White flannels?

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Tone Loki
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Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:20 pm

Good afternoon..

As summer is supposedly approaching, I would like to get some white flannel trousers made up, but am having a hard time finding a good suitable summer weight material..

Any pointers would be most welcome...
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Sun May 04, 2008 8:59 pm

go with tropicals, flannel is too warm for summer.
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Mon May 05, 2008 1:18 pm

I found something in a Draper's book that replicates the look of white flannel, but is much more suitable for warm weather. It's a wool/cotton blend, about 9 ounce, I think. The cotton gives the cloth a nap, not quite a flannely nap, but better than nothing.

I agree that true flannel is too hot for summer. I know it used to be a summer staple, but I can't imagine wearing it myself.
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Mon May 05, 2008 1:45 pm

I have a few pairs of summer flannels from Paul Stuart. They are perfectly comfortable in warm weather. They are, however, tissue thin and somewhat flimsy feeling. They don't get abused, but I am surprised they have held up through three seasons as well as they have.
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Mon May 05, 2008 2:07 pm

Scabal and others offer very light (8-10oz) twills that are brushed a little. Some have a tad of mohair to add body.
Tone Loki
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Wed May 07, 2008 10:09 am

Thank you one and all - exactly the input I needed.. flannel is indeed way too heavy for Cannes in late May, but I like the 'hang' of a more substantial material..

I will try and track down some of the 9oz. twill - but I fear I may have had left it too late now to team with the navy blazer trimmed in white grosgrain and white bucks I was hoping to sport at the film festival this year...

Wish me luck..
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Thu May 15, 2008 11:28 am

I believe that Mr Alden has in the past raised the possibility of a Cloth Club edition of white flannel, but that he was disappointed by the lack of interest. Given that the issue has come up again shall we try once again to rouse the necessary support for this wonderful idea? I'd very much like to find a good white flannel for summer trousers.
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Thu May 15, 2008 12:01 pm

I would be interested, depending upon the weight.
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Thu May 15, 2008 12:10 pm

I, too.
Tone Loki
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Tue May 27, 2008 12:41 pm

Indeed I would be very interested... Back from Cannes now, where the unforeseen and impossible-to-predict monsoon-like bursts of rain rendered the wearing of white bucks / white flannels and blue blazer implausible anyway...
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Wed May 28, 2008 1:47 am

For what its worth, the May 27, 2008 entry onThe Satorialist, http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/, features Summer flannels.
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Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:18 pm

I believe that Mr Alden has in the past raised the possibility of a Cloth Club edition of white flannel, but that he was disappointed by the lack of interest. Given that the issue has come up again shall we try once again to rouse the necessary support for this wonderful idea? I'd very much like to find a good white flannel for summer trousers.
I think it is a good time to reopen the white summer flannels discussion on the clothclub

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Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:38 pm

I would like to join the chorus of interested takers.

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Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:48 pm

I would also be interested in ordering a few meters of white flannel.
Tone Loki
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Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:56 pm

Definitely interested if you still go ahead with the plan, Alden..
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