The London Lounge

I'm not sure it's fits the exact criteria you are going for waitstaff wise, but the Woseley has plenty of British food and at least some Brits dining usually.

Mews of Mayfair does a fair Sunday Roast.

... one rarely sees them in America. Wonder why? This may be more a consequence than an explanation for low popularity: many gentlemen catalogues in the US (Orvis, Peterman, Ben Silver, etc.) do regularly offer moleskin trousers for a variety of purposes that range from hunting, horseback riding an...

Moleskins are a staple for me. Wearing some lovat ones right now myself.

YoungLawyer wrote:Do any others of you use instagram to share your tailors' creations? As it's perhaps easier to share pictures on instagram than here, I'm sure we'd be interested to see these.

I do from time to time, but 99% of my posting is racing yachts.

It is all down to personal taste but, given that I am now on the wrong side of 60 but my measures are pretty much exactly the same as they were when I was 30, I really enjoy wearing a beautifully made blazer or tweed coat with a pair of jeans and suede loafers because, when I do, most folk who don'...

Hear, hear, Luca. On this topic, I'm put in mind of our quiet member Bill (voxsartoria) and his Tumblr—and even more, I think, his Instagram—sites, which have been mentioned on the LL recently. Many of us have followed Vox over the years on the menswear forums and enjoy his new sites, and of course...

YIkes.

A large part of bespoke is the personal relationship. This. And it is almost impossible to describe to someone who hasn't had that sort of interaction. I just took a good friend for his first measurement and fitting with Poole last month, was probably more excited for him to meet the guys than to s...

He is highly amusing.

bond_and_beyond wrote:Sonny Crockett says go for it:




BB

That's a fantastic Florida/Caribbean look.

What Alden advocates for is an English approach to dressing. Sober frame, wild shirting & tie. Neapolitans, IMHO, dress in opposite way -- solid blue / bengal stripe shirt, small floral tie, wild coats. How Lagrange... I mean, Huntsman wants their clients to dress, is a different story. Andrey Hunt...

I still find the notion that people have taken the definition of bespoke and narrowed it to a hilariously specific set of motions fairly odd. If you are having a shirt, suit, or any other particular item made from scratch to your shape and specifications, it's bespoke. Personally, I'd never want a 1...

Is Foster still in business? I know he was getting up there.

I'm fairly convinced muslin fittings aren't necessary,.. In my more that 40 years of experience with custom made shirts I have found that the presence of muslin fittings is significantly and positively correlated with final good fit and quality of construction. But I suspect that the muslin fitting...

I'm fairly convinced muslin fittings aren't necessary, but if someone enjoys and values that part of the process, then by all means go to someone who does it. That said, I know several London makers, who by any definition are bespoke. The muslin shirt is not a requirement for the bespoke label, nor...