Robert Noble

[Scot]

I wondered if any members had experience of Robert Noble tweeds. There are some very good looking cloths on the website:

http://www.robert-noble.co.uk/collectio ... per-tweed/

I was wondering how they made up.

[alden]

Scot,

I know their cloth well. The tweeds are soft, spongy, modern fabrics. An Estate tweed in 480 gms weight is light compared to the 650-800 gms of most in this category. And the colors and patterns we prize in tweeds will be, as a consequence, less well defined, less brilliant. Over the years I could never find a tweed I could love among them.

On the other hand, Whitely & Green, the sister company, still makes old time traditional cloth. But they do not make tweeds.

Cheers

Michael

[Rowly]

Scot, I have always loved the tweed patterns offered by Hackett of London. I have been a customer in the past, but since I have gone bespoke I don't shop there anymore because they just don't fit me and I can no longer delude myself that they do, simply because I love the cloth. I have always noted that Robert Noble supplies many of the cloths they use. The designs are very appealing, but compared to the offerings from the normal bespoke quality tweed merchants, they are tissue paper. I have never seen any of their books available but I would love to see some of the big players supplying similar patterns and colours but with more solid gutsy cloths.

[SMCK]

Try: www.glenlyontweedmill.com

[Rowly]

Glenlyon...lovely tweeds...also Islay Mills
I'm currently considering Anthony Haines.

You can search for lots of tweeds here...
http://www.scotweb.co.uk/tweed

[Concordia]

http://ardalanish.com/tweeds.html

[Scot]

Interesting, thank you. Like Rowly I like the look of the patterns but if the cloth is not the real deal there is no point going further.

[Concordia]

FWIW, I just tried out a new 3b jacket in the Hebridean Hopsack from the Ardalanish/Isle of Mull group today. It's more brown than it appears on the screen-- or even during the fittings. However, it drapes fantastically well and breathes well because of the weave. Definitely not your overly-domesticated stuff, even if it is probably less heavy than some that get mentioned here.