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Try Gieves & Hawkes. Very comfortable and excellent value in the summer sale.

Lister-Heathcote

Huntsman (No. 11 Savile Row) are a very reputable tailor and have always boasted of the quality of their hunting suits. Your friend will need deep pockets though; Huntsman suits tend to be rather expensive! If this is not to your friend's tastes, any halfway decent tailor should be able to run you u...

Interesting subject. I, for one, have always dimpled because that is the way my knots seem to turn out. When the occasion arrises that I do feel like an un-dimpled tie, it always involves several minutes of frantic adjustment and struggling, and the whole knot loosens up and becomes rather ugly. How...

By the way, delightful post storynicholas!

Lister-Haethcote

Frankly, whilst dining with friends or family, one should wear exactly what one wants. In more formal situations, or where the company is less well-known, it is probably safer to remove hats/sunglasses &c. simply out of politeness.

Lister-Heathcote

Which is the preferred tie knot of members of the Lounge? Is the general consensus for an all-round knot, or are different ones used for business/casual/formal situations?

Best Wishes

Lister-Heathcote

To disagree with Badger & Blade (which, by the way, is a most interesting site), I read a newspaper article recently (I forget the exact publication), in which a shaving expert was quoted as saying that the Mach-3 blades 'Were the best ever manufactured' (I was not aware thet there were shaving expe...

Gentlemen, I Know tht this question will prompt a torrent of replies (all of which will be gratefully recieved), But which of the traditional tailors of Saville Row bo the members find best? My family have traditionally gone with Geives & Hawkes, (having as thy do a long history of British Military ...