The London Lounge

Quite a nice 'site. Like the clothes that the little firm makes: clean, simple, elegant.

From A Night to Remember , by Walter Lord, recalling the fate of the Titanic and her passengers as she sank: “. . . . Today nobody could carry off these little gestures of chivalry, but they did that night. An air of noblesse oblige has vanished…” I like the expression little gestures of chivalry …...

Cary Grant wrote:. . . . these could also be flat-fronted?

Of course!

I'm 6'1" and slender. I like the look in the abstract but don't seem able to pull it off well: a slight taper from around the knee works better.

carl browne wrote:. . . . Is it bad form to have your current tailor do alterations to a former tailor's work? . . . .

It may be, but I've done it. However, after reckoning the double cost, it mightn't have been reasonable to have done it.

Moscow, I hear, is enjoying its warmest winter in many a year. Even the bears at the local zoo have yet to hibernate. Meanwhile, in New England . . . .

Welcome to the Lounge! Particularly with your training and experience, Jukes, we'll all look forward to your participation here.

The shoe looks very fine, indeed. Do Vass no longer fiddle the waist of the "U" last? (A pair of ready-mades that I bought a few years ago have beautifully fiddled waists.) Go ahead, no Arabs here -- show us the soles!

. . . . Georges de Paris is around, but no one who actually knows about tailoring has ever had a good word about him IME. 'Reminds me of an anecdote, regrettably not suitable here, dating from my brief service at the White House, nearly thirty years ago. No, no one well-informed would likely enter ...

Ah, yes. "Hope and Change". We know that Hope is a town in Arkansas. As for "Change" . . . well, let's see . . . . 'Might be New York city ("Buddy, can you spare a dime?"); or, maybe, Detroit (quite a lot of change in fifteen billions!). Surely you realize I ironize. But of course! I merely attempt...

alden wrote:I knew there was a picture of a suit in Donkey flannel...here it is . . . .

No picture is visible, Michael.

Ah, yes. "Hope and Change". We know that Hope is a town in Arkansas. As for "Change" . . . well, let's see . . . . 'Might be New York city ("Buddy, can you spare a dime?"); or, maybe, Detroit (quite a lot of change in fifteen billions!).

JDelage wrote:

rjman wrote:I saw "Sartorial Hell" and wondered why Alden was coming to Washington.

Do you mean, Washingto State? . . . .

Oh, no, JD; didn't you notice that RJ posts from "Freedom"? Where else could that be but at the seat of overweening power, Washington, D.C.?

i wonder what i can buy with 5000 pesos? This August, you could have bought a very nice two-piece suit, made by a man who may be the finest tailor in South America. Inflation has continued apace since then, however, so I couldn't say what AR $5,000 would buy now. . . . . sastreria cheverny sounds l...

Enthusiasms of an earlier age that fail of sustenance usually disappear for good reasons. To my sensibilities, a jersey-knit jacket is one of those enthusiasms; but I'm willing to be dissuaded.