Tweed Run 2011, in Huntsman shooting suit
It wasn’t what this shooting suit was designed, cut or bought for, but it turns out the waistcoat and plus-fours are extremely practical for cycling. The plus-fours are high enough on the waist to cover the shirting at your back even when r...
Tweed Run 2011, in Huntsman shooting suit
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I was observing the Run whilst strolling down Regent Street. Impressive turn out and very brave of you all bearing in mind the heat that day!...
Huntsman tweed suit: Part 6
Tailoring is a very technical art. Despite the many times I have seen a suit being chalked, cut and made, there is still an awful lot I don’t understand and certainly can’t explain easily. Perhaps it could only be fully understood by doin...
Huntsman tweed suit: Part 6
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Afraid not, I'm not a hunter. The outfit does work well cycling though...
Huntsman tweed suit: Part 5
A final fitting on the Huntsman shooting suit last week, and only David Ward’s little tweaks stopped it being taken away. Good as the fit might look here, David insisted on taking a tiny tuck just below the right shoulder on the back of the...
Huntsman tweed suit: Part 5
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Cameron, I robustly disagree. There's nothing outlandish or impractical at all about the fabric. It's merely designed to go where you and the flock fear to tread....
Huntsman tweed suit: Part 4
This is the first, basted fitting for my Huntsman shooting suit, following up from last week’s post on the cutting of the pattern. You can see the line of the plus-twos, which are full yet narrow perceptibly to the knee. Adding a little bit mor...
Huntsman tweed suit: Part 4
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What a shocker! I hope you didn't pay for it....
Huntsman tweed suit: Part 3
My pattern has been created at Huntsman ahead of cutting the shooting suit we began discussing a few weeks ago. Featured here are two aspects of it that are unfamiliar to me, and probably to many readers. The first is the pattern for the plus twos. T...
Huntsman tweed suit: Part 3
My pattern has been created at Huntsman ahead of cutting the shooting suit we began discussing a few weeks ago. Featured here are two aspects of it that are unfamiliar to me, and probably to many readers. The first is th...
Permanent Style in GQ: Field Day
Another short piece in GQ last week, this time telling the world about next Monday, October 11, when Savile Row will be turfed and covered with sheep. Perhaps more importantly for those interested in bespoke tailoring, there is a whole roster of even...
Permanent Style in GQ: Field Day
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Hi Rob - it is absolutely for the lay man. That's the point - to get people to Savile Row and having a look around. Go to the Field Day site and look through the schedule, then go to anything that takes your fancy! See y...
Reader question: Indiana Jones
Greetings Simon, I discovered your blog site early this summer. First off, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to write such wonderful and informative articles on your blog. I have learned a great deal from reading your articles and look forwar...
Reader question: Indiana Jones
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I'm sure it does, but I don't know what it is I'm afraid...
Huntsman tweed suit: Part 2
Following up on the last post in this series, on Huntsman tweed, this runs through the style of a shooting suit and being measured. The suit shown here is three-button, but I opted for a more classic Huntsman one-button front in order to make it bett...
Huntsman tweed suit: Part 2
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Lovely to see the traditional craft of cutting a shooting suit covered on this informative website! Beautiful tweeds, will the final jacket have a shooting vent on the sides of the back or in the centre? A pleasant surpr...
Huntsman tweed suit: Part 1
This marks the beginning of a new series of posts tracking the making of a Huntsman tweed shooting suit. A three-piece with plus-twos in one of this year’s house tweeds (above, right, and second from the left on the sleeves). The tweed is a rev...
Huntsman tweed suit: Part 1
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Thank you Brian, that sounds great...
Book review: Bespoke by Richard Anderson
Richard Anderson can write. This quickly becomes apparent as the reader embarks on the story of his time on Savile Row – from dishevelled apprentice to Huntsman’s youngest-ever head cutter. The realisation that a book is to be chronologic...
Book review: Bespoke by Richard Anderson
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Great recommendation Simon!...
Reader question: Differences between bespoke tailors
CS, Los Angeles: I have been reading PS for the last few months in an effort to educate myself on various matters of style. First and foremost, I want to thank you for the time and effort you put into your work in this area. I suspect that you have a...
Reader question: Differences between bespoke tailors
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I would suggest you look at Whitcomb & Shaftesbury as an English starting point, and probably not Liverano as that's very expensive. For Neapolitan, I'd suggest either Caliendo or Ciardi...
A pleasant visit to Huntsman
There’s a festive reindeer in the window of Savile Row tailors Huntsman. There is some dispute among the staff as to whether it is, in fact, a reindeer, or a mere stag. But it is definitely dressed in a spotty red silk scarf. And its name is Br...
A pleasant visit to Huntsman
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Thanks Paul. Yes I've covered this a little - eg in my WW Chan review. Essentially most people are doing some kind of remote fittings, but it's never really the same result unless you're a repeat customer or seen the tai...
Interview: Patrick Grant, Norton & Sons
A perennial topic on this site, and indeed other style fora, is how customers interact with their tailors when they have their first suit made. The customer thinks he knows what he wants but he can’t quite express it – at least not in the...
Interview: Patrick Grant, Norton & Sons
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This is great!! I look forward to reading more of the same!...
In defence of Blake construction
There’s nothing necessarily wrong with Blake-construction shoes (the method used on all traditional Italian models). They are just more delicate and will not last as long as Goodyear-welted shoes. The same could be said about suits made from su...
In defence of Blake construction
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Lennon's is a riveted construction, so not Blake stitch. Welted constructions can be just as flexible as a Blake stitch one, it depends which materials have been used. A thinner insole plus sole is more flexible than thi...
