How much cloth does it take...

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Hello all

I am interested in having a local tailor here in Vietnam make me a single breasted mid length car coat - kind of like this (for want of a better picture)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0006 ... ZZZZZ_.jpg

I have one here that he can copy, it measures 86cm from bottom of collar to bottom of coat.

Have my eye on an eBay auction of a 1.5m length of herringbone tweed with a very faint windowpane that I think will look great, but concerned that 1.5 m just wont make the distance. So how much cloth does it take to make a coat of this type?

Best

Matt