Teba fabric?

[Concordia]

I just experimented with a teba, marketed by Fox and MTO from a famous Spanish firm. A nice idea, but this is definitely summer weight. Any ideas on what to try further up the scale?

My first thought was to keep it slim and unobtrusive, so no tweeds. Would gabardine make sense? Serge? Moleskin? Whipcord?

What have you all seen that worked, or didn’t?

[belimad]

As I mentioned over at SF, I’m a big fan of Tebas. I have 3 light weight ones (2 hopsack, one light cotton), 1 mid one (Dashing Tweeds), and one flannel (Fox).
In general, I think any fabric with a bit of drape will work fine.

[Concordia]

Thanks. Will see what my new shirtmaker is willing to try.

[belimad]

Remind me please, are you based in London? If so, I am happy to share a few ideas with you.

[Concordia]

I spend much of the year about an hour away from London. So very feasible to drop in for the odd measurement and fitting.

[davidhuh]

In general, I think any fabric with a bit of drape will work fine.

This is indeed the recipe. The original Teba was a hunting jacket. I have 3 of them, mainly for summer and one of them in the heavy LL linen. Flannel or Loden would be my choice for winter, or a tweed.

If not bought off the rack, a discussion with the maker is needed, especially when the cloth to be used is not on the light side. You basically ask a shirt maker to work with a type of cloth they are not used to. And as usual in shirt making, once the pieces are cut, there is no room for adjustments.

Cheers, David

[andreyb]

I have three tebas, one from the original jersey fabric, two others from a lightweight donegal tweed and some worsted. I have to say only jersey works flawlessly; others feel like a compromise, due to the lack of stretch in the fabric.

Andrey