Ongoing Bespoke Projects

[The Chai]

Don’t go chasing old men looks, please stick to the mohair and silks that you’re used to.

Ahh. Agreed. Re tweed designs Im only going as fair as heavy silk or linen designs.

 

[The Chai]

Don’t go chasing old men looks, please stick to the mohair and silks that you’re used to.

Not the best photos but the recent silk suit in casual and wedding outfit

 

[The Chai]

Chocolate Suede jacket. Copying a stoffa jacket

 

[konstantis]

I have a sport coat in that cloth. Not from Lovat, but a Russell check. I like it partly because it's associated in my mind with an author I really like. But I find it somewhat difficult to wear -- sort of horse blankety, a bit yellow, and maybe a bit too old school for my taste. I don't think it's a bad cloth, but I do think it's particular and somewhat hard to wear.

As a coat, I would find it too much. For a Bal, I would just go with a more subtle pattern -- a chunky herringbone, a large scale brown/ black houndstooth tweed, maybe even a Donegal.

Dear Sir, do you the following fabric by Fox , would bemore suitable for a Balmacaan ? Thank you.

Fox Tonedale Herringbone

Fox Brothers Tonedale Herringbone CODE: WJM601 A1677/15 WEIGHT: 620/650g or 22/23oz TYPE: Fox Overcoating This cloth in a large herringbone, measuring 36mm wide, is woven in a beautiful melange taupe and ecru. This 23/24oz cloth is woven with 100% 4 ply wool, giving the cloth a lovely soft...

www.themerchantfox.co.uk

 

[dieworkwear]

Dear Sir, do you the following fabric by Fox , would bemore suitable for a Balmacaan ? Thank you.

Fox Tonedale Herringbone

Fox Brothers Tonedale Herringbone CODE: WJM601 A1677/15 WEIGHT: 620/650g or 22/23oz TYPE: Fox Overcoating This cloth in a large herringbone, measuring 36mm wide, is woven in a beautiful melange taupe and ecru. This 23/24oz cloth is woven with 100% 4 ply wool, giving the cloth a lovely soft...

www.themerchantfox.co.uk

I have that swatch here. Personally, I would want a darker fabric because I think it would be easier to wear. But if you're interested in a tan coat, I think it could be a good option.

 

[konstantis]

I have that swatch here. Personally, I would want a darker fabric because I think it would be easier to wear. But if you're interested in a tan coat, I think it could be a good option.

Thank you for your reply . I see this is a shetland wool . Do you think it is a fabric , similar to the Marling Evans Natural Colection? Thank you.

 

[dieworkwear]

Thank you for your reply . I see this is a shetland wool . Do you think it is a fabric , similar to the Marling Evans Natural Colection? Thank you.

I've only handled a couple of fabrics in that collection and they were jacketings, not coatings. Unfortunately can't say since didn't handle the coatings.

You can purchase swatches from Fox, however. They're like $2 or so. You can purchase them off the website.

 

[konstantis]

I've only handled a couple of fabrics in that collection and they were jacketings, not coatings. Unfortunately can't say since didn't handle the coatings.

You can purchase swatches from Fox, however. They're like $2 or so. You can purchase them off the website.

Thank you.

 

[dan'l]

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Chocolate Suede jacket. Copying a stoffa jacket

Woah, your tailor also works in leather?? I would have thought it‘s a different skillset! Very impressive.

I also like the design.

 

[The Chai]

Woah, your tailor also works in leather?? I would have thought it‘s a different skillset! Very impressive.

I also like the design.

Different tailor. Semi retired bespoke leather maker

 

[dan'l]

Oh, I see. I‘m hard to fit OTR so I really want to get a bespoke suede coat, but there don‘t seem to be many leather makers around.

 

[Camillo]

My new jacket by Dawid Kuklinski in the making:

Made from Shetland Tweed in tobacco brown (herringbone) by Abraham Moon.

 

[The Chai]

Oh, I see. I‘m hard to fit OTR so I really want to get a bespoke suede coat, but there don‘t seem to be many leather makers around.

You based in Perth WA

 

[dan'l]

^ I‘m about 12k km away, mate

 

[konstantis]

In the film "Men of the Cloth" Joseph Centofanti fits a customer for a Bal coat in Russel Plaid. I remember the jacket specifically thinking it would be a bit too bold, but it looked great in the film. I tried (quickly) to find a clip, but I couldn't.

-DL

David there are some clips of the film that you mentioned. I have to say that I like Lovat’s Russel plaid far more away.