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Some vintage tweed...

itsstillmatt

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Jan (T4phage) told me that he would be more comfortable wearing this jacket if the colors were reversed, but this is strong enough for me. Anyway, it is an unusual vintage summer shetland fabric that I thought might be interesting:

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Originally Posted by iammatt
Jan (T4phage) told me that he would be more comfortable wearing this jacket if the colors were reversed, but this is strong enough for me. Anyway, it is an unusual vintage summer shetland fabric that I thought might be interesting:

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Matt, I ain't in the Bay Area right now am I?
 

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Very nice Matt. I can definitely see that on you. It's interesting how fashion will dictate crazy new silhouettes (eg. Thom Browne) in not terribly interesting or good cloth, when it's so much easier and better to stand out and try something new by exploring the catalogs of cloth.

--Andre
 

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Originally Posted by Andre Yew
Very nice Matt. I can definitely see that on you. It's interesting how fashion will dictate crazy new silhouettes (eg. Thom Browne) in not terribly interesting or good cloth, when it's so much easier and better to stand out and try something new by exploring the catalogs of cloth.

--Andre

Thanks Andre. I really like it and it is much more attractive on that sitting on a hanger. I was a little nervous about it as you son't often see a pattern as large nowadays, but I think that it came out great.
 

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That is a very nice coat. Well done.
 

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nice sports coat Matt is this also Rubinacci? how about a few pictures wearing it, showing it us on the hanger will not do it justice! IMHO
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They did a good job, I've seen that type of pattern be butchered. I'm liking patch breast pockets more and more. I'm thinking about double breast pockets on a tweed herringbone.
 

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They mocked up a breast welt and breast patch and it was obvious that the patch looked better on such a strong pattern. They work with a ton of vintage fabrics, so they are very adept at patterns like this.

Oxxford does a nice patch shooting pocket. It looks good as a breast. Here...
 

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iammatt said:
They mocked up a breast welt and breast patch and it was obvious that the patch looked better on such a strong pattern. They work with a ton of vintage fabrics, so they are very adept at patterns like this.
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Very nice Matt- with this pattern I'd have gone with a patch breast pocket too. Fits the cloth very well IMO.
 

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I don`t think the pattern looks too big at all. It looks fantastic!

Nice touch on the patch chest pocket. I`ve never tried one, but now I am thinking I should try.
 

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