The London Lounge

For odd trousers I use Ambrosi, Chan, and a trouser maker who is at least on the same continent. My domestic maker does lovely handwork, makes a pattern and so on. I began to notice I had trouble getting my wallet out of my right hip pocket (I am left handed). Since the size of my wallet has shrunk over the last year, it didn't make sense. Finally I took out a tape and noticed that the width of the hip pocket was 5 inches exactly, as opposed to 5 1/2 inches on my other trousers. This was easily fixed on my last order..





(The cloth in the photo is a very, very, heavy Italian cotton twill, width a course feel, somewhat rigid, but very rugged.)

That is really lovely workmanship. The craftsmanship is visible without being flashy.

Thanks Dopey. He remarked to me once that he really likes to do as much by hand as possible. His wife finishes the cuffs. A true 'mom and pop' operation.

The pocket issue came up after I lost some weight, and had the pattern changed to reflect a smaller waist line. I think he reduced the hip pocket width at that time.

I must say that fora long time I have stipulated 6" bu 6" deep for the back pockets. This seems to work for me. The very odd times I have not used my normal tailor (Gordon Yao in HK) some very unsatisfactory offerings have emerged.