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Is Babbo a possibility for the Windsor 2 ?

Frank Shattuck says : "No front dart...Very old school. Very turn of the century."

The fogey within has been nudging me toward the softer construction, including very natural shoulder and no darts. My tailor happily obliges. Anybody else favoring this "turn of the century" styling?

A couple of other W. Bill options. One is a lambswool plain weave/hopsack. A true navy. 13 oz. I forget the cloth number but I can get it. The other is #30041, a true navy hopsack found in the Lamlana book. 320g. Merino and Angora, with a wee but of cashmere. A tad luxe for some of the hard finish w...

Lovat Mills-- a blue hopsack. Probably Shetland.

Not navy. More like a French blue. Mottled, varied yarns.

#9261.

If I had gone the hopsack suiting-for-a-blazer route, the Lesser 29748 was my favorite. 13 oz. Dark navy but not midnight.

I'd still love to see an LLCC hopsack coating cloth in true Navy!

Ray at W. Bill sent the perfect summer weight hopsack. I'll find the cloth number and post later today. I already have weight hopsack blazer, so the Smith options were not appealing. I think I am close to finding what I have in mind--the Minnis hopsack coating cloth in Navy. # 2009 in their English ...

Liquidus, the h&S hopsack is an English micro hopsack--13 oz., best I recall. Suitable for suiting because the weave is subtle. It's one of the gems in all of their more recent books. I posted a while back about the many Smith hopsack options. All came up a bit short for me. Good cloth, but not the ...

This cloth was recommended to me recently. A 10 oz. plain weave.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I agree. I was thinking something around 7/16".

I have a heavier herringbone tweed in mind, as well as a heavy navy flannel (blazer), complete with patch pockets.

Sport jacket and blazer top stitching--lapels and patch pockets. I know 1/4" is typical. Has anyone tried 1/2" stitching? Or something in between?

How old is the old (R.I.P.) Rangoon panama cloth? Recently I came across a bit of cloth and I am wondering if some of what I now have is the old Rangoon. Was Rangoon being woven as far back as the 60s?

Not easy to describe. One knows it when one sees it. There are frescos that feature a mélange look. Shades of white and grey woven into the cloth, alongside the primary (gray, navy, etc.) color. The Rangoon charcoal melange is an example, as is an old Gilt Edge gray. So many of the better known pana...

The old Minnis Rangoon book comes to mind. There was a charcoal melange. A great mixture of colors that resulted in a, well, mélange effect. Or what some might call "heathered." The old Gilt Edge book featured a medium grey melange, and the Lesser SFT book included an RAF Blue mélange. Any other sou...

Am I correct that Lovat offers a house hopsack cloth?