They're both great. It would be fun to take them both to a weekend event, wear them across two days in sequence. Keeping an overall colour-theme for the event, but switching it up each day.
Looking good Edward, as for teaching EU data protection law, such a heavy subject might not command 100% attention when the lecturer is so impeccably attired. Got to love those baggies and are those shoes in pics one and three, Gibsons? Fab-u-lous!Currently teaching in Beijing, so the warmer weather clothes are starting to appear.... These are from the last week or so...
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Trousers are Kay Canvas repro US Army WW2 Summer Issue Chinos.
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These are another pair of the same trouser that I threw in the washing machine with a Dylon dyepod. ('Emerald Green' being the designation - they also have a 'forest green' which is a military-style, olive green.) No idea why they look so low slung in this photo - they do sit nicely on my natural waist just like the un-dyed pair!
I have a third pair at home, waiting to be dyed black. This experiment being successful, my next move may be to have a similar go with a pair of WPG's KD Service Dress trousers. So far they've been great - nice and wide in the leg, practical for everyday wear.
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And this last one is from this morning, beginning of week 2 of this block of teaching - EU data protection law. Change of campus, change of hotel, change of class. In the Holiday Inn nearer in town, which is a bonus. The hotel over at ShaHe is lovely, very new, very flash, but it's also well out of the middle of town, and still an area with nothing in the way of shops / restaurants, so it has its limits. As more of a business hotel with no tourist clientele (and, as of yet, no international business trade, though that is likely to change), there's very little English spoken, so it feels like a return to c.2006 - or like living in a Douglas Coupland novel. Perfectly pleasant as long as one accepts the limitations this brings. A slightly cooler day today for Beijing at this time of year (it's 14 Celsius out there. Positively balmy for me, but the locals are out in their cooler weather gear still.
GHT I greatly look forward to seeing your suits. You've got a great look.Looking good Edward, as for teaching EU data protection law, such a heavy subject might not command 100% attention when the lecturer is so impeccably attired. Got to love those baggies and are those shoes in pics one and three, Gibsons? Fab-u-lous!
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This blazer was one of those lucky finds. It didn't quite fit, but my wife did a bit of her wand waving, however, it was obviously an expensive, made to measure jacket and will only ever fit perfectly someone of similar dimensions of the original owner.
So..........there's a replacement in the pipeline:
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My tailor is going to do something similar to Simon SJC's period suit.
The box pleat pockets will be replaced by a pattern matched patch
pocket, it will be single breasted and the lapels will be the wide peak style.
The fabric is as above.
You're a true gentleman, good Sir, thank you for the generous compliment. It helps having a very talented lady who is gifted with sewing skills, she also has a flare for style, design and colour match/colour coordination. Something tells me you will like the blazer design when it's finished and I can post it.GHT I greatly look forward to seeing your suits. You've got a great look.
Most likely. I wish someone could teach me to sew like that. I have a hard time finding anything I like but I can't figure out how to sew to make my own. Which is hilarious considering my job for over a decade was building fixing and repairing things as a contractor.You're a true gentleman, good Sir, thank you for the generous compliment. It helps having a very talented lady who is gifted with sewing skills, she also has a flare for style, design and colour match/colour coordination. Something tells me you will like the blazer design when it's finished and I can post it.
Looking good Edward, as for teaching EU data protection law, such a heavy subject might not command 100% attention when the lecturer is so impeccably attired. Got to love those baggies and are those shoes in pics one and three, Gibsons? Fab-u-lous!
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This blazer was one of those lucky finds. It didn't quite fit, but my wife did a bit of her wand waving, however, it was obviously an expensive, made to measure jacket and will only ever fit perfectly someone of similar dimensions of the original owner.
So..........there's a replacement in the pipeline:
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My tailor is going to do something similar to Simon SJC's period suit.
The box pleat pockets will be replaced by a pattern matched patch
pocket, it will be single breasted and the lapels will be the wide peak style.
The fabric is as above.
Most likely. I wish someone could teach me to sew like that. I have a hard time finding anything I like but I can't figure out how to sew to make my own. Which is hilarious considering my job for over a decade was building fixing and repairing things as a contractor.
That's true. I'm good with wood great with stone. And while I can make solid leather goods they're not decorative, very utilitarian. I don't have an artistic flair but I'm good with colors, framing, and layouts. With sewing I have a hard time with machines. I have one but I can't use it. I break threads and needles. I jam the lower bobbin thing. I can hand sew to an extent but I lack the time needed to complete large projects so I have to limit myself to patches and repairs. I have patterns for a few things I want but I hesitate to start as I can't run that machine. I need to find a sewing class.I think everyone has a particular medium that meshes with their skillset just so... I remember when I interviewed Ken at Aero a few years ago, he wasn't best complimentary of his own earliest efforts in clothes making, but when he started with leather, he just had a flair for it...
My wife's talent is probably due to the fact that she took an interest in sewing when she was a child. Her aunt encouraged her and showed her the basics. A child's brain is like a sponge absorbing knowledge without thinking of it as a lesson. At our previous address our neighbours were a British and Dutch couple whose business had taken them to reside in first, Germany and then France. Their four small children all spoke Dutch, French, German and English fluently, children are amazing.Most likely. I wish someone could teach me to sew like that.
It's a shame that Samuel Windsor doesn't ship internationally. I rather like their shoes.https://www.samuel-windsor.co.uk/ The original
proprietors retired and closed the company down. It's up and running again so my
guess is that some deal has been done. There's a rather nice pair of spectators
on the new Samuel Windsor website that have taken my eye.
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Not bad for fifty pounds.
You might try making personal contact, shipping from the UK isn't difficult. You might have seen one or two of the Aloha shirts that my wife has made for me. She found, online, quite by chance, a small business in Honolulu that sold the bright coloured fabrics so synonymous with Hawaiian shirts. She gave the lady a phone call, I no not the telephone conversation, but we had packages of fabric delivered by Royal Mail and I have a wardrobe full of beautiful shirts.It's a shame that Samuel Windsor doesn't ship internationally. I rather like their shoes.
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The hat is one of the bespoke hats that I have made, The shirt came from Darcy: https://www.darcyclothing.com/ The tie, who knows, I have a draw, fall of ties.
The blazer came from Samuel Windsor. https://www.samuel-windsor.co.uk/ The original
proprietors retired and closed the company down. It's up and running again so my
guess is that some deal has been done. There's a rather nice pair of spectators
on the new Samuel Windsor website that have taken my eye.
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Not bad for fifty pounds. My own shoes above came from former Lounger SimonC, now trading as Cathcart Heritage. https://www.cathcartheritage.com/ My trousers were made by my talented wife, Tina. My new blue blazer keeps calling me from inside it's dust cover, but it can wait.
They are excellent value and as you say, a real joy. In my working life it was all formal dark suits, mostly navy or the darker hues of grey. Usually with a feint pin stripe. Nowadays, although I still work I am no longer the head honcho, but I have stood in a few times when needs must. Samuel Windsor blazers get worn with regularity, the brighter ones when the sun is out and the two navy ones to brighten a cloudy day. Sometimes I wonder if Samuel Windsor knew how complimentary and therefore, how popular their blazers are, the new owners might consider relaunching them. We shall have to watch this space.Those SW boating blazers were a joy. I bought one back in 2018, and always intended to pick up the other colours. Alas, when the closing down sale rolled around I missed then in my size, so lost out. I do keep hoping they reintroduce them, but it seems the people who have bought the brand intend at least for now to concentrate on the shoes.
You look impeccable in the fine red blazer Edward, had I known of The Flâneur I might have just had time to get to London. I do have a penchant for the striped sports blazer. Having spent a working life in somewhat conservative suits, my backside polishing the squab of the leather seat that sat behind a desk and no longer being the head honcho, I can indulge what some describe as, loud, personally I prefer flamboyant, striped, sports blazers, of which, I have one or two.Stripes appear to be a theme this week.
Meeting a hero last night - Glen Matlock, who wrote songs that changed my life:
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And the Third Chap Flaneur, Sunday 14th, featuring a new blazer that rather gives off a 'Where's Wally?' vibe in group shots:
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Outstanding style and tone. Saw the pipe. Found my college bulldog curved briar months ago but yet to renew acquaintance with a regular blend now Frog Morton is gone.(The new umbrella also has red spines inside, but it worked its magic on the weather, the brandishing of it scaring away all but bright sunshine.)