GBWU: God be with us. A little note that Lee at Gieves & Hawkes customarily scribbles on patterns for particularly difficult figurations. It is a habit, a superstition: written with a smile and long since deprived of any real expectation of religious intervention.

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I'd probably go for a raglan wool coat, or a pea coat

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Thanks Raj, and no I agree, those more basic pieces can be useful but it has to be mixed with lots of other things, and I always say knowledge will not get you that far - personal style is too creative

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