Recent content by de Bergerac

Great finds all three, but personally I love the first one. I'd kill to get a similar one in size 46....

Certainly sounds like yours is very similar. If the coat is just moderately too large, perhaps you could just move the buttons over a bit, to make it a little more snug?

Sorry about the delay... Sadly, 12/9 is all that is visible, the year is entirely faded. Believe me, I've scrutinised the label with a 60x microscope. :D I've been unable to unearth anything about the tailor, other than that the firm existed, so I likely won't find out anything more. Not...

I picked up this one for a song some months ago and could quite believe my eyes and sense of touch when it arrived. The coat is the heaviest I've ever encountered and the quality of the wool is unlike anything I've ever seen in a modern garment. Very, very thick, necessarily not quite as soft...

The penultimate jacket is another German job, in a wonderful blue-green with overchecks in deep rust-red and navy. This last one arrived today and has not lost its creases yet. A very traditional houndstooth in green and brown on beige. I'd been looking for this particular pattern, in...

Rather than simply leech advice, knowledge and wisdom, I thought perhaps I might contribute a little by posting some pictures of my Harris Tweed jackets here. They're neither particularly vintage, nor in any way extraordinary other than that being made from Harris Tweed makes them pretty...

Another good point, which I'll bear in mind. In the meantime I've located a a number of tailors within my preferred price range and based all over the UK, so the prospects seem good.

Thanks for the suggestions chaps, much appreciated. Higgins & Brown certainly appear to be a viable option, both as far as price is concerned and because they have branches all over the place. Two in Edinburgh I see, which is quite tempting. MTM prices from £450 bodes well too. I'm sure...

Newcastle is easy to reach, but London would be even easier for most, including me, and of course just a short distance from Northampton. The added benefit of going there is that I could drop by the factory shops of various shoe manufacturers at the same time, which would be quite nice. Still...

Thanks for the tip kyboots! Getting to Germany or Holland is very easy indeed, but I'm really after an MTM suit rather than an OTR. I'd like it to fit properly right away, since competent alterations are pretty expensive here and there'd be little or no savings in an OTR which needs altering...

Monumental indecisiveness is probably my greatest character flaw (that I will own up to). Thankfully I have time to waste, so as long as I get there in the end it's OK. Personally I'd love to have a slew of suits filling the wardrobe, but considering that's where they'd inevitably spend the...

Good advice there, thanks again. Last time I simply pointed at the style I liked, chose the cloth and that was pretty much that as far as my specific input went. Luckily I did also manage make it clear that I wanted something classic, which wouldn't look dated the year after, so that's what I...

Sorry, slip of the tongue. Still MTM rather than bespoke of course, just a tad more personalised. I likely won't have the time for bespoke anyway, nor indeed the will to pay for it. As for the weight: if I do go, I'll get to feel the cloth of course and decide what I feel is the best there...

That's entirely my thinking too, but it'd be silly to buy a suit which can't be used at those times when I really, really need a suit. And a jolly windowpane tweed, which is what I'd really like, might probably raise an eyebrow or three at a funeral even here. So dark grey it must be, I...

I appreciate the tip Mr. Alan, thank you very much! Whether or not I'll be able to take a trip to Nottingham within the mentioned time frame is uncertain, but come to think of it I actually have no fixed time frame, so I'll certainly give Smalleys some serious consideration. To be honest I...