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I want to upgrade a grey overcoat I've inherited , by getting a tailor to replace the upper part of the collar with velvet. Who should I go to to obtain the velvet.? .preverably some trustworthy and possiblty expensive source-as I'll only need < 1/2 metre ..if they can do it by post then so much the better . What colours..black or nayy spring to mind..any help would be very gratefully received.

Charles,

Dormeuill have a great "Formal" bunch which includes some very good velvets .

I would suggest a black rather than blue . If you can find a silk velvet rather than a cotton ,you will have a very special collar indeed!

Have you given any thought to Astrakhan as an alternative or do you consider it too much ?

bluscuro

Holland and Sherry has a decent selection of colors - including blue and black. And they will work by mail. The contact details are on the website. I think dark blue sounds like a nice twist and would look better if the coat isn't too dark of a grey.

Hi, Charles, sorry for not responding to your post much earlier as I was a bit busy preparing for an accountancy refresher course held in Singapore.

Black should be most suitable for your grey overcoat. I have some silk (that's what the Shanghainese saleswoman claimed) velvet (that also) fabric material which I was planning to add to the collar (or, lapel?) of my Chesterfield. Fortunately, I couldn't remember the "correct" fabric to use was Velvet, and so had both the collar and lapel covered with Mink! At first, I was so disappointed with my mistake because Mink costs so much more than velvet. But when I walked around Shanghai, much to my amazement, there were many people who had real fur on the collars of their overcoats; if not for the mink, their overcoats would have outclassed mine.

If it's not too late, you could provide me with your address plus tell me the length you desire.

charles wrote:I want to upgrade a grey overcoat I've inherited , by getting a tailor to replace the upper part of the collar with velvet. Who should I go to to obtain the velvet.? .preverably some trustworthy and possiblty expensive source-as I'll only need < 1/2 metre ..if they can do it by post then so much the better . What colours..black or nayy spring to mind..any help would be very gratefully received.