Unfunded Liabilities: a/k/a The Cloth Thread

[Mr. Six]

I got a length of lightweight wool-silk cav twill from Ed awhile ago. I Sarti is making it into trousers now. It’s very lightweight and breezy. Should be nice once it warms up here. Assuming I ever have to leave the house for work again.

 

[imatlas]

I got a length of lightweight wool-silk cav twill from Ed awhile ago. I Sarti is making it into trousers now. It’s very lightweight and breezy. Should be nice once it warms up here. Assuming I ever have to leave the house for work again.

I like the sound of these.

 

[dieworkwear]

Does anyone have any advice on good corduroy books other than Brisbane Moss? I'm looking to get something like Vox's below (in his IG post he says it is an 8-wale)

Here you go. These are cotton-cashmere blends, so a little softer and more pliable than pure cotton. All from Loro Piana's Cotton Time book. I'm including the other colors here. Also, the usual word of warning: I didn't color correct these and the colors may show up slightly differently on your screen. I think these are within the ballpark of accurate representation, but you should get swatches if you're interested

These are all 90% cotton, 10% cashmere. 390gr/mt

#602055. A very pale tan:

#602056. Slightly darker in real life. More of a wheat color.

#602058. A mossy olive. Really nice color, I think.

# 602059. A mid-blue

 

[dieworkwear]

Does anyone have a suggestion for where I can find something like this? While rummaging through my old swatches the other day, I found this swatch card for a 390 gram linen that was specially woven about five years ago. Unfortunately, it's no longer available. Does anyone know of a heavy linen with this oatmeal color and a lot of texture? Not looking for those smooth linens you normally see in W Bill type books. Something more like a chunky hopsack, but in a heavy linen.

 

[venividivicibj]

As weird as it sounds, Holland and sherry might have something like this under their 'interior' labels (upholstery/chairs, etc)

 

[Despos]

Think solbiati makes something similar.

 

[kolecho]

Does anyone have a suggestion for where I can find something like this? While rummaging through my old swatches the other day, I found this swatch card for a 390 gram linen that was specially woven about five years ago. Unfortunately, it's no longer available. Does anyone know of a heavy linen with this oatmeal color and a lot of texture? Not looking for those smooth linens you normally see in W Bill type books. Something more like a chunky hopsack, but in a heavy linen.


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Not as chunky as this but I have a suit made up in "natural" Lisburn Irish linen from Dugdale, circa 350g. It's more porous and has more surface interest than standard Irish linens.

 

[aristoi bcn]

I would make this a suit.

Only two meters.

 

[dieworkwear]

Only two meters.

That fabric seems like it would make for a funky odd jacket. Maybe it can work, but with so many better options, and limited closet space, it seems like resources could be better allocated.

I think I'm in the minority on this, but I find it's usually a bad idea to buy offcuts on eBay.

 

[ericgereghty]

@dieworkwear any idea of the mohair/linen George mentions in your (very good) spring tailoring article? Mersolair perhaps? Though I do believe they've purged that composition from the book in recent iterations.

 

[dieworkwear]

@dieworkwear any idea of the mohair/linen George mentions in your (very good) spring tailoring article? Mersolair perhaps? Though I do believe they've purged that composition from the book in recent iterations.

He said Harrisons, but I don't know the exact bunch.

 

[Bromley]

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Does anyone have a suggestion for where I can find something like this? While rummaging through my old swatches the other day, I found this swatch card for a 390 gram linen that was specially woven about five years ago. Unfortunately, it's no longer available. Does anyone know of a heavy linen with this oatmeal color and a lot of texture? Not looking for those smooth linens you normally see in W Bill type books. Something more like a chunky hopsack, but in a heavy linen.


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I don't have any bunches on hand, but Dugdale's Lisburn bunch has a similar cloth. So does Harrisons Mersolair, although their web scans aren't great. Caccioppoli's cotton/linen bunch has a cloth like that as well.

 

[Bromley]

I bought a length of linen nearly identical to that in appearance a few months ago at an upholstery shop. It's like 25 oz, really open weave, and it got very soft after I washed it a couple times. Excited to have it made into a shirt jacket or something like that.

 

[9thsymph]

How see through is Minnis navy mock leno?

What about regular Minnis fresco (11oz)?

I know the mock leno is more of a blazer fabric than the ordinary fresco weave (which ismore ofa suit fabric, I reckon), but do any of you support the idea of a fresco blazer. Or is it just too suit-ish?

 

[Bromley]

Neither are particularly see-through when you're wearing them (except under flash photography).

Mock Leno: jacket only
Fresco: best as suit (smoother texture, darker colors), but can make a good jacket in the right color. There's a kind of steely navy in the classic Fresco bunch that makes a nice jacket.

A lot of other good high twist, open weave cloths out there worth consideration, too. Smith's Finmeresco is