Part 2?

[Minh]

I wanted to thank Mr. Alden for giving us the chance to see the Duke of Windsor's suits. Making the arrangements to access the suits must have been difficult, and it is time consuming to take photos and post them to the site. I am eagerly waiting Part 2, which will answer the mystery from Part 1: if the proportions of the Duke's suits were not unusual for Savile Row, what accounts for their elegance and magic?

Living in Boston, and traveling to Quebec to visit my French girlfriend, I have always been skeptical of the "lighter is better now that there is central heating" approach to fabrics. I walk outside quite often in both cities, where temperatures can go down to minus 20 degrees Celsius. It helps to have a heavier suit. Indoors, I have found that some buildings are stingy with the heat, making a heavier suit appropriate for the winter.

Over the past year, I have had the chance to watch some films from the 30s through the 50s at the Brattle Theatre. It's remarkable how much better the heavier fabrics draped, compared to the tissue paper worn on TV these days. I'm sure they lasted a lot longer, too.

Minh