Unfunded Liabilities: a/k/a The Cloth Thread

[TweedyProf]

Gents...question about the right shade of navy for a spring-summer blazer.

As to source, my initial inclination is to go with Finmeresco based on earlier discussion. The question now is to find the right color/tone, something suitably "formal", but a touch lighter, brighter than somber navy for suiting or a navy coat for winter.

I would be happy for suggestions on cloth that you have used that looks suitably alive and "bright" without losing the association with navy.

 

[zr3rs]

Gents...question about the right shade of navy for a spring-summer blazer.

As to source, my initial inclination is to go with Finmeresco based on earlier discussion. The question now is to find the right color/tone, something suitably "formal", but a touch lighter, brighter than somber navy for suiting or a navy coat for winter.

I would be happy for suggestions on cloth that you have used that looks suitably alive and "bright" without losing the association with navy.

My reference, though it is more of a winter cloth, is the https://www.themerchantfox.co.uk/collections/worsted/products/vintage-hopsack, on the image you see it next to the dark navy that does not seem to be available currently. The "BRIGHT NAVY HOPSACK" could be the same color, with a lighter weight, but I do not have a swatch of that.

This is how it looks outdoors

 

[yanagi]

Gents...question about the right shade of navy for a spring-summer blazer.

As to source, my initial inclination is to go with Finmeresco based on earlier discussion. The question now is to find the right color/tone, something suitably "formal", but a touch lighter, brighter than somber navy for suiting or a navy coat for winter.

I would be happy for suggestions on cloth that you have used that looks suitably alive and "bright" without losing the association with navy.

Dugdale Tropicalair (Mockleno) 4612. I think "suitably alive and 'bright' without losing the association with navy" is a very good description of the 4612.

 

[TweedyProf]

Dugdale Tropicalair (Mockleno) 4612. I think "suitably alive and 'bright' without losing the association with navy" is a very good description of the 4612.

Thanks...how does that wear temperature wise?

 

[Crispyj]

Can anyone help me find a picture of Zeg 62010 from Zegna Anteprima FW19 collection? Can't find it anywhere online and I don't see a fabric catalogue on Zegna website.

 

[yanagi]

Thanks...how does that wear temperature wise?

I've only had a first fitting with it, so I can't report anything directly yet. But as it's mockleno, the weave is very open.

 

[Slewfoot]

Fellas! Been a while and hope everyone is doing well. I was chatting with Michael Alden and some of the guys over at London Lounge about possible doing a run of fabric for the jacketing as seen below....the last photo is iammatt wearing his from Rubinacci some years back.

It's basically a 14oz lovat green shetland with some brown threads woven in and a brown double windowpane.

If anyone is interested just email Michael Alden at llclothclub AT yahoo.com

Thank you!!!

 

[dieworkwear]

Fellas! Been a while and hope everyone is doing well. I was chatting with Michael Alden and some of the guys over at London Lounge about possible doing a run of fabric for the jacketing as seen below....the last photo is iammatt wearing his from Rubinacci some years back.

It's basically a 14oz lovat green shetland with some brown threads woven in and a brown double windowpane.

If anyone is interested just email Michael Alden at llclothclub AT yahoo.com

Thank you!!!

Damn, I've been working on the same tweed!

 

[Slewfoot]

Damn, I've been working on the same tweed!

Ha! Great minds think alike. Hope it gets made one way or another! Let me know if yours does and if not enough then perhaps can combine forces with LL even if his is more expensive.

 

[Bespoke DJP]

Can anyone help me find a picture of Zeg 62010 from Zegna Anteprima FW19 collection? Can't find it anywhere online and I don't see a fabric catalogue on Zegna website.

Hi,

Is this a jacketing or a suiting fabric?

Cheers,

Dimitris

PS
Zegna's site is basically about RTW clothing, or, sporadically, about the Bespoke program run through the boutiques. Cloth available to tailors or to the general public, offered either in bunches or in the Anteprima(e) is a separate business unit within the integrated group, so it has nothing to do with the mainstream commercial site.

 

[Despos]

@Despos which book is that from? Might have to ask my guy for a mid-gray DB in that. Hoping it’s 12+oz...?
The book has two weights. 290 grams which I don't care for. A bit flimsy. The others top out at 12 ounce. Nothing heavier in this collection.

 

[Crispyj]

Hi,

Is this a jacketing or a suiting fabric?

Cheers,

Dimitris

PS
Zegna's site is basically about RTW clothing, or, sporadically, about the Bespoke program run through the boutiques. Cloth available to tailors or to the general public, offered either in bunches or in the Anteprima(e) is a separate business unit within the integrated group, so it has nothing to do with the mainstream commercial site.

Should be for jacketing fabric. And I did not know Anteprima was a separate business from the RTW Zegna. Nice to know!

 

[Despos]

Carnet has a nice flannel collection. This pattern is in their flannel book and makes an interesting jacket

Earth tone solids from the Carnet sample book

 

[emptym]

I have some pents made of Drapers flannel and they've held up well. Definitely a little softer and thinner than the Minnis ones.

 

[Joefitz]

What’s the most durable fabric for a suit? Something that will last many years? Are heavier weights tougher than lighter weights?