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There's still some left - or was yesterday.

I went for the navy blue Lumbs in the same sale - at Graham Browne in the City. When I was there yesterday they did have some nice grey Lumbs still available. There's also some very nice cashmere and tweed jacketings that caught my eye.

http://www.maltonkielman.com/products/accessories/page2/ Thanks! 120 euros for the simple leather... well, that's actually in the same price range than many of the other recommendations here. OK. How about Visconti UK? They have a variety in the 15-25 pounds price range: http://www.viscontibags.co....

I'm rather partial to my Herring Draycott. They're sold out at the moment but I understand they're due in the next few months.

Graham Browne, who made my M&L suit, have a blog post up about the fabrics - http://grahambrownebespoke.wordpress.co ... -of-cloth/

Try the Gentleman's Shop in Hungerford. They keep good stocks, and offer mail order.

I agree - Autumnal cloths are by far my favourite.

The ordered fabrics sound great. I trust we will see pictures when complete?

I don't recall I'm afraid. I'll check next time I'm in there however.

I'm pretty sure we're talking about the same fabric - although I thought it a creamier grey.

I may well have done - in fact I was inspired to hunt for this cloth by a nice Pal Zieri (sp?) I saw a while back. It is indeed from the new issue. I saw it first in Quearney's. I described the fabric to him and he immediately knew what I meant. I had a similar conversation with Russell at Graham Br...

That's rather nice. It might not make a suit you'd want to wear to client meetings or for job interviews but I think that would look lovely as a db. Remember, all these rules and 'must dos' are there for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools. If you like the fabric, and the colou...

Thanks Rowly, kind of you to say. Graham Browne have a box of swatches from Marling and Evans if you're interested. There are some lovely colours and patterns available. I take it you're considering this for your Rus In Urbe jacket, you mentioned on the other thread? I'm not sure if it's your style ...

It's with the cashmere. It's very comfortable to wear - not as warm as I had feared. It was fine to wear all day in the office with the jacket on, and kept me warm enough in the chill wind in London as I walked to lunch and to the train.

Thanks, it was a suggestion from my tailor, who sourced it for me.

A couple of snaps from this morning. Please excuse the terrible shirt - I'm wearing out my more youthful mistakes…

I shall do, I'll take some tomorrow.