S.E.H Kelly

[sehkelly]

Disappointed that none of the blurbs on the greatcoat page simply say "the greatcoat is a great coat!" and leave it at that.

We go for the second-most low-hanging fruit when it comes to descriptions.

 

[sehkelly]

you know I meant real ones Paul… 😂

and ofc there’s a lot of military inspiration in many menswear staples, but a greatcoat is, I would say, particularly explicit in its military origins. Perhaps because it would probably be associated with leaders/generals. Or perhaps it’s merely a function of its size, it just naturally dials everything up to eleven.

There are a lot of such associations and, once they're in your head, they tend to stick there.

We had a customer from the States a few years ago who told me he never liked to wear (or indeed see) trench coats in black because to him they connoted high-school shootings, which was so striking a reference that I've not been able to shake it since.

 

[Shetterd]

There are a lot of such associations and, once they're in your head, they tend to stick there.

Totally agree with the sense that certain colours and style are too strong in association. This is one reason I personally dislike epaulettes.

More specifically, I understand the problem with greys in principle. But how about a hairy mid-grey marle?

 

[sehkelly]

Totally agree with the sense that certain colours and style are too strong in association. This is one reason I personally dislike epaulettes.

More specifically, I understand the problem with greys in principle. But how about a hairy mid-grey marle?

We love a mid-grey marle!

We're not historians, of course, so I guess there's always the chance we'll put a glaring foot wrong. I don't have an authoritative list of colour x coat combinations to avoid: I just have a gut feeling of what looks / feels right or wrong.

 

[ojaw]

We love a mid-grey marle!

We're not historians, of course, so I guess there's always the chance we'll put a glaring foot wrong. I don't have an authoritative list of colour x coat combinations to avoid: I just have a gut feeling of what looks / feels right or wrong.

Broad associations with ugly pasts need time to fade, but SEH can play U2 to the Manson monster. ”This is a song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles. We’re stealin’ it back”

 

[PacoPico]

Hi, I’m new here but I found this thread and thought it seemed like the place to come for advice.

Can anyone please help me with the dress trousers? 35” waists fit me best so I’m not sure if medium or large would work. How much can the wool flannel and the cotton be expected to stretch? I’m optimistic that a medium would work with the belt fastened as loosely as possible and accounting for some waistband growth but I don’t want to gamble on if the fabric doesn’t give much.

 

[shunese]

Shawl cardigan in conifer green a possible?

 

[sehkelly]

Shawl cardigan in conifer green a possible?

I don't think so ... but never say never!

 

[sehkelly]

Hi, I’m new here but I found this thread and thought it seemed like the place to come for advice.

Can anyone please help me with the dress trousers? 35” waists fit me best so I’m not sure if medium or large would work. How much can the wool flannel and the cotton be expected to stretch? I’m optimistic that a medium would work with the belt fastened as loosely as possible and accounting for some waistband growth but I don’t want to gamble on if the fabric doesn’t give much.

I'd say size M would be too small.

The belt is there to tighten the fit rather than loosen, and the waist size is governed by the buttons at centre-front (which you can't see but which are there).

Size L, I'd wager, would be a-okay.

Both materials will stretch over time, as with all trousers, although the cotton will do so more slowly on account of being so thick and unyielding when new (same as raw denim).

 

[sehkelly]

(It might be worth measuring the waistband on a pair of trousers you wear currently. Lay 'em flat and straight as possible (but not pulled taut) and run a tape measure from one side of the waistband to the other. Then I'll be able to give a more confident recommendation. Our size M measures 17" in this way; the size L is 18". I only mention this because trousers which are labelled as 34 or 36 don't always actually measure that.)

 

[PacoPico]

Thanks very much for the information. I’ve measured a few of my well-fitting pairs and they each measure right around 17.5” across. It’s an unfortunate size.

 

[SilentPartner]

Thanks very much for the information. I’ve measured a few of my well-fitting pairs and they each measure right around 17.5” across. It’s an unfortunate size.

There's only one thing to do: to the pizza joint with you!

 

[louisc31]

Any plans to bring back the Balmacaan in the herringbone tweed?

 

[sehkelly]

Any plans to bring back the Balmacaan in the herringbone tweed?

No, no plans to do so, and definitely not in the next 12 months. Again, I'd never rule it out, but it is not on the cards, sorry.

 

[sehkelly]

We've finished a small batch of SB jackets in the hairy, speckled, Shetland cloth that is "motley tweed".

There's a brown and grey version upcoming soon, too.

This is the SB3, by the way, but now with just two buttons, having started life as a three-button jacket and then a "three-roll-two" jacket and now, simply, a two-buttoner.