Unfunded Liabilities: a/k/a The Cloth Thread

[Alan Bee]

Dear @Alan Bee,

You may always consider a more bold solution which BTW incorporates both styles: 3pc DB with either SB or DB vest!

I would prefer the second choice, but the first is equally very handsome.

Below is an old TF proposition on the matter.

Best to this project as well,

Dimitris

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Wow, Dimitris, Maybe Tom Ford can pulls this off but I'm not sure I can Quite busy, don't you think?

The example from LS above I can picture as its a simple pane in gray and light gray. When you introduce a third color, it starts to get tricky. Not sure I'm at that level yet

Thank you for chiming in sir.

Alan Bee

 

[UrbanComposition]

@Alan Bee

I think a DB would be flattering for you, but would have to be cut very well for it to be so. Three piece might be easier for the tailor, and definitely more versatile. Has your tailor made you double-breasted suits in the past?

 

[jonathanS]

Very debonair indeed LS. Thanks for your sage opinion. Would you happen to know if Harrisons of Edinburgh carries anything like this under its various brands? Or a close proxy ...

Alan Bee

I thought there was a fox flannel that was close to that. I was considering it for a commission at one point. Went with a tweed instead.

 

[Bespoke DJP]

Dear @Alan Bee,

Yes totally agree, but I posted this TF suit merely as an indication of a 3pc DB, the style and the atmosphere that it creates, and you have to imagine it in a less busy design as the windowpane that you are describing; it may become a very handsome garment!

Furthermore, I totally agree with our fellow SFers here, that based on what we have already seen, DB suits are very flattering for you.

Best,

Dimitris

 

[Bespoke DJP]

I shot them an email, no response.

Are you sure? Just now, or back in that period? They are usually very typical, and respond quickly to enquiries. Having nothing to lose, I would retry.

BTW, I have checked the Cashco batch, although I haven't made anything cause the cost is very steep for what it is. Perhaps, next FW I would commission couple of Zegna cotton-elastane corduroys, which I find quite nice.

Best,

Dimitris

 

[Alan Bee]

Dear @Alan Bee,

Yes totally agree, but I posted this TF suit merely as an indication of a 3pc DB, the style and the atmosphere that it creates, and you have to imagine it in a less busy design as the windowpane that you are describing; it may become a very handsome garment!

Furthermore, I totally agree with our fellow SFers here, that based on what we have already seen, DB suits are very flattering for you.

Best,

Dimitris

Interesting observation Dimitris. Here’s a pic of a garment at forward fitting now finished and delivered.

W. Bill Lamlana cloth in light beige. Playing around with ideas and wanted to make a dressy spring evening sport jacket with a shawl lapel.

I got this idea from a fellow here who had same cloth made up in peak lapel S/C but the cloth is just so beautiful and dressy I thought it’d make an elegant (non-formal) dinner jacket.

Alan Bee

 

[Newcomer]

I am really enjoying your pictures AB. This most recent order is quite interesting - I like it!

I enjoy the roping on the shoulders. And the length of the jacket is great.

 

[ericgereghty]

Love the heft of that shawl, Alan.

 

[Alan Bee]

I am really enjoying your pictures AB. This most recent order is quite interesting - I like it!

I enjoy the roping on the shoulders. And the length of the jacket is great.

Thanks NewC. Oh there’s a lot more in the sack. I’m just drip feeding for now

Alan Bee

 

[Newcomer]

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Always nice to keep the thread moving!

 

[Alan Bee]

Love the heft of that shawl, Alan.

Thanks E.

Like I said, just exhausting my intellectual energy on sartorial ideas as part of my “sabbatical”.

Everything I know about Bespoke, I learned from you guys on this thread. I’m writing a manual on how to build a bespoke wardrobe and had to build one from scratch as part of my research.

Thanks to you all especially the long time regulars.

Alan Bee

 

[Andy57]

Gentlemen,

How would you style a bold windowpane flannel such as this? A gray flannel base with charcoal panes.

https://www.harrisonsofedinburgh.com/collections/harrisons-of-edinburgh/flannel

Fabric #: 39360

I'm trying to imagine a no-frills (2 button, jetted pockets, notch lapel, classic shoulder, moderate lapels etc) 3-pc single breasted with a simple single breasted vest but can't quite get my head around it. The safe way out of course (if you can call a bold window pane safe) is a 2pc Double Breasted .......

Any takers?

Alan Bee

As I had a somewhat similar London Lounge cloth made up into a double-breasted suit, I would recommend that as the way to go.

 

[Alan Bee]

As I had a somewhat similar London Lounge cloth made up into a double-breasted suit, I would recommend that as the way to go.

Thanks Andy. I enjoy your “Style after 50” blog.

Alan Bee

 

[Concordia]

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Alan Bee

If this were food, it would fall in the category of what my wife calls "weird but good." Sort of a wintery version of a beige linen, which can be dressed up or down.

 

[mactire]

Meh, agree to disagree, though I suppose my stance could be biased based upon my own physique. Alan’s drop is about 4-6” more severe than mine, and I always feel slightly bulky wearing a DB.

No DB checks for fat lads is it?