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January 25, 2010

well i never...

(chairman of the board with jeans)

The picture above may give you an idea about how comfortable bespoke is. This gentleman is a client of mine who popped in to see me to re-order.

I was a little surprised to see he was wearing his last suit minus the trousers. As you can see he was in jeans and casual shoes. Wearing a classic grey worsted coat and waistcoat with jeans is something I'd never of considered. But I had to admit I thought he looked extremely comfortable and relaxed, yet very stylish.

Worked well I thought. What do you think?

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January 13, 2010

little spitfires.....

(Lucky me and my brilliant instructor)

I thought I should write a quick note to explain something which has been confusing some of my clients recently. You see every time we send out a new suit or jacket we pack it with a compliments slip. This of course is pretty normal. However, on the corner of the compliment slip we pin a little pewter Spitfire.

(one of our compliment slips)

As our clients will know this is our company logo. The main reason is as I said earlier. I have had the very good fortune to take the controls of this beautiful war bird a while ago and got to fly her one sunny afternoon. This is thanks to the help of a very good friend who realised my love of this beautiful aircraft.

As a little thank you to the bravery of the pilots and all of the Royal Air Force we like to support their memorial fund. This we do by purchasing these lovely Spitfire lapel badges. We don't expect you to wear them but if they make you pause for a moment of appreciation then that will be enough.

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January 4, 2010

irreplaceable.....

(Ron and Pat on one of our English Cut parties)

I would like to wish all of our readers our very best wishes for the new year. Sadly the start of 2010 has been marked with the loss of a very dear friend and colleague, Mr Ron Hardy.

Ron has been working for Edwin and I for the last thirteen years. He has been in the tailoring trade all of his life and sadly passed away at the untimely age of only 67. Until last summer Ron was working full time as hard as ever. Apart from the huge loss to his partner, Pat and their family. His amazing skill and patients will be a great loss to our trade.

(An example of Ron's work)

Ron has made for many clients who have recognised his wonderful skill in making their clothes over the years. Recently you may remember the beautiful overcoats that Ron made for some of my clients. I hope our friends who were fortunate enough to own some of these pieces will treasure these truly rare and outstanding garments. These of course were only a tiny example of Ron's huge contribution to this very special trade.

One look at at some of our friends work confirms the outstanding beautiful skill that so much reflects the man. Ron's calmness and unflappable patience has helped not only myself but everyone who was fortunate enough to know Ron.

We have all lost a wonderfully kind and witty man who will be extremely missed by all who knew him. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this sad time.

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