Recent content by SteveN

Greetings all, Does anyone here have any recommendations for a good tailor in Melbourne that can reproduce a vintage style? I'm stuck 'down under' with only a single suit and am going to make the best of a 'bad' situation by having a few new suits made up. Can travel a bit, but don't have...

Does anyone know of any links for dating Harris Tweed? I'm surprised, but it appears there's nothing out there on the 'Net for dating the material. Cheers, - SteveN

Say Marc, What kind of back is on this jacket? Also, anyone noticed that all of Barry's pictures have broken links? Cheers, - SteveN

Anyone here having something made by these guys? I was just in their shop today, and asked about a sport jacket in a black & white houndstooth pattern. To my surprise, he said that last week someone came in and asked about the same thing. Regards, - Steve

So, is navy fashion to wear blazers and/or shirts down to the knuckles?:) Regards, - SteveN

Doesn't that blazer look too big? There is no cuff exposed, and if there were they would be down to his knuckles. SteveN

No idea. It's for sale on eBay, claiming to be 40's, but even my untrained eye thought something was wrong with that date. SteveN

Water & Dry Clean? Just thinking this though, and leaving out the tailoring part, it seems that, if you wanted to get a 'new' garment really clean, you'd run it through a water process & a dry cleaning one. The thinking being that the 'dry' clean would take out any unknown oil/grease stains...

Gentlemen, Does this jacket look like it comes from the 1940's to you? Given our recent discussion of 1960's jackets, it looks more like that era to me. If it is a 1940's jacket, what are the clues to dating it? No union label was displayed by the seller. Cheers, - SteveN

I always wondering about the meaning of 'fused'. Does anyone have an explanation or picture of what these hems look like?

Hmmmm. Good points. I was thinking along the same lines when I asked. Cheers, - SteveN

No, I was considering purchasing it. I'm still in 'training' as far as being able to recognize vintage pieces (defined as pre-1960), but something about this one didn't look 'right' to me. Regards, - SteveN

Greeting Gentlemen, Having not had much luck in dating suits in my first few tries, I'm a bit more cautious now. Anyone care to hazard a guess at an approximate date for this one: Cheers, - SteveN

No price, they were still pinning it to the dummy when I saw it.

What do you think? Snapped this in Neiman Marcus yesterday: Regards - SteveN