The London Lounge

Postings seem fewer and fewer. Many seem more devoted to costume and other frivolities rather than to tailoring. What is going on? Will The London Lounge finally dissolve into desultory navel-gazing? Come on, argue with me.

Who has recollections of this Boston tailor?

The cream of the jest.

Here is Ian Jack being a curmudgeon in The Guardian about Christmas present, and finishing with a coda about Nigel's coat:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... ter-lazier

Oh, troutonthefly, your wife and you have so many delights awaiting in Paris. The thought of it brings back floods of memories of our own visits there over the decades. I can't comment on Charvet or other shopping for you, but on dining -- causal, superb, in-between -- I have a general suggestion an...

Is this what we think of when we think rastaquère?

Couldn't find "usamara" on e-bay, but there is a "Samarusa/Fine Egyptian Products".

Take a look at www.townviewleather.com

In years gone by, a subtler treatment of this kind was a hallmark of Davies & Son.