A visit with Smith Woollens in London

"The brute covers himself, the rich man and the fop adorn themselves, the elegant man dresses!"

-Honore de Balzac

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alden
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Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:14 pm

During a visit with David Graham of Smith Woollens, I filmed this short feature that will appear soon on DWS. In the spot we discuss the 15 ozs "Whole Fleece" cloth. Many of you have asked me why the cloth is so named and Mr. Graham answers your question.

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Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:51 pm

Most interesting interview. I was really amazed by the gray worsted. What would be its price range? I guess Smith Woollens do not have an on-line store, do they?

Thank you once more for this great video, Mr. Alden.
andreyb

Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:02 am

Michael, very interesting video!
lgcintra wrote:I guess Smith Woollens do not have an on-line store, do they?
Lgcintra, I'm afraid they don't. Morever, they don't have a web-site, either.

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Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:27 am

If you wish to order cloth or have more information, please call or fax Smith Woollens and ask for David.

Smith Woollens
Tel: 020 74376226
Fax: 020 72875324

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Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:43 am

Another great video Alden!

I'm very lucky to have the two suits made in the Whole Fleece, one in the navy and the other in dark grey. The cloth really is a fantastic twill. I suspect the mid-grey will be next on the list. There is another article someplace on the site by Manton about the Whole Fleece with a discussion.

Does anyone know which mill actually weaves and makes the cloth?

Any plans to develop it in more than the four shades it comes in now?

There was an article in from Thursday's New York Times that had an interesting quotation by Samuel Raskoff at NYU that plays into what Smith's MD was saying. The article quotes Raskoff as saying, “There’s a sense that this return to style, or to a consciousness of how you look, is an attempt by young men to recover a set of values that were at one point very much present in American society and then lost,” he said. “It strikes me as being of a piece with the way young people buy their coffee or their food: paying attention to authenticity or quality, and to whether something is organic or local. They stand for a rejection of the idea that all consumer goods are ephemeral and inevitably made in China and bought at Wal-Mart.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/fashi ... ted=2&_r=1
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