S.E.H Kelly

[typical]

Howdy Paul,

Will there be a new batch of scarves this year? If so, what color(s) would they be?

 

[sehkelly]

Howdy Paul,

Will there be a new batch of scarves this year? If so, what color(s) would they be?

No, sir, sorry — the scarves this year have mostly been and gone, so it won't be until next autumn when we next make some more.

 

[PacoPico]

Shucks, I missed the gansey. Paul, could you please add me to “the list” if an XL in North Sea comes back into stock somehow? Maybe this is meant to be the boatneck winter for me instead.

 

[sehkelly]

Shucks, I missed the gansey. Paul, could you please add me to “the list” if an XL in North Sea comes back into stock somehow? Maybe this is meant to be the boatneck winter for me instead.

Will do!

 

[motato123]

Hi Paul, am I tripping or has there been massive price increases?

 

[sehkelly]

Hi Paul, am I tripping or has there been massive price increases?

Far be it from me to say, but I think you might be, um, tripping.

Some prices are higher than last year, but the vast majority are the same, and some are lower.

 

[ppk]

Paul,

One of my favorite pieces is the hunting jacket from last year. I wear it almost everyday. I don't see it on the website. I'm just curious, did you decide not to offer it this year or is it sold out?

 

[sehkelly]

Paul,

One of my favorite pieces is the hunting jacket from last year. I wear it almost everyday. I don't see it on the website. I'm just curious, did you decide not to offer it this year or is it sold out?

Glad you like the hunting jacket.

A connoisseur's choice!

It resides at https://www.sehkelly.com/hunting-jacket/, though its most recent iteration, in the melton, is now sold out. One to return next year, maybe, or the year after.

 

[HomunculusTheElder]

More of just an endorsement and message of enthusiasm than anything else. I just received my Balmacaan in the brown hopsack tweed last week and it is, by about four leagues, the nicest item of clothing I have ever seen, let alone touched. I am now just completely obsessed with S E H Kelly, to the extant that I am wondering if I have a some sort of obsessive mental condition. Looking at the tabs on my browser a see about ten or so open to a different page on their website.

Any commiseration out there from fellow sufferers would be greatly appreciated!

 

[mebro2]

More of just an endorsement and message of enthusiasm than anything else. I just received my Balmacaan in the brown hopsack tweed last week and it is, by about four leagues, the nicest item of clothing I have ever seen, let alone touched. I am now just completely obsessed with S E H Kelly, to the extant that I am wondering if I have a some sort of obsessive mental condition. Looking at the tabs on my browser a see about ten or so open to a different page on their website.

Any commiseration out there from fellow sufferers would be greatly appreciated!

The balmacaan was my first item as well, and now I would estimate that a good 90% of my clothing is S.E.H Kelly.

 

[MHuk]

More of just an endorsement and message of enthusiasm than anything else. I just received my Balmacaan in the brown hopsack tweed last week and it is, by about four leagues, the nicest item of clothing I have ever seen, let alone touched. I am now just completely obsessed with S E H Kelly, to the extant that I am wondering if I have a some sort of obsessive mental condition. Looking at the tabs on my browser a see about ten or so open to a different page on their website.

Any commiseration out there from fellow sufferers would be greatly appreciated!

I can relate my fellow SEHK (is this how the cool kids say it?) loving friend!

I've only been browsing/following SEHK for a year or two — but have longed to own a piece or two.

I recently took possession of a navy Peacoat and a Donkey Jacket and can attest they are stunning garments. I ended up selling the peacoat to my brother as it was slightly too large for me, but the donkey jacket couldn’t fit better. I absolutely adore it.

As far as I can see — every stitch and detail is perfection. I really can’t see a flaw anywhere. I mean, you'd expect a rogue thread or two at some point, but honestly... it's nowhere to be found.

Kudos to Paul & his “better half” (as he states it)! They really do produce world class menswear at a price that almost feels like petty theft.

-Mike

 

[sehkelly]

Since we almost never encounter anyone who actually buys our garments — let alone wears them out in the wild — it does occasionally cross my mind that all our customers might be simulants or ai-borg hybrids, existing just to conjure the illusion of human interest in what is, to me, an all-consuming preoccupation.

Either way, I am, to an embarrassing degree, grateful for the kind words and custom. I'm grateful especially for the excuse to continue this work which, for nearly 15 years now, has been less of a career and more of a deeply personal obsession that I wouldn't know how to quit even if I tried.

(Same's true for Sara, too.)

 

[HomunculusTheElder]

Since we almost never encounter anyone who actually buys our garments — let alone wears them out in the wild — it does occasionally cross my mind that all our customers might be simulants or ai-borg hybrids, existing just to conjure the illusion of human interest in what is, to me, an all-consuming preoccupation.

Either way, I am, to an embarrassing degree, grateful for the kind words and custom. I'm grateful especially for the excuse to continue this work which, for nearly 15 years now, has been less of a career and more of a deeply personal obsession that I wouldn't know how to quit even if I tried.

(Same's true for Sara, too.)

And why would anybody who loves great clothes want anything less than an obsessive personality making them?

Obsessed with materials, with mills, with construction techniques, and with the history behind all of the multitudinous garment styles we have inherited from the British Isles.

I think what you have is something really exceptional, and it takes a very special kind of obsessive to do what you do!

 

[nbm]

What's the release calendar looking like these days? Anything coming in December/January?

 

[RozenKristal]

More of just an endorsement and message of enthusiasm than anything else. I just received my Balmacaan in the brown hopsack tweed last week and it is, by about four leagues, the nicest item of clothing I have ever seen, let alone touched. I am now just completely obsessed with S E H Kelly, to the extant that I am wondering if I have a some sort of obsessive mental condition. Looking at the tabs on my browser a see about ten or so open to a different page on their website.

Any commiseration out there from fellow sufferers would be greatly appreciated!

Welcome to the club.