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  1. herringbonekid

    What are you wearing today??

    it's actually modern linen chambray. chambray typically has a coloured warp and white weft, which gives it the flecky look:
  2. herringbonekid

    Show us their suits

  3. herringbonekid

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    Rudie, i'm just a fan of the high-back and braces look, and they're never seen if they're always under a waistcoat or jacket. i blame Room With a View:
  4. herringbonekid

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    also, just finished these 11" wide trousers; the first wide legged trousers i've made in 3 and a half years (which was when my early 20s trouser phase began). these are for summer wear and are made from a fairly lightweight wool/linen blend mini-herringbone fabric. i don't know the age of this...
  5. herringbonekid

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    thanks TT and Damian. that last tie fabric is hot !
  7. herringbonekid

    Show us their suits

    apart from Gary Cooper:
  8. herringbonekid

    Show us their suits

    i like the look of the wide flecky trousers on the chap next to Fred in the first photo.
  9. herringbonekid

    Balmoral Boots

    Fastuni, i think the black pair are 40s, not sure about the brown. Rudie, i don't think the Aero boots are too bad. i've seen some British derby boots from the 20s-40s which are similar. the ones you bought have a much more exaggerated elegant last shape, but i don't think Aero would have been...
  10. herringbonekid

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    thanks ! there might be but i wouldn't want to risk altering the surface appearance. p.s. the vintage buckle originally had leather on it, but as it was being dyed the leather fell off exposing the painted metal underneath. i quite like the fact that the coat looks about a hundred years old...
  11. herringbonekid

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    nice one Nick. i've just finished this unlined coat. it's made from heavy vintage French linen which was white, but it looked too much like a lab coat when it was finished (as i guessed it might) so i dyed it grey. i'm not really sure how practical it is since it's not waterproof. i picture...
  13. herringbonekid

    Balmoral Boots

    i'm certain it could be done, it would just be a question of who's willing to stump up the cash. i heard that modern one-piece lasts would be difficult to get out of a narrow-waisted boot, but since the lasts would have to be created especially for this Edwardian style boot anyway, they could...
  14. herringbonekid

    Balmoral Boots

    i mean someone like us would have to go to the factory with the original boot, and oversee the copying of it - without compromise - ... then order a limited run. it would require money obviously.
  15. herringbonekid

    Balmoral Boots

    i'm sure those boots could be reproduced exactly (but wider) by a Northampton factory.
  16. herringbonekid

    Balmoral Boots

    ouch.
  17. herringbonekid

    Balmoral Boots

    yes, perfect shape. are those your's Rudie ?
  19. herringbonekid

    Balmoral Boots

    saw some very nice Alden boots today (in Liberty, London) but can't find an image of them online. they were black toe cap derbys (not balmorals), with a good in-curved ankle (the bit me and Rudie keep going on about no one getting right ... at least someone is doing it !) very 20s-30s looking...
  20. herringbonekid

    Show Us Vintage GERMAN Suits

    very 'flash Harry' as we say in the UK. you're on a suit finding bender ! (p.s. i'm a 37R)
  21. herringbonekid

    Vintage Suitings: Discussions of, and sourcing modern equivalents, etc.

    you must be a busy chap ! i'm afraid my own tailoring efforts have been lacking this year also, but i do have a couple of things on the go at present, albeit of the summer-linen variety, not the tweed in question.
  22. herringbonekid

    Vintage Suitings: Discussions of, and sourcing modern equivalents, etc.

    Fox Brothers are apparently producing some cloths this Autumn-Winter based on their 1924-5 archive book, although they don't say exactly which ones. more great cloth i can't afford ! the swatches above are very similar to a fabric Fastuni found last year in Germany. just...
  23. herringbonekid

    A suit from 1905

    they had some enviable lining fabrics back then. i really admire the fabric and tailoring quality of 1900 suits while not being a big fan of the cuts. will you be keeping this suit to wear ?

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