An Unseen Scene "I'm hunting a dark brown herringbone wool sack jacket."
What size are looking for? I have a Harvard Co-op brown herringbone Harris Tweed sack in 40/42L

I've just taken advantage of a 15% LL BEAN promotion and purchased a cotton polo neck and a fleece lined warm-up jacket.

My plan was to wear them to the NFL on Sunday but the ETA is sadly after the game.

There were lots of interesting items worth considering including ragg wool sweaters, tartan flannel shirts (albeit with small collars) and a superb early eighties reissue puffa jacket.

As we can’t put photos up, this is a link to my recent fabulous corduroy find for those with Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBg3KkXM87N/?igsh=eWlrajNyc2Rhd3ox

That’s them KingstonIan, really looking forward to wearing them.

Thanks for the feedback on my holiday shots, had a lovely holiday visiting my in-laws in the tropics of the Mayan peninsula through most of September, missing that pool and the sunshine.

That’s frustrating did you buy direct or from All Blues?

I’ve not bought any since they amended the sizing from the NY Vs Tokyo Cuts which were very tricky to navigate. Is the shirt too big in the body or collar? Hopefully you can exchange for a better fit, they seem to be attentive to customers issues when there’s a problem

I bought from AB’s whose returns policy is thankfully straight forward.

The main issue was the collar size was akin to a 17??  collar and yet the body is more like a 16??  or medium.

As I mentioned I really want to love these shirts but they’re not really made for the European male.

I have some of their older NY fit shirts and they were a better albeit not perfect fit for me.

Having now tried loads of options from cheap to expensive, from UK to USA made, from niche players like Lean Garments to global brands such as Brooks my preference is either Brooks Madison fit or Press sports shirts.

It’s a personal choice driven by lots of factors and to each his own.

As a boy, I had a grey flannel popover shirt to go with grey shorts and grey long socks.

It was baggy. A popover shirt has no give like a polo shirt.

Shirt makers forgetting practicality while bringing back styles of yesteryear ?

Last edited by Kingston1an (2024-10-31 04:25:22)

Tom,

I based buying the large on my previous purchase - this years seersucker popover.  I tried both the large and medium seersucker shirts. The medium was theoretically closer to my actual shirts size at 15.9" and large was 16.8" collar. I had to with the large as the medium wasn't anything like a 15.5"

Therefore, to be consistent in the twill I went Large again. Same brand, same style, completly different sizing. Can't understand why they've tinkered with the size in the space of a few months.

^AB's haven't got a medium in blue.

I'm worried about the return costs if I buy from Japan.

When Kamakura first launched the Vintage Ivy collection I was caught out twice on sizing. I ended up giving the shirts away.

It was only on a trip to New York and trying on a multitude of sizes that I found a closer - albeit not perfect fit.

They subsequently dropped the New York fit.

My daughter has put down Leeds Uni as an option so I might be able to get into AB's to actually go through the different options.

Peter Christian moleskin and county cords are very good.

Berwick scotch grain plain caps too. Decent price at Discount Shoes in Strutton Ground.

I think the second manufacturer is Cookson and Glegg in the North West.

Hope so, as they have the skills and pedigree to ensure the quality of the product.

And Community Clothing of course. I wish I could find a product of theirs to champion. Their fit is wrong for me so far and some of the finishing poor. I had to return the raincoat on both aspects.

Last edited by An Unseen Scene (2024-11-04 10:29:37)

Community Clothing:
I’ve bought a couple of pairs of sweatshirt bottoms for household lounging. They were on the big side and I had to size down. But the quality is fantastic and they will probably last me for ever. I would expect their sweatshirts to be the same.
Knitwear is great, I’ve had a couple of saddle shoulder lambswool crew necks and they are like M&S used to be fifty years ago, nuff said.
Socks are equally good, I’ve got a few pairs of their sports socks. Also ribbed cotton socks in white and various bright colours. The quality is as good as Japanese ones for which you would pay £25 a pair for in trendy menswear shops.
I’m currently undergoing a pink sock phase and also red socks with black loafers.