Field coat, London

[Concordia]

Hi all:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a London source of field coats (e.g., Chrysalis)? I will be passing through Town in early January, when the various sales should be running rampant. One could always go to Herzfeld or the Andover Shop, but I'd expect a greater variety and lower prices closer to the source.

[alden]

Cordings has a nice selection and they also do them in lighter tweeds you may favor.

M Alden

[TimMureau]

I saw them also in a little huntingshop in Mayfair very near the the connaught hotel.
I can not remember the name on the moment but when I find it today in my mind I write it down here.

[Scot]

I saw them also in a little huntingshop in Mayfair very near the the connaught hotel.
I can not remember the name on the moment but when I find it today in my mind I write it down here.

I believe the shop to which you refer is Williams on Mount Street. They do have a reasonable selection. Alittle further along the same street is Purdey. Again a decent selection but at a premium!

[Concordia]

Thanks, all. That should provide a useful array of variants. I currently have one in blue Loden cloth (which I like very much), but it is a size too large as I never wear it over a jacket, just a sweater.

[TimMureau]

I saw them also in a little huntingshop in Mayfair very near the the connaught hotel.
I can not remember the name on the moment but when I find it today in my mind I write it down here.

I believe the shop to which you refer is Williams on Mount Street. They do have a reasonable selection. Alittle further along the same street is Purdey. Again a decent selection but at a premium!

That is the name of that shop indeed.

[whnay.]

Speaking of gunsmiths, Holland & Holland usually has a nice selection of coats. They have a sale just after Christmas if memory serves.

Connolly, the famous leathermaker, is also worth a visit, its located right next to Berluti on Conduit St.

[Concordia]

Back from London-- all shops mentioned had good selections, as mentioned.

Exact cut/style was somewhat different in each; they're not all the same thing re-badged.

Final choice for me was Holland & Holland which had a 40% markdown on older stock, which (with the collapse of the North Atlantic Peso) put it sort of in the range of reasonableness. Absent that, it would have been Cordings with no tears.

[rjman]

Connolly, the famous leathermaker, is also worth a visit, its located right next to Berluti on Conduit St.

Connolly no longer makes anything anymore, but the shop is one of my favorite in London, full of extremely interesting, well-made things generally sold under the Connolly label, including some beautiful Seraphin jackets.

[DD MacDonald]

Concordia, two other would be William Evans on St. James and Farlows at the bottom of Haymarket. Evans has a great house tweed and does a good technical jacket. As long as you're on St. James, take a look at Swaine Adeny and possibly Beretta.

DDM

[Concordia]

I did see William Evans-- nice coats, not perfect fit. Nice stuff in there.

Beretta didn't sing to me, for some reason. Might have been fit or style.

Don't recall seeing Farlows, but I did walk along that street so might have checked it out passim.

I don't know why I didn't think of Swaine Adeney, but I didn't go near the place. Next year.

[Bishop of Briggs]

Farlow's moved to Pall Mall a couple of years ago.

Swaine Adeney Brigg's clothing is nothing special.

[Leonard Logsdail]

Why not have a field coat made? You can then pick your own tweed instead of following the herds.