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A friend of mine is looking for a good country wear tailor is there anyone who the members would recommend for country wear in particular?

Huntsman (No. 11 Savile Row) are a very reputable tailor and have always boasted of the quality of their hunting suits. Your friend will need deep pockets though; Huntsman suits tend to be rather expensive!
If this is not to your friend's tastes, any halfway decent tailor should be able to run you up a more than satisfactory hunting suit in a good tweed- take your pick!

Best Wishes

Lister-Heathcote

Huntsman charges £4000 for bespoke and £2000 upwards for MTM. Most good bespoke tailors in the country should be able to offer well cut countrywear.

If your budget is limited (i.e. around £300 - £500 for a suit), Alexander James (http://www.alexander-james.co.uk) in Manchester won the Daily Telegraphs's country retailer of the year award.

Bookster (http://www.tweed-jacket.com) has improved its cut, construction and range of cloths (including Porter & Harding and John G Hardy). It also offers MTM corduroy and moleskin trousers.

Here are a few of pictures of a shooting coat I finished a couple of weeks back. This coat will be used for shooting, it is not for show.

The cloth is a Porter and Harding thornproof, the canvas inside is very firm, I have made the chest very defined for my client with a strong lapel roll.
The fronts are cut away at the bottom, so no matter how much you try the 3rd button will not button up.

The back has 'action pleats' or some would call it a bi swing back, 1/2 belt sewn down with a full skirt cut.
I have cut the back pleats as I always do, right on the end of the shoulder seam, this way they are very discreet when the arms are down.
I also cut the fronts with a seperate side body, but matched the check pattern both ways to maintain the pattern as you can see, the flaps are hand stitched but not pressed so look a 'little full'

The sleeves have a single button.

thank you very much to everyone who replied. i'll recommend all of these to him and see where he wants to go.

also cut the fronts with a seperate side body, but matched the check pattern both ways to maintain the pattern as you can see,

Des

Another nice coat, you have been keeping busy.

I would like to know why did you do a side body on this coat?

Thanks

Michael Alden