The London Lounge

NJS - I hope you will continue to post here on the LL. Everyday, I log on and look to see your latest comment. Your contributions are uniformly entertaining and informative. Again, I'd encourage you to have your next book launch in London at he EIC. Perhaps if you met many of your fans, you would be...

Well, I must be the luckiest fellow - Budd rtw fits me absolutely perfect but for a quarter inch adjustment on the right sleeve. Mr. Rowley and Mr. Butcher agree hat I have perfect Budd body shape. "We cut for men not boys" says Rowley. Although my doctor suggests a loose a stone, I prefer Budd's ad...

More great stuff!! The Gourmet Dinner is Feb 21st. I'm flying over as they are breaking out some of the really good port. I'm sure Ron will be in attendance. Hope the weather permits a cigar smoking perambulation around the square. Damned shame we can't smoke in the "Smoking Room". Cheers, st.t.

BRAVO!! Great stuff.

BTW I always love seeing NJS has posted when I click "New Posts" - guaranteed to be a winner. NJS, you must do a book launch at the East India Club.

Cheers, st.t.

davidhuh wrote:Now it will be interesting to see what happens to Budd

Budd is not part of the sale. It will remain with the former Huntsman owners. Let us hope this is good news. Budd is an absolute gem!

Well, I suppose I am fortunate in that a Budd 17.5 rtw fits me almost perfectly. Mr. Butcher says that his only change would be 1/8 inch on the right sleeve. Of course I'm limited to what Budd has in stock but I do make my requests and they eventually arrive. The real problem that I have is laundry....

.... go visit London? NJS recently wrote about James Bond which sent me on a Connery Bond marathon session this weekend and now all I want to do is head to London and unleash a bit of that inner - Bond that we all have in us. (Don't deny that you think just a little about Bond when you get fitted at...

I bought mine from Budd. Go and have chat with the ever amusing and sartorially wise Mr. Rowley and let him guide you through the peccary experience. Cheers, st.tully

fontana1 wrote:Never take them off the trousers....braces for every pair of trousers.

Ditto

Is anyone here currently patronizing Frank Foster for shirts? I bought an old one on ebay and really like the collar. I have read about him in the web and he was the shirtmaker for Connery and Moore back in their Bond days. He is still in business but must be fairly advanced in age. Here is his very...

St. tully, you are receiving good advice in this thread. I would just add that if you are in the process of choosing your one and only tweed, you might want to browse the book, edited by Johnstons of Elgin, Scottish Estate Tweeds . It´s mainly pictures of tweeds with short notes about them. Besides...

culverwood wrote:I have a P&H Hartwist suit which I am very happy with though it is not one for hot weather.

Browsing the Hartwists now. Lovely cloth. Is your still offered?

http://www.harrisonsofedinburgh.com/collections.html

I certainly want to visit W.Bill. I have read that a tailor must accompany you there. Can the tailor just call and give you an introduction? I can imgine that I might like to spent a bit more time in W.Bill's basement than an A&S employee.

I'm headed to London next month and have a few sartorial endeavours under consideration. One of which is a tweed suit. I live in the southern United States, so tweed is not really a staple of my wardrobe - but I'd like to have one heavy tweed suit. The quandary is which tweed. Let me start of by eli...

At Anderson and Sheppard's "Notebook" blog, is posted a picture of a bold stripe double breasted suit - the matching of the stripes around the collar is way off. To my eye, if the stripes are very bold - then they need to be matched. Am I just being too obsessed? http://www.anderson-sheppard.co.uk/t...