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May 19, 2005
loving home wanted...
(me on the right, wearing my favourite suit)
A few weeks ago I posted this pic of one of my customers and his new sparkly coat, with me there next to him.
That blue, 10oz I’m wearing (the cloth is from from H.Lessers) is a
dear friend of mine. It’s about five years old, but still has another ten years left in it, at least.
This little gem is getting a little neat on me these days (a combination of going to the gym and filling out a bit with age) and rather than let it out, I thought I’d offer it to one of my readers at English Cut. I get a lot of kind e-mails from readers who would love a hand-made suit, but they’re still at college or simply don’t have the funds as yet.
Why am I doing this? Well, sadly I haven’t managed to find a wife to compete with my love for tailoring and taking my sailboat out on the weekends, hence, no sons. And I’m still looking for that right apprentice to take over from me in twenty years. So in essense, I don’t have the customary persons in my life to hand it down to.
The suit measures are approx. 38” chest, 33.5” trouser waist (high back, must wear braces) and a 31”inside leg. The style is a classic single-breasted, 3 button, rolling through as you can see on the photo. It's got practicly nothing in the shoulders, typical of what I like. I would imagine its would be pretty good for someone if you took a 38” regular off the peg.
One of my tailors, Ron Hardy made (sewed) this for me and it's wonderfully soft and comfortable. It’s definitely been the favorite in my wardrobe so it’s seen a bit of action in its short life. This classic blue cloth from Lessers is great to wear, so I’m just going to make a new one exactly the same.
So if you’d like to e-mail me and convince me it’ll have a good home, I’ll even stand the postage to anywhere on the globe. It’ll be freshly laundered when it arrives. And even if the fit is not perfect, you can always say it was cut by the future King's tailor. That’s got to be worth a round of drinks, at least.
P.S. I don’t want to see it on E-Bay in a couple of weeks.
Posted by tom at May 19, 2005 10:58 AM
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