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The question is-- three all-season garments, or some that shade to light or heavy?
Best way to split the difference with at least one of these is the original 10oz Fresco. Porous enough for all but the worst warm weather, but substantial (or coarse) enough to drape well. The chalk stripes look like flannel, and there are some good, useful greys and RAF blues.
If you're aiming for dressy use, the 10oz high-twist Finmeresco is quite unlike the rest of that book. Very smooth and elegant, and not a floppy as the original 4-ply under that name. Deceptively cool in hot weather.
Then something for the coolest weather when you don't need to be worried about warm rooms. Actually, a dry worsted will do surprisingly well until the end of spring, so a 13oz Lesser could work. Wears like iron, and will look fine in even the frostiest days, especially if you already have an overcoat. Oyster is a bit less urbane, but also very useful, if maybe less cool-wearing. 11oz Lesser used to be a standard, and could hang in there adequately in that role, but seems to have got soggier post-buyout. Still, there are other, similar books. Harrisons Fine Classics is one.
For sport jackets, you have the same range of choices. P&H Glorious 12th is a good baseline for all but the hottest or coldest days. A 10-oz serge DB blazer would cover useful ground. Then you need to decide if you'd rather have a meaningful tweed or an open-weave linen.
Best way to split the difference with at least one of these is the original 10oz Fresco. Porous enough for all but the worst warm weather, but substantial (or coarse) enough to drape well. The chalk stripes look like flannel, and there are some good, useful greys and RAF blues.
If you're aiming for dressy use, the 10oz high-twist Finmeresco is quite unlike the rest of that book. Very smooth and elegant, and not a floppy as the original 4-ply under that name. Deceptively cool in hot weather.
Then something for the coolest weather when you don't need to be worried about warm rooms. Actually, a dry worsted will do surprisingly well until the end of spring, so a 13oz Lesser could work. Wears like iron, and will look fine in even the frostiest days, especially if you already have an overcoat. Oyster is a bit less urbane, but also very useful, if maybe less cool-wearing. 11oz Lesser used to be a standard, and could hang in there adequately in that role, but seems to have got soggier post-buyout. Still, there are other, similar books. Harrisons Fine Classics is one.
For sport jackets, you have the same range of choices. P&H Glorious 12th is a good baseline for all but the hottest or coldest days. A 10-oz serge DB blazer would cover useful ground. Then you need to decide if you'd rather have a meaningful tweed or an open-weave linen.
