Unfunded Liabilities: a/k/a The Cloth Thread

[9thsymph]

The LL version scared me away from this sample.

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perhaps this is a bit more subdued: https://lovatmill.com/bunches/the-teviot/#popups-11

 

[9thsymph]

Isn't that Russell Plaid ^^^ I have been playing around with getting a SC made of it but I would probably wear it less than my Black Tie in a year

(yes, i posted the russell plaids as a tangent regarding loud jackets...)

 

[The Chai]

(yes, i posted the russell plaids as a tangent regarding loud jackets...)

Russell plaids are cool. I think my first tweed jacket once I get around to making one would probably be Russell plaid

 

[lordsuperb]

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Yuck.

 

[The Chai]

Someone is jelly

Yuck.

 

[lordsuperb]

Someone is jelly

I don’t want to look like these old ass men.

 

[9thsymph]

Yuck.

Haha...you crazy!

 

[9thsymph]

anybo

loud

 

[bdavro23]

Isn't that Russell Plaid ^^^ I have been playing around with getting a SC made of it but I would probably wear it less than my Black Tie in a year

Dont you wear black tie like 4 days a week?

 

[bdavro23]

anybo

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loud

I could actually get on board with this jacket, but who the **** let him wear that tie with it?

 

[9thsymph]

I could actually get on board with this jacket, but who the **** let him wear that tie with it?

i want to get a 3-piece made up in the tie fabric and then have a tie in the jacket fabric.

 

[Despos]

Dear @Despos,

Your tutorials are so precious!

This happened in the Ongoing Bespoke Projects Thread, page 266, with the gentleman's linen PoW: while the plaid in the torso has the dark brown line in the top / beige line in the bottom, in the patch pockets it's the inverse.

Cheers,

Dimitris

You are correct sir!

 

[Despos]

What’s the ideal sport coat weight? I’ve already blown out two jackets in the elbows.

Don't know if weight is as much the point as the tensile strength of the yarns. In the multiple decades I've been doing this have never seen jackets wear thru at the elbow but have seen it happen 4 times over the last couple years. On two jackets we patched the hole and added elbow patches. One with suede, the other with the same cloth as the jacket. Had the cloth on hand or was able to order the cloth for the other two jackets and made new sleeves.

 

[emptym]

I found an old post by @C&A with many pics of his T4 Breanish. Here's one:

 

[lordsuperb]

Don't know if weight is as much the point as the tensile strength of the yarns. In the multiple decades I've been doing this have never seen jackets wear thru at the elbow but have seen it happen 4 times over the last couple years. On two jackets we patched the hole and added elbow patches. One with suede, the other with the same cloth as the jacket. Had the cloth on hand or was able to order the cloth for the other two jackets and made new sleeves.

It may be me and how I work. I’m dealing with a bout of elbow bursitis at the moment.