The unofficial Drake's London Appreciation Thread

[carterneeld]

Can someone here tell me how wide the lapels on Drake's jackets are? I am hunting for a tweed jacket and there's something about the lapels on a lot of jackets (Cavour, Natalino, Ango-Italian, Spier & Mackey) that are just so wide that it throws me off. It makes me feel like in five years I would look back and say "hmm... that doesn't really have that timeless quality I was hoping for."

The silhouette of a Drake's blazer seems less ostentatious to me, but maybe I'm wrong and am just spending too much time on Instagram and SF. Is the lapel not as wide? The only other maker that I've come across that seems a little similar is Berg & Berg.

Would love to hear anyone's recommendations on a tweed/herringbone/POW-check blazer. These fall days in New York really have me itching (pun intended) to get one soon.

 

[Dan Dynamic]

Cool cool cool 👌! Navy corduroy is nice.

I’ve been really inspired by this Drake’s fit recently. The bright green is bit bold for me but looks really nice on Mr. Jules

I think my heavy linen chore jacket is the same color (this color is brighter than that of tjs121). It really stands out during summer.

 

[billscoresby]

I think my heavy linen chore jacket is the same color (this color is brighter than that of tjs121). It really stands out during summer.

Nice fit. Can I ask what pants you're wearing?

 

[Dan Dynamic]

Nice fit. Can I ask what pants you're wearing?

Thanks! Lee Asher Ecru Jeans

 

[GabrielJF]

Can someone here tell me how wide the lapels on Drake's jackets are? I am hunting for a tweed jacket and there's something about the lapels on a lot of jackets (Cavour, Natalino, Ango-Italian, Spier & Mackey) that are just so wide that it throws me off. It makes me feel like in five years I would look back and say "hmm... that doesn't really have that timeless quality I was hoping for."

The silhouette of a Drake's blazer seems less ostentatious to me, but maybe I'm wrong and am just spending too much time on Instagram and SF. Is the lapel not as wide? The only other maker that I've come across that seems a little similar is Berg & Berg.

Would love to hear anyone's recommendations on a tweed/herringbone/POW-check blazer. These fall days in New York really have me itching (pun intended) to get one soon.

I suspect that wouldn't be the case, unless you bought a jacket with comically large lapels. Lapels are definitely getting larger and are likely to remain so for quite a while. Certainly longer than 5 years. Look how long skinny lapels stuck around for. Nearly 20. Personally I find larger lapels far more flattering and stylish and am glad to see them making a return

 

[Phillip Dean]

I suspect that wouldn't be the case, unless you bought a jacket with comically large lapels. Lapels are definitely getting larger and are likely to remain so for quite a while. Certainly longer than 5 years. Look how long skinny lapels stuck around for. Nearly 20. Personally I find larger lapels far more flattering and stylish and am glad to see them making a return

I think Drake's hits a nice middle ground. They're wider than the 3.25" that's a kind of "golden mean" for must modern MTM tailoring, yet they don't hit a width that feels too aggressive. I don't have any Drake's tailoring at this time but I'd guess they're close to 3.5"

 

[8x8]

Does anyone know the difference in cut/fit/feel between Drake's tailored suits and The Armoury's Model 3 suits?

 

[Professor_3]

I used to want a Drake shawl cardigan. Not anymore after looking at the price today. It was nut.

Try eHanerdashery and their Wimbledon Wardrobe.

 

[Henry S]

Does anyone know the difference in cut/fit/feel between Drake's tailored suits and The Armoury's Model 3 suits?

Adding to the question, do you size the same?

 

[Alocin]

Adding to the question, do you size the same?

Wont comment on the cut/feel aspect as I don’t own any drakes suiting but I go TTS in the model 3 and could comfortably got up one on the model 1. It’s a touch on the long side for me but I have short arms.

 

[Henry S]

Wont comment on the cut/feel aspect as I don’t own any drakes suiting but I go TTS in the model 3 and could comfortably got up one on the model 1. It’s a touch on the long side for me but I have short arms.

What I meant is if I'm size 50 in model 3 am I size 50 (40) with Drake's?

 

[Alocin]

What I meant is if I'm size 50 in model 3 am I size 50 (40) with Drake's?

Got it, disregard my comment lol

 

[pasadena man]

Does anyone know the difference in cut/fit/feel between Drake's tailored suits and The Armoury's Model 3 suits?

I read (somewhere on the Internet) that the Armoury's suits are cut more for Asian body types; I would assume Drake's might be cut more for European/North American body types.

 

[circumspice]

The Armoury's Ring Jacket models are not the standard Ring Jacket models, which have 3 digit model numbers, generally.

 

[Professor_3]

Yoooo it looks like their prices have gone down. Definitely going to get that belt now

UPDATE:
Looks like I was on the wrong site... Very sorry to get everyone's hopes up! I went to drakes.com and was prompted with a pop-up stating "Drakes ships to United States / Shop in USD $ / Get shipping options for United States." I clicked "shop now" on that pop-up and everything was in USD at lower prices (e.g. OCBD's at $197, knitted ties at $163, jeans at $332). Anticipating future price increases, I added a few items to my cart and tried to check out. However, the check-out page doesn't have the US as a shipping option (despite showing everything in $USD). Looks like I need to go to us.drakes.com where the same items are noticeably higher (e.g. OCBD's at $275, knitted ties at $225, jeans at $450). Suffice it to say, I did not make a purchase

Seems like they're still figuring out their new website - it doesn't seem correct for a site to show a pop-up to ship to the US, display prices in USD, but not let US customers buy anything and instead make them figure out they're on the wrong website.

I saw the same thing today! The UK site lists a shirt for $200 USD but when I tried to purchase the shirt it directed me to the US site which sells the same shirt for $275 USD!