The London Lounge

"it does not matter what color a cat is as long as it hunts mice" Mao Ze dong. In my opinion these are pretty cats. http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1969/bmpp.png The problem is how much cost. If we can have a good chinese bespoke for a fraction of English (or Italian) bespoke..well,is great! But ...

Huntsman is famous for his single breasted one button coat.
But how is his double breasted?
I dont'have never see,someone have some pictures?

So today the real Scholte heir is not Huntsman but...Anderson & Sheppard!

J.S. Groot wrote:Also before he settled on the spread collar it seems.

Who made his suits back then?

I think Scholte.
In a suit of 1923 is his label.

Some pictures of Prince of Wales,future Edward VIII,future Duke of Windsor,in 20s before the drape cut. I love this clean silhouette http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7590/90az.png http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3203/22787595.png http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/9545/74171044.png http://img90.i...

The real thing: http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/1299/loungethornton1x.png http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/383/01scampanato10.png http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1494/40f.png http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/5170/1905b.png http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9531/a63b.png http://img101.images...

(Neo) Edwardian French style. http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8584/13662591.png http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/1824/15446675.png http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/8397/50431195.png http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1079/25394163.png http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3870/97241182.png

(Neo) Edwardian Italian style. http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/1164/88987277.png http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8658/c02.png http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2900/c10.png http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9858/53560185.png http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7149/66483870.png http://img37.i...

Some picrtures of Neo Edwardian style of 50s and 60s. http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/840/edearly50s.png http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8875/47772974.png http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/549/54475752.png http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6229/bun.png http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3544/b...

The double breasted 4 buttons roll 2 is fantastic. Seems from 30s/early 40s,not from 70s. Is the type of suit that you can see in a Fred Astaire or Cary Grant movie,or in a Esquire fashion sketch. Look these Ralph Lauren double breasted from 70s: http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1968/rl72.jpg http...

I hate the 70s. Hate the hairs,the suits,the trousers,the pop culture. But some things were interesting. In the classic side of 70s we had a return to 30s-40s silhouette (in late 60s the suits and ties were too much slim and poor). For exemple,look a this double breasted by Ralph Lauren: http://img3...

Well Gentlemen, Brooks Brothers "not always been Brooks Brothers". We have a BB coat of 20s; well,is very similar to the BB 50s coats. http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1927/brooksanni20b.jpg But Here we have a Brooks Brothers Double breasted and a single breasted from 1940. http://img130.imageshack.us...

Why did the tailors making dartless coats for the ivy?
And why dartless coats became an American classic?
was the question.
The your answer is very interesting;
Only fashions and none functional reason?
I thought that was something about the silhouette of the sack suit.

Why the classic "Ivy league" coat have not the darts?

Maybe the men's silhouette are changin,away from the 2000s (excessive) slim cut. At "Pitty uomo" in Florence,Corneliani have presented Kent double breasted suits inspired by 80s and 40s. Actual fashion trend began in early 90s with the triumph of the three buttons coat. At beginning was a little a b...