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Does anybody know of any book which has fabric for checkered formal trousers?

This sort of thing is pretty rare these days and I am struggling to find anything.

Thank you

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I know I have seen it, but can't specifically recall which book. Off the top of my head, I would say try Lesser, Smith and Dugdale. Smith has the fattest of the formal books, as I recall, so is most llikely to have a good morning formal check.

manton wrote:I know I have seen it, but can't specifically recall which book. Off the top of my head, I would say try Lesser, Smith and Dugdale. Smith has the fattest of the formal books, as I recall, so is most llikely to have a good morning formal check.

Thank you Manton. I will take a careful look. My tailor doesn't stock Dugdale but the others I think I should be able to somehow dig up.

Cheers!

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I have been thinking about getting a more "tweedy" trouser than the "fancy" stripes for morning wear. Especially seeing how black and white tweed is all over London, this autumn/ winter. However, I wonder whether it would appear I was pretending to be in/ have been in Pop.

Leon wrote:I have been thinking about getting a more "tweedy" trouser than the "fancy" stripes for morning wear. Especially seeing how black and white tweed is all over London, this autumn/ winter. However, I wonder whether it would appear I was pretending to be in/ have been in Pop.

I guess it depends on how obviously tweedy it looked. If what you meants was a worsted in black/grey both suitably austere and refined I think you might be able to pull it off without looking like you are wearing country trousers for morning wear. Obviously neither a POW check nor a houndstooth pattern would work but if you found an appropriate original design it is quite conceivable that you could pull it off.

FYI, so far Lesser does NOT have a formal checkered trousering.

This by the way is the sort of thing I was hoping to find:



A Cloth Club project perhaps??

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Why not a black and white small houndstooth check?

I have worn this for years with a morning suit. It does have a racier air and is perhaps more suitable for Ascot or a summer wedding than a winter one.

culverwood wrote:Why not a black and white small houndstooth check?
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Because you would look like a chef. Right or wrong, in the eyes of many houndstooth trousers have been appropriated by the chefs of the world as the standing uniform.