Tweed Car Coat

"The brute covers himself, the rich man and the fop adorn themselves, the elegant man dresses!"

-Honore de Balzac

Screaminmarlon
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Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:18 pm

Almost there :wink:

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C.Lee
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Sat Feb 13, 2016 10:32 pm

Shaping up nicely M. With your updates, I am as excited for it as you are.
AMD
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Sun Feb 14, 2016 3:36 pm

Screaminmarlon wrote:Almost there :wink:

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This is looking wonderful. I'm sure it will be a joy to wear.
Screaminmarlon
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Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:55 pm

Hope to gather this coat as spring breaks through :D
rlambert
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Wed Feb 17, 2016 3:30 am

This jacket is inspiring. I'm tempted to have the 646 or LLTW 08 from the current offerings made into a similar design.

Does the jacket have vents? Also, is anyone able to post a link to a photo of Michael Alden's LL reefer jacket?
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Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:04 am

rlambert
yes, it has one central vent. You may try to use the search using 'Reefer' (I can't remember the name of the thread, it should be in this very section of LL). I should have a jpg of it somewhere, if you can't find it I'll check,
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Screaminmarlon
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Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:07 pm

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alden
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Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:19 pm

That looks great! Now you have given me some ideas ScreaminM!

The tailor did an amazing job. That is going to be a very practical coat. Well done

Cheers
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Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:24 pm

rlambert

This is my reefer coat:

ImageLL Reefer by The London Lounge, on Flickr

ImageLL Reefer by The London Lounge, on Flickr

Cheers
Screaminmarlon
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Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:54 pm

Thank you, Michael! My taylor's happy as I am for the coat.
Your Reefer coat was the inspiration, so I'm glad you like it :)
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Sat Mar 12, 2016 11:09 pm

I hope you get as much pleasure wearing yours as I do mine.

Mine is made of a 1000 gms overcoating and it is warm! And I chose a 6 x 3 style so I could button all the way up in really cold weather. But the 6 x 2 is very nice looking.

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Screaminmarlon
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Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:00 pm

It was meant as a 6x3, but a creative twist from my taylor brought the 6x2.
I prefer the 6x3, in September we'll see to that :D
rlambert
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Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:41 pm

Michael - Thank you for re-posting the images of your reefer. I've decided to have something similar made up from the TW10 remake. Now, I am on the fence as to whether it would be better to use the dark brown side with patch pockets or the navy side with side pockets? There is probably no wrong answer to this question.
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Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:44 pm

rlambert

Both. The easy answer.

You might do the brown side a little longer with the patch pockets a la Polo coat; and the shorter reefer style with the blue side.

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davidhuh
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Sun Mar 13, 2016 6:45 pm

Screaminmarlon wrote:It was meant as a 6x3, but a creative twist from my taylor brought the 6x2.
I prefer the 6x3, in September we'll see to that :D
Screamin, bellissima giacca! Very well done.

In my opinion, you should keep it as a 6x2. I like it very much the way it is.

Cheers, David
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