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And, Sir, don't forget the velvet collar (remember not to add the velvet to the lapel). Make sure it's detachable, probably either with hooks or stud buttons to the inner side of the collar. Also, a good tailor should use darts and side seams to bring about the effects of a suppressed waist without ...

A very Happy and Prosperous New Year to all the fellow gentlemen of LL, too. Yes, unless at least one of them is longer to account for the additional layer of cloth, because there are both a frontal left side plus a frontal right side for both collar and the collar waist (or, sleeve or cuff or neck?...

A single button peak lapel jacket w/o slits; doesn't that make it a stroller, Sir?

pchong wrote:I bespoke last year.
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It never seems to rain but pour. Once again, a similar item, but of 1960s vintage appeared. It went for half the price of the 1930s pair mentioned in the first posting in this thread. (See the following lead:- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=120352426845 ....

Sir, I go without any heating of any kind at all during Winter. In fact, my bed quilt and cover, bed sheet, pillow cases plus another bed quilt and cover just above the bed mattress are totally made of silk material. During the day, I go around in an extremely comfortable silk velvet smoking jacket ...

What a coincidence. I understand H.M. the Queen delivered a Christmas Day address with a similar theme. Sir, you don't happen by chance to be one of Her Majesty's Privy Councillor, do you? :wink: HS - I think we must show what we Brits like to call "Dunkirk Spirit". That is to say, facing down adver...

Sir, your wish may have been granted. I would like to refer to pages 75 and 76 of my favourite sartorial bible The Suit - A Machiavellian Approach To Men's Style by Nicholas Antongiavanni where it is mentioned that double-breasted vests, which must have collars, are correct only with single-breasted...

It's strange, but I can't see the photo. From your description, I guess it could be retrocentric either to Davy Crocket, Wild Bill Hitchcock or Napoleon Bonaparte. On the other hand, it might be just right for an hotel door attendant or a miltary brass band, for which the addition of the kind of Fre...

Now, those were for the left (military form of address, as in 'the Left Hon. Field-Marshal SirLancelot'?) royal household servants. Here's a lead to an old post by Yours Sincerely:- http://thelondonlounge.net/gl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6334&start=45 much more suitable for right honourable gentlemen. :...

Dear Mr. Anton, I could see why a DB looks better on you initially because the DB front presents a flatter plane. From the photos, the presence of the slim waist is overemphasized, acting as a contrast with the roundness of the belly. But I can see that perhaps the frontal image could be improved if...

Ho, ho, Ho, A Merry X'mas to all the ladies and gentlemen of LL! After reading the entire book for two months while seated in the most private room in my house, it is my pleasure to recomend a wonderful book To Marry An English Lord - Or, How Anglomania Really Got Started by Gail MacColl and Carol M...

A civilian SB version of the guard's coat or an SB Raglan in navy medium cashmere for mild zero degree Centigrade Winter use.

Search as I might, I couldn't find a photograph of a full dress trousers complete with double stripes on the Net, until now. So, in case there are fellow loungers who have also been looking for them, here is a lead:- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=3501391...

Would the City refer to the central business district of a city? It seems this particular area gives me the creeps if I'm not dressed in a conservative business suit, complete with tie and black oxfords with shoe laces. A waistcoat makes me feel properly armoured when I step into an elevator.

Pardon me, but could you kindly rephrase the following sentence, Sir? "One might also notice that 'notched' collar and lapel is the term employed to distinguish a shawl collar and lapel - rather than a step collar/lapel." Is a 'step collar/lapel' a notch lapel? And I thought a jacket with a shawl co...