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Damn it, Lordsuperb, did I screw this up?
The cottons and linens get washed once and then put in the dryer. Note that only those linens and cottons that will be made into casual shirts get put in the dryer as those are the only pieces that may shrink with washing. Anything that will be made into a suit/jacket/coat will not be put in the dryer. The Nantucket Red got a two-wash cycle (back to back) treatment because of its propensity to fade (especially quickly early).
Also the Harrisons Spring Ram (just took delivery on one!).
90% of my dress shirts are linen. Enjoy wearing them in winter tooI'm taught it is a summer cloth. But, weight aside, I'm completely fine with the match too.
Another supposedly summerish thing I wear in the winter is a shantung tie.
Today I received a set of swatches from Pepper Lee. I liked what I saw, although two of the samples that I ordered were not included, and am strongly considering three of them for future commissions. I thought that opinions from the pecan gallery, bespoke really being classier than mere peanuts, here might be enlightening or just enjoyable:
One: A spring and summer sport coat in Light Blue or Light Grey 9 1/2 ounce 95 % Wool / 5 % Mohair mesh (mock leno?) cloth. (The Light Grey one was not in the samples 'despatched' to me) The light blue cloth looks bluer in person than on the website, rather close to what the light grey looks like on the website, and I quite like it. It feels airy and crisp. It seems like it would make a comfortable, slightly whimsical warm weather jacket.
Two: A fall and winter sport coat in 14 ounce black with grey check escorial wool. I am looking to get a dark cool weather sport coat with a pattern and this seems like a candidate. It like the subdued pattern and slightly woolly, spongy feel, although it is damned expensive. Mr. DiPietro has a cloth in a broadly siilar pattern, although I don't know much about it. (I am intrigued by this Bateman-Ogden Garnett cloth too)
Three: A three-piece spring and summer suit in Petrol Green, Emerald Green or, TWIST!, Lilac 9 1/2 ounce 60 % mohair / 40 % wool cloth. I've gotten very curious about mohair, tend to prefer 'expressive' colors for warm weather clothes and green is my favorite color, but seems disfavored for menswear. I certainly detect the 'crisp and dry' feel sometimes attributed to mohair. The cloth feels nice and seems as though it might wear relatively well in higher temperatures The emerald green was my early favorite, but I quite like the lilac, which appears like a slightly eccentric grey, after seeing it in person, even though it would be a curveball for me.
Today I received a set of swatches from Pepper Lee. I liked what I saw, although two of the samples that I ordered were not included, and am strongly considering three of them for future commissions. I thought that opinions from the pecan gallery, bespoke really being classier than mere peanuts, here might be enlightening or just enjoyable:
One: A spring and summer sport coat in Light Blue or Light Grey 9 1/2 ounce 95 % Wool / 5 % Mohair mesh (mock leno?) cloth. (The Light Grey one was not in the samples 'despatched' to me) The light blue cloth looks bluer in person than on the website, rather close to what the light grey looks like on the website, and I quite like it. It feels airy and crisp. It seems like it would make a comfortable, slightly whimsical warm weather jacket.
Two: A fall and winter sport coat in 14 ounce black with grey check escorial wool. I am looking to get a dark cool weather sport coat with a pattern and this seems like a candidate. It like the subdued pattern and slightly woolly, spongy feel, although it is damned expensive. Mr. DiPietro has a cloth in a broadly siilar pattern, although I don't know much about it. (I am intrigued by this Bateman-Ogden Garnett cloth too)
Three: A three-piece spring and summer suit in Petrol Green, Emerald Green or, TWIST!, Lilac 9 1/2 ounce 60 % mohair / 40 % wool cloth. I've gotten very curious about mohair, tend to prefer 'expressive' colors for warm weather clothes and green is my favorite color, but seems disfavored for menswear. I certainly detect the 'crisp and dry' feel sometimes attributed to mohair. The cloth feels nice and seems as though it might wear relatively well in higher temperatures The emerald green was my early favorite, but I quite like the lilac, which appears like a slightly eccentric grey, after seeing it in person, even though it would be a curveball for me.
Today I received a set of swatches from Pepper Lee. I liked what I saw, although two of the samples that I ordered were not included, and am strongly considering three of them for future commissions. I thought that opinions from the pecan gallery, bespoke really being classier than mere peanuts, here might be enlightening or just enjoyable:
One: A spring and summer sport coat in Light Blue or Light Grey 9 1/2 ounce 95 % Wool / 5 % Mohair mesh (mock leno?) cloth. (The Light Grey one was not in the samples 'despatched' to me) The light blue cloth looks bluer in person than on the website, rather close to what the light grey looks like on the website, and I quite like it. It feels airy and crisp. It seems like it would make a comfortable, slightly whimsical warm weather jacket.
Two: A fall and winter sport coat in 14 ounce black with grey check escorial wool. I am looking to get a dark cool weather sport coat with a pattern and this seems like a candidate. It like the subdued pattern and slightly woolly, spongy feel, although it is damned expensive. Mr. DiPietro has a cloth in a broadly siilar pattern, although I don't know much about it. (I am intrigued by this Bateman-Ogden Garnett cloth too)
Three: A three-piece spring and summer suit in Petrol Green, Emerald Green or, TWIST!, Lilac 9 1/2 ounce 60 % mohair / 40 % wool cloth. I've gotten very curious about mohair, tend to prefer 'expressive' colors for warm weather clothes and green is my favorite color, but seems disfavored for menswear. I certainly detect the 'crisp and dry' feel sometimes attributed to mohair. The cloth feels nice and seems as though it might wear relatively well in higher temperatures The emerald green was my early favorite, but I quite like the lilac, which appears like a slightly eccentric grey, after seeing it in person, even though it would be a curveball for me.