My first bespoke Dinner Jacket

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Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:22 am

bond_and_beyond wrote:Thats's a gorgeous dinner suit David, thanks for posting. What type of silk braid did you choose for the trousers? Abit hard to make out from the photo.

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Dear BB,

thank you. The silk braid on the trousers is the same black silk satin used for the shawl collar.

Cheers, David
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Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:12 am

davidhuh wrote:I owe this forum some pictures of my finished DB shawl collar dinner suit.
Fantastic, David! Congratulations! :D
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Thu Jan 08, 2015 2:14 pm

Great looking David! Compliments to Thomas!

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Thu Jan 08, 2015 5:00 pm

What a beautiful DJ, David.
Great choice of cloth and cut, that shawl DB portrays a relaxed elegance :!:
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Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:21 pm

Impressive dinner suit, David. You look very confortable in it.
Congratulations.
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Sat Dec 05, 2015 1:29 am

My bespoke peak lapel DB dinner jacket in progress


I would like to share with fellow members my DB dinner jacket's progress. This is my first DB dinner jacket with vents.

It is a light 9/10 oz. black barathea.
grosgrain silk facing (the direction of grosgrain is quite the opposite of other djs)
grosgrain silk covered buttons
the V of the jacket will be lowered
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Fri Dec 18, 2015 2:47 am

fabrics wrote:My bespoke peak lapel DB dinner jacket in progress
Is it done yet?
I particularly liked the fact that there was not tension visible while seated and -at the same time- was not too loose when standing up. Well cut jacket.
I also believe that opening up the V a bit is a good move, although usually DB peak lapels show less shirt than the shawl collar.
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Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:12 pm

fabrics wrote:My bespoke peak lapel DB dinner jacket in progress


I would like to share with fellow members my DB dinner jacket's progress. This is my first DB dinner jacket with vents.

It is a light 9/10 oz. black barathea.
grosgrain silk facing (the direction of grosgrain is quite the opposite of other djs)
grosgrain silk covered buttons
the V of the jacket will be lowered
Nice, fabrics.
I also have a bespoke DB dinner suit similar to yours.

It was an advice of many London Loungers' that convinced to get a bespoke dinner suit, and it was one of the best decisions I have ever made on clothing!
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Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:54 pm

yasu10s wrote: It was an advice of many London Loungers' that convinced to get a bespoke dinner suit, and it was one of the best decisions I have ever made on clothing!
Well done, yasu10s. At some point in the future you might want to follow the full advice of the LL and cover those buttons with grosgrain. I´m pretty sure that the overall look of the jacket would be improved even more.
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