^ My thoughts exactly!

I would not choose flannel for a blazer as I often wear grey flannel trousers with my blazer. If you are looking for something "rustic" that can be worn in town, how about this Huntsman tweed - http://www.h-huntsman.com/huntsman-tweeds/5 - or something similar?

hi briggs, i also normally wear a lot of grey flannels (both light & charcoal) .. i didnt think it would be a faux paux to wear them with a blue flannel blazer though as the colours are distinct  ..similar to how wearing a worsted blue blazer with worsted grey trousers would be quite normal

i am also considering having a tweed jacket made up aswell but maybe in something a but more low key than the huntsman tweeds .. in a more conventional colour as well (probably a greeny ground colour). not looking for something v rustic as i plan to really wear around central london, meeting friends for a drink, going out for lunch & that sort of thing..

oldfruit

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Last edited by Oldfruit1 (2012-12-26 11:59:22)

Found a new term you might like - the tailor referred to it as "releasing the jacket around the middle /waist area"

I like it - release - sounds much better than "let it out a bit to cope with your belly".

Release the jacket  - nicely puts the blame back on the jacket.

hmm..agreed it needs to have life .. but here is my dilemma ..

tweed = a corse country cloth and perhaps out of context in an urban setting unless i go for a huntsman style brash pattern (which then is in a world of its own as far as rules go so nothing else really matters as far as country / city etc .. this route has pitfalls in matching with a tie and shirt etc as well). most tweeds are in dull horrible dark greeny/browny/grey colours which is why they fell out of favour in the mainstream in the firstplace i suspect apart from the odd economics professor although the iGent has picked it up since for this very reason .. old fashioned/idea of hand looms whirring in the hebrides/normal people dont wear it so feeling of being different.

cashmere = loses shape / pilling + would feel precious about it as i am wearing it and be weary of drunken fools who are liable to slip and spill their drink all over my jacket in a bar or nightclub (alternatively a woman throwing her glass of red wine over my front ..which is more like;ly to happen .. this has happened to me twice now .. )

angora & wool blend = only lighter weight available & wears warm  .. possible shedding and smelling of old rabbit .. also would feel precious about it incase of the above happening.

worsted wool = boring but safe in terms of weave

flannel = possibly delicate? soft but stronger than cashmere or angora / wool blend.

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Last edited by Oldfruit1 (2012-12-29 08:21:52)

thanks for that formby .. leaning back toward a tweed but its a barrier i need to get over .. i have never worn tweed in my life (always associated it with english toffs in the country or wierdo lecturers at university .. ) & stuck to very sharp tailoring so im confronting my own prejudices as i make these choices .. the agony of bespoke tailoring huh!

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