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I'm purchasing a bunch of unpolished horn buttons to send to my tailor, since all they really have in stock is either polished horn or corcorzo the latter of which I have come to very much dislike. Of these, I can choose either Two-Hole or the traditional 4-Hole button. The 4s are pretty much ubiqui...

Great new. Now I just need to find a good source for gold buttons!

I'm thinking of switching over one of my old navy hopsack jackets to gold buttons.

Question is - how common is it to see 3 roll 2 blazers with gold buttons? Or should I stick to exclusively 2 buttons if doing this?

Starting to plan a trip with a stop in Austria, and I've long had a fantasy of picking me up one of these: https://cdn.cordings.co.uk/media/catalog/product/o/v/ov069grnld_3.jpg Thing is, the time I've tried one of these on - in Drake's a season ago - the poor thing just absolutely didn't fit. So, I'...

culverwood wrote:I love a navy flannel and would chose it before a grey bespoke as I have done twice in my life. I realise I may not be in the majority but to me it is an essential suit.

if you'd do navy, what about midnight?

Here's a follow up question -

I've been hearing a lot about how people don't actually like solid navy flannels (compared to, say, charcoal). Can anyone speak to this?

THANK YOU everyone. Very insightful.

So, this is an extremely basic question, but despite having done a ton of research, I'm still having trouble with it. I'm currently putting in my orders for winter, and ordering some of my first bespoke flannel. Before I move to the LL cloths, I'm trying to decide what cloth to use for both a basic ...