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Thank you gentlemen, I will begin with Ermazine!

I'll try Bemberg Cupro Ponginette when I get a new summer sports jacket, I enjoy comparing things like these myself

Many many thanks! That link is awesome.

I was told by my tailor to avoid anything with Acetate (for warm weather), what's your opinion?

I have used both Ermazine from Weldons and Bembergs from my tailor's stock. What are the differences between the two? I have been told by Weldons that very few S.R. tailors order anything other than Ermazine from them, for suits....my feeling was that it is less shiney and perhaps a bit more simila...

One must sometimes make great sacrifices.

Here's an update, the Pakeman birdseye socks are much shorter than the regular line; beware! Fortunately Pakeman were very kind and refunded me for the birdseye socks, excellent service! http://www.upl.co/uploads/IMG0488.jpg On a second note, I bought a pair of large sized Bresciani socks and they'r...

I wish you better luck than I had. I contacted PC&C and they are SOLD OUT in the large over the calf in all 3 colors I wanted (scarlet, blue and pink) :( . That's terrible! I managed to get the following colors: 4 navy 1 blue 1 green 2 navy birdseye 1 green birdseye 1 lovat birdseye I didn't dare t...

They have a good color selection, although I think they could refine it considerably (e.g. flannel grey socks). They also have some splendid birdseye over the calf socks (priced only £15) which are quite rare. I'm just about to place a large order with navy as the base and then a few other colors an...

My dear long-legged friends, I've made a breakthrough discovery! I contacted Pakeman Catto & Carter to ask them about their new over the calf socks and received the following information: Medium foot length 10.5" leg length 18.5" Large foot length 11.5" leg length 19.5" I took my measurements and sw...

Good question, I keep my gloves mostly in one of my flap pockets with the fingers sticking up like many (fashionable) men like to wear them in their breast pocket. I never liked the look of gloves in the breast pocket, I'd rather stuff it with a thick linen pocket square instead; if anything. On a s...

Thank you, and yes the Paddock coat shade in those pictures is excellent; I'm afraid mine is a bit to dark for my taste, but it will have to do!

Arkirshner, what about the different nuances of navy? Like I said, mine is so dark it practically looks like black; the second one in my post is a lot more like what I had in mind.

Hehe, well it's not me in the pictures; it's from http://crombie.co.uk

That is certainly a respectable opinion, but I was thinking more of the questions in my previous post.

Come on gents, important questions need answering!

I just had my first MTM overcoat made; I went with the classic navy Crombie. I had one alteration made though, I removed the breast pocket for a cleaner look. I was a bit skeptical at first when I saw the coat thinking it looked black, but then I checked the Crombie website and found theirs (100% Ca...