Overcoat dilemmas

[Guest]

Dear Gentlemen,

I shall be commissioning a new bespoke overcoat very soon (in order to be ready by next winter) and I have decided to go with a raglan coat this time around. Ever since I saw this illustration somewhere in the lounge I have been thinking very seriously to have it made in this colour (should I call it bone beige?). I would really appreciate your opinion on both the colour and what fabric would you suggest?




Kindest regards

[Guest]

Further to my post...I am assuming this is not a gabardine raincoat...

[Guest]

You should line up an excellent drycleaner.

Even one trip on the train with a newspaper will leave its mark on that garment.

[Guest]

I believe it is not a raincoat - if it were, it would likely have had a capelet. But someone with the original illustration and text could let you know with certainty.

I have nothing to offer by way of answer to your question, but note the flapped patch "ticket" pocket. It is a rare example. The shaping of the sleeve cuff straps are nice, too, though it seems gratuitous here and I would have made the straps plain.

dopey

[Guest]

i rarely travel by trains. I guess I dont mind the dry cleaning costs. I would just like your opinion regarding this look..

[Guest]

The cloth used may very well be the traditional loden cloth known as Schladminger (see link below.) It is a light gray base with a lot of marbling as you can see from the picure. The 1000 gms version is particularly interesting and I plan on using it soon on a raglan project.

As regards the style, I would have to say that it is complicated by a few too many gadgets for my taste. Leave off the patch and ticket pockets straight away. A raglan will have the tendency to make the wearer look wider than he actually is, so no reason to make the coat look wider too.

http://www.loden-steiner.at/v_steiner_4 ... inger.html

M Alden

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Take a look a "covert cloths", they have a couple of very useful beiges that work in an urban setting. Minnis has a decent book of 18 oz cloth (cf. [url:/]http://www.hfw-huddersfield.co.uk/hardy ... o=M?cate=Q?[/url])


DDM

[Guest]

Very interesting Mr Alen..I was not aware of this cloth but from the link you have provided it seems to have the most outstanding texture..
Thanks

[Guest]

Mr Alden, further to my last post I have phoned up the London Loden supplier and was informed that they only wholesale. Do you know of a particular place that I could get hold of this fabric as a private customer?
cheers

[Guest]

It might be that they mean that they deal only with tailors and not direct with the public and so maybe your tailor would have more luck with them.
NJS