz options.

I am beginning to think of 16 Oz worsted as subtropical summer weighted cloth these days. I wore my three piece 16 Oz H Lesser lounge suit the other day in 36 C heat. I really didn't notice any difference compared with 9 Oz fresco.

 

[Sator]

Originally Posted by grimslade

He's going to have two three-piece suits made up in it to figure out what it's like to be Sator.

Huh? Are you suggesting I have stuff made up of 14 Oz tissue paper?

 

[Manton]

Sator, when did you add militancy about metalurgic-weight cloth to militancy about frock coats and the evils of black tie at formal dinners?

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by Sator

Huh? Are you suggesting I have stuff made up of 14 Oz tissue paper?

Of course not. As I said, I read it as the gun club for some reason.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by iammatt

I saw two members wearing triple check suits at the same time. They were so cute, like the Bobsey twins.

I've wondered sometimes if anyone here, other than myself, had any clue what I was talking about when I mention the Bobbsey twins. I'm glad to see them namechecked. Props to you, Iammatt. Props to you.