The London Lounge

cotton linen is marginally better, and I actually find it more comfortable to wear.

Linen - funny creature. Spend the extra on good linen. Bad linen is just not worth the trouble. Wash linen once, then wash it again, then wash it again. Never ever tumble dry. Line dry and iron it the way you would normally iron your shirt. This reduces some of your problems, but you will at a later...

Most makers in London, or most places in general (not all) don't prewash the cloth. We offer one to two trial shirts for bespoke, or as many as are needed, but as a consequence, our minimum for bespoke is higher (8). I If I may, a shirt does not need to be bespoke versus made to measure. "Just becau...

most common errors in fitting purpose? First one, customer insisting that he knows better than the maker. Second one, maker not listening to customer. Third one, maker not advising customer correctly: having low armholes allows for freedom of movement, having a collar two sizes two big is comfortabl...

"As far as I know, Emma Willis offers Alumo fabrics but she may be alone in that regard - I don't know about Udeshi or Dunhill." We carry Ringhart and Acorn books - not the best, but have some colours that others don't, and some designs. We mailny use Alumo and Sic Tess, also carry Atelier Romentino...

Yes, we have, and we will, but you need to get one perfect first, and then you can think of number two, otherwise you are just repeating the mistakes of the first store.

Also, where in the states, New York or possibly Los Angeles. And if New York, uptown, midtown, downtown, NoLita etc.

Thank you. We are one of the few stores of our ilk who actually display prices in the window, so whatever is in the display window, has a price that is legible - i.e. it doesn't require a telsecope to read. Some people say you must be desperate for business. For me, I like having an idea of what som...

doccol91 Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:03 pm Post subject: "The help was courteous without being fawning (I find in London service is either overly solicitous or borderline rude--ala N&L, Oscar Udeschi--who refused to speak with me the entire time I was in his store, although it was only me and him in ...