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Hi! Thanks. It is 11 oz ("cos I wanted something I could use in India), a grey herringbone pattern and is supplied to them by the Yorkshire Textile Consultancy (whatever that is but they say it is a firm run by a man who is ex Huddersfiled or some such firm). Good luck with the suit, I hope you get ...

Scot : Thanks for the comments. I do agree the coat is just that bit longer than I'd have liked it to be but Mr Austin, the senior cutter (I think), said it looks right as it is. As it is my first commission to the firm, I decided to let them have their way. But you are right, I think it should be a...

Hm! Just the one comment in 1o days .... Is the fir that bad?! If so, I'd really appreciate some guidance. Will, of course, be posting pics of the finished product in a couple of months, after collection in May. And ordering another from the same tailor! So, I would think there's still time to make ...

Was back in London for about two weeks from the end of February. So, on the 1st of March, a further )"forward"?) fitting was arranged. Here are some pics, beginning with the trousers. As you can see, there are aspects of my figure which the tailors can do nothing about and it falls to me to achieve ...

Thanks, Rowly, for the authentic view from Weldon. I have an impression though that in times gone by (may be 20 or 30 years back) silk was by and large the standard lining for bespoke suits. But may be that is only an impression.

Carl : Thanks, you are right about the bankruptcy at Huntsman and the rules about old accounts. So was Costi when he wrote "I wonder if the account would have been ruled off the same had YOU owed this amount... :wink:" (as a banker turned finance director, I understand that line of thinking very wel...

Thanks, Costi, for the welcome, I think I am going to learn a lot from LL. And, wow, that was a great thread you sent me to, thanks again. After reading it I compliment myself on my choice of Benson & Clegg, that man Austin is certainly old school, I can see! Will update in early March, with pics (I...

I am no habitué of SR, ordinarily speaking, but I did have a suit made for me by Huntsman, in 1995 to be exact. Double breasted, pin stripes on a dense blue, it is in what I understand is the typical Huntsman construction : pronounced pinched waist , padded shoulders, highly structured. The jacket i...