The London Lounge

I have visited their shop on Clifford Street a few times now and find it one of the best men's clothing shops in town. They cater for the older man as much as the younger one, their size range is wide, they carry a wide variety of trousers and will order in colours they do not have in stock. This may sound like a puff piece but I do not have a single bespoke item from them and just find the shop an oasis where I have bought useful clothes. I have tried to like Drakes across the road but they never seem to have what I want at a reasonable price unlike A & S.

I have bought one or two things there and agree that the size range is good. It's all a trifle eccentric though, as if aimed at selling things to people who don't really need what they buy. As for reasonable prices - chinos for £360? I mean, I like them quite a lot but.....

Reasonable prices they are not...

Andrey

The linen trousers I bought there were £265.

It is - to my mind - the best menswear shop in London. I have always found the pricing fair - in particular on the knitwear

It is also the only place I have found that offers classic pieces, in excellent fabrics, in more contemporary cuts (slimmer trousers, slimmer fitting and shorter cardigans).

The service is also top-notch - and I always enjoy popping in for a coffee and a chat with Audie, Conor and Emily

R-O-T

R.O. Thornhill wrote:It is - to my mind - the best menswear shop in London. I have always found the pricing fair - in particular on the knitwear

It is also the only place I have found that offers classic pieces, in excellent fabrics,

The service is also top-notch

I could not agree more with ROT. The A & S haberdashery (and Budd!) are hard to beat. Drake's is great, but service, level of conversation and return on investment far better with the aforementioned.

Cheers, David

A bit nostalgic and manicured; fireplace, stuffed bird... Where are the albums with the stamp collection?

Abraham Grossman's Haberdashery (Denver, Colorado, 1920's),
Truman-Jacobson Haberdashery (Kansas City, Missouri, 1919, Truman on the far right).

davidhuh wrote: I could not agree more with ROT. The A & S haberdashery (and Budd!) are hard to beat. Drake's is great, but service, level of conversation and return on investment far better with the aforementioned.

Drakes has always been better in theory than in practice for me - love the idea of the shop, but most often leave empty-handed

Was surprised the other day that I couldn't even place a bespoke tie order in the shop - but had to go online. Also it is hardly true bespoke - could not make any changes to the shape of the tie (wanted a slightly longer knot)

R-O-T

R.O. Thornhill wrote:Was surprised the other day that I couldn't even place a bespoke tie order in the shop - but had to go online. Also it is hardly true bespoke - could not make any changes to the shape of the tie (wanted a slightly longer knot). R-O-T

R-O-T, I posted some notes on my first bespoke order at Drake's in this and following posts. Hope this can help you get what you want, as I did, from Drake's. Kind regards, f

Frederic Leighton wrote: R-O-T, I posted some notes on my first bespoke order at Drake's in this and following posts. Hope this can help you get what you want, as I did, from Drake's. Kind regards, f

Thank you - very helpful! Alas the store manager told me they no longer did customer patterns (and to his credit admitted that it's not really bespoke). Maybe I need to go straight to the factory...

R.O. Thornhill wrote:[...] the store manager told me they no longer did customer patterns (and to his credit admitted that it's not really bespoke).

Yes, in the shop they told me the same. I didn't like the answer and went back to the factory You just have to insist. Eventually they will do exactly what you want and do it wonderfully, in no time, at no extra-cost.

Who makes their knitwear??

Scot wrote:I have bought one or two things there and agree that the size range is good. It's all a trifle eccentric though, as if aimed at selling things to people who don't really need what they buy. As for reasonable prices - chinos for £360? I mean, I like them quite a lot but.....

Good grief I could get two pairs of bespoke trousers for that. And I'm only a few hundred miles to the west.