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Dear fellow members, I've come across some linen lengths in a teal blue melange weighing in at 210gms/7oz. I'd love to have a linen of this colour made into a jacket but I suspect its weight might just be too insubstantial. I'd like your thoughts in confirming or debunking my suspicions and also to ...

Dear Couch,

This book is a gem. I have been engrossed with it since downloading the electronic edition to my reading pad after work.

Kind thanks for bringing it to our attention.

—BGE

Ascot Chang: I've had some experiences with their Central Park South shop: I was initially hesitant to commit to their 4 shirt minimum order when they disclosed that they would be faxing my measurements to their workshop in Asia. The gentleman helping me (Alfred) however, seemed like he knew what he...

Just be glad the 1980's brick styled cellular phone is long gone. :lol: :wink: :) Best Regards, Cufflink79 One is reminded of the good olde days: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/7764405/Footage-shows-worlds-first-mobile-phone.html In all seriousness though, I'm glad you've found...

Having had a 4x1 dinner suit with shawl lapels made up last year, I'm quite taken with the 4x1 configuration. There's a quiet exuberance to it (the exuberance has probably more to do with double-breasteds being a rarer event among younger men) and that it can be done nicely and not be a point of dis...

This is a good example of the bespoke slippery slope, the one that leads to the initiation of new and unforeseen projects. :shock: Slippery slope indeed. I had been contemplating about doing a practical interpretation of the smoking/dinner jacket for casual evenings when out and about with the fian...

Michael, what is that magnificent tune?

Happy New Years!

—B

Evening dress (black / white tie) in midnight blue supposedly looks darker than black under artificial light. Some of this is considered to be legend, but mostly due to misunderstanding the meaning of "darker than black": it is about the hues put into evidence by artificial light. What would a day ...

A comment by Manself in the Black Blazer/Odd Jacket thread http://thelondonlounge.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=4 has piqued my interest in the possibility of a morning coat in some sort of dark blue. In a fairly recent visit to the tailors, I happened to look through the Harrisons P&B universal book in...

Dear gents, Many thanks for the warm welcome. Visiting the Lounge has always had a comforting feeling of being home to me. Your kind responses make this even more so. Simon A: You bring up a very compelling point for braced trousers, especially with an occasion and evening where being present, and i...

Greetings my fellow members. I've spent the last couple years as a quiet member of this community, learning from the esteemed gentlemen of the Lounge of whom have kindly shared and reposited their wisdom in the pages of this forum. It is to them, and Mr. Michael Alden that I owe my gratitude for set...