Unfunded Liabilities: a/k/a The Cloth Thread

[Despos]

Yep gone through SS19 and SS20.. check sizes are there but not colour

Loro Piana?

 

[Royal_Airforce]

Bought some vintage fabric yesterday.

Copped a jacket length each of these:

1. Scabal wool-silk-linen in checks of ketchup, mustard and vanilla (with some faint over checks in aqua) against a background of salt and pepper.

Dry and crisp hand gifted by the silk component, with some lovely texture that lightweight fabrics often lack. Definitely a bold one for summer sport coat, to be worn with grey but particularly cream and khaki trousers.

2. All wool gun club (forgot to ask which mill it was from - the selvage says All wool from Scotland):

Soft hand, understated colour palette of cream, olive, khaki and black (which i’m even considering to risk wearing into the office) and a wearable weight of ~9oz in tropical summer (with AC though).

I’m just realising that i am gradually starting to hoard my tiny collection of new and vintage fabrics thanks to this thread!

Cheers,
Royal_Airforce

 

[MenWithStyl3]

what's the quality of dormeuil amadeus 365 in terms of drape and softness? Couldn't find any feedbacks online.

 

[Fishball]

It looks very familiar

 

[Royal_Airforce]

It looks very familiar

Mr Fishball should have noticed both given our same situs XD

The bold check is one cut length out of mere two, while the gun club should still be orderable as of yesterday

 

[The Chai]

Bog roll hunting time

 

[Concordia]

Bog roll hunting time

Is that the purpose of your surplus cloth?

 

[dieworkwear]

Yep gone through SS19 and SS20.. check sizes are there but not colour

Loro Piana?

here are some swatches from loro piana's pecora nera book. fox brothers also sometimes does stuff like this, but I don't see anything on their site right now. you could contact them to see.

 

[Mr. Six]

Yea, of all the fabrics in those two books, that green "tweed" is the one I'm considering the most. It seems a little crazy looking, but potentially also really good.

What do you think of these two fabrics from Loro Piana? I wasn't able to see these books at the trunk show, but came across them after George mentioned that he likes super-high wools blended with silk and linen for summer. Not sure if these are super wools, but I imagine they're a bit silky given that they're from LP.

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I'm way behind on this thread, but I think the pattern of the top one is going to look too busy once it's made up because the checks are too close together. The bottom one is better in terms of scale, and the color scheme is growing on me. At first it seemed a little too taupe for a jacket, but I think the rust and blue checks would make the overall result pretty appealing. Still, I like the full rust check better than either of those. I think it might be easier to wear that it seems at first.

Also, the one you noted in this group is pretty similar to a Solbiati linen jacket that I have. It's in the running for my favorite summer jacket. I noted the swatch below looking through Salvo's books and would be very tempted if I didn't already have my jacket.

 

[dieworkwear]

I'm way behind on this thread, but I think the pattern of the top one is going to look too busy once it's made up because the checks are too close together. The bottom one is better in terms of scale, and the color scheme is growing on me. At first it seemed a little too taupe for a jacket, but I think the rust and blue checks would make the overall result pretty appealing. Still, I like the full rust check better than either of those. I think it might be easier to wear that it seems at first.

Also, the one you noted in this group is pretty similar to a Solbiati linen jacket that I have. It's in the running for my favorite summer jacket. I noted the swatch below looking through Salvo's books and would be very tempted if I didn't already have my jacket.

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Thanks! You wouldn't happen to have a photo of you wearing that patterned linen jacket, would you? Also, are the colors as starkly contrasting? Meaning, it's a dark brown plaid on a cream base?

 

[RogerC]

here are some swatches from loro piana's pecora nera book. fox brothers also sometimes does stuff like this, but I don't see anything on their site right now. you could contact them to see.

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That’s great cloth but perhaps not the best for spring/summer. Look at Marling and Evans, they have a number of very interesting looking PoWs in wool/silk/linen. They also have a beige/darker brown houndstooth I’m lusting after.

 

[Mr. Six]

Thanks! You wouldn't happen to have a photo of you wearing that patterned linen jacket, would you? Also, are the colors as starkly contrasting? Meaning, it's a dark brown plaid on a cream base?

Yep to photos and to a dark brown/cream contrast.

 

[dieworkwear]

Yep to photos and to a dark brown/cream contrast.

That looks great. OK. I think I'm going to get that Zegna fabric then. Thanks!

 

[Mr. Six]

 

[kolecho]

Yep to photos and to a dark brown/cream contrast.

This Solbiati one is quite heavy circa 420g. It’s gorgeous. There’s another one with blue check.

What’s the weight of the Zegna version?