"Chambray button downs, a brown JS herringbone jacket, cords or jeans, a Grenfell mac and Paraboots or dessies" - sounds ideal!

Never really found a chambray shirt that I've liked....I must try again to find one as that above look sounds perfect.

I wore a Jake's chambray shirt today. I believe the expression is 'its the bollocks'. A seriously 'tasty' shirt. None of your slim fit nonsense as it is a baggy beauty.

Colin ‘ ....and spotted the FB post. Who makes the scarf? Might get one myself - great!’

It’s navy blue with khaki spots and an ideal length for me, it’s not as poncy as a Paisley Tootal and has become my favourite scarf for spring/autumn.  A random purchase, it came from Ted Baker in Richmond which is not a shop I would bother with as a rule, but Mrs Flat likes it in there and the scarf just jumped out at me. I don’t expect they make it any more.

Worth a look on silk scarves: http://nicholsonandwalcot.co.uk/mens/

No, but silk scarves are a bit cold initially. Whereas as wool requires no warm up period.

Post COVID, I now wear those neck gaiters. Cheap and cheerful. Shove them in a pocket, no bother.

Alvey - ‘ I strongly recommend searching out Brooks Madison fit chambray shirts.’

I could do with a new Chambray, how do you get to the Brooks US website? Every time I try to click on that my browser defaults to the Brooks EU site and there’s a limited range on there, not including Chambrays.

I didn't think it worth starting a new thread as we have so few threads on the go these days..... But, I thought this might be of interest to some at least, a FB page ' The Mods' has cropped up a few times, I've taken a look and there is the usual stale comments from guys from the 60's ( we were all smart in suits etc), and the guys from the 80's with their Jam outfits, BUT, there is a guy called Patrick Uden (some of you might know of him, but a new-ish name to me), making some very good contributions, art school mod (dob 1946), and still very much forward thinking, I believe he's making a contribution to the magazine that recently carried an article about Chiltern St, ( interview with Sean ?), for me it's still fascinating to hear stories from guys from that period of 'mod' , the transition from 1950's modernists before it went public in 1964 , let's face it we might think of ourselves as ' Ivyists' but it all started from being a mod, or mod-wannabee in our younger lives,

I shall continue to pursue a  French Ivy look this year. With spring/summer just around the corner, I have acquired one of John Simons stripey boating blazers and it will be one of the pillars of my SS24 wardrobe. To be worn in a louche manner with Lacoste polos, white jeans or chinos and plimsolls or loafers with no socks. I may even get a grandad collarless shirt.  Am thinking of getting sunglasses with light coloured lenses like Bono wears.

For good quality telescoping umbrellla — Fox umbrella — you can get them at Antoine in Paris.  Though probably  50-60 GBP less direct from Fox.

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Ironically Mod didn't lead me to any of the wider design, style etc influences back in the 1980s - it was Northern Soul and pictures of people at Twisted Wheel, Golden Torch, Va Vas, Catacombs etc looking absolutely immaculate around 68-71 that took me back to Ivy and then onto the wider (lower case) modernism.  There was a light bulb moment I recall and never looked back then.

FSC - you're running a parallel here with Andy Wagon ( AKA Woofboxer) who has posted something very similar over on the ILG on FB, seems Old England floral shirts are in abundance on ebay , maybe I need to check them out !

Really.? We learn something new every day , haha