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May 1, 2006
Lucy in Cumbria..
[Spring on the river Eden, here at the Hall]
Sorry I've been neglecting English Cut for a while. I do love telling you what we tailors on Savile Row are up to, but we wouldn't be tailors if we didn't have customers, and Thank God, I've a plenty to look after at the moment.
Not that I'm complaining, just that I'm chained to my cutting board here at the Hall for the next while. I know, it could be a lot worse. The view of the spring flowers outside are quite beautiful.
[Old master with those glasses...]
Talking of Spring and all things new, my assistant Lucy Adams is in her final year at university. And I must compliment Julian and the rest of the staff as they seem to have been earning their pay. I've got to admit she's a great help here at English Cut and some of the work I've seen and the ideas she's got are really pretty good. So as she's a little more time to spare than me, I asked her to treat herself to a suit and we can really see what she can do.
As I said, her cutting is pretty impressive, albeit a bit too technical and new-fangled for me. However, the deal is, we'll make Lucy a suit, using our tailors. We enjoyed working on the design and cutting the pattern together up here in Cumbria. This of course is for a very fussy customer [i.e. herself]. Rather her than me.
I must admit I like the look of the style she's got in mind. So if it fits, which is entirely up to her, we may just have the best dressed girl in the USA by the time we've finished.
We've chosen something a little bit special for this little experiment, certainly one of the most exclusive cloths I've ever come across. Scabal Super 150's & 22 Carat Gold stripes. Well she did say it just "caught her eye".
[Yes, that's 22 carat gold thread, and don't ask...]
Watching Lucy cut that pattern for an hour, I've never known her so quiet, for so long. Well, every cloud has a silver lining. Or gold, as in this case.
Watch this space and we'll see how she looks.
Posted by tom at May 1, 2006 5:18 PM
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