The London Lounge

I wear only navy Bresciani linen socks.

How long they last seems to be very dependent on how they are washed.

Gammarelli are pretty good too.

I could be wrong but I do not believe 100% natural fabrics will last as long as synthetic blends.

An absolutely despicable person who should not be worshipped no matter what he wore. This kind of statement says more about the writer than the person he is talking about. De mortise nil nisi bene. Cheers, David Why should a man who utterly despised humanity be immortalized because of clothing(that...

An absolutely despicable person who should not be worshipped no matter what he wore.

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Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:32 am

Very slowly in person in Toronto.
Nothing at all happening with my London tailor. Haven't explored skype fittings with them yet.

Has the tailoring scene improved there? When I was there a few years ago it was really hard to find someone, everyone seemed to go to trend.

Many people seem to exhibit a neo-Luddite pessimism by claiming that nobody appreciates 'old world craft' and that when the old 'masters' die everything will fall apart and we will be walking around in pillow sheets. This is a load of crap. The reality is that the old world, absolutely SUCKED. If yo...

A legend

So Saville Row closed down for a few months last year and everything collapses?

Seems something is seriously wrong with these economies.....

Its the landlords...

Britains 'free market' landlord, drug dealing and usury economy continues its destructive course. In due time all that there will be left will be glass towers standing in london with the idiots in them unable to even feed themselves.

London decided it would become the premier usury/rentier city in the world where skyhigh rents and interest payments fill the coffers of the elite. They completely did not care that this model destroys actual industry and is overly reliant on foreigners especially criminals who loot countries for th...

Has anyone tried The famed Battistoni in Rome?

My reaction to the news: shock. Another bastion fell. For a company that extols virtues of UK manufacturing and have boatloads of posts on their UK factory this is a cumbersome motion (to put it mildly). Andrey The UK has been one of the leading purveyors of globalism in the world. The UK stopped c...

I am trying Fralbo napoli and camiceria piccolo as well this week. The fralbo shirt I had fitted at Caraceni Rome and the piccolo internet fittings.

About to try camiceria piccolo. Any thoughts?

Hello.

Can anyone vouch for THE shirtmaker to settle with once and for all, preferably located in europe. I am thinking to just go with kiton but don’t want to pay for all the overhead in a commercial operation. Any small time makers recommended?

Ill take one