Hi everyone.

Just thought i`d flag this online store up as a heads up for anyone here who`s disposed to the English country Gentleman style, or look. Just another option perhaps...

http://www.oliverbrown.org.uk/erol.html#1X0

(My apologies to anyone who is already aware of this shop).


About six years ago they made me a traditional  `English Country Gentleman (!)` (what me...!?) style three piece tweed suit, with matching tweed cap.
-Three button Hacking jacket ; English fitted & very pronounced suppressed waist, slanting bottom pockets with flaps, matching tweed waistcoat and very slim plain front matching tweed trousers (button-fly),and matching tweed `Gatsby` (8 -piece ) cap. Trousers  were with no break so i could show a bit of sock even when walking(!).Jacket was also possibly made with `working cuffs` though i need to check.(I live in Cyprus now and alot of my `old` clobber is still in London...)


`Hello Squire` indeed...(!) 

You just tell them them your own individual instructions.You can visit the shop and choose the particular tweed you want from extensive swatches they keep .They`ll measure you up in-house.I chose a particular tweed with a light blue and green tweed mix (lovat-ish perhaps though probably blue-er...) and with a dark brown windowpane check. Although they`re round the corner from Kings Road, and Sloane Square their prices were or indeed they used to be really reasonable.( I think my 3 piece tweed suit and the cap came to around 450 or 500 quid or something like that ...).


I used to wear the above with a dark brown Johnstons cashmere poloneck (rollneck), brown (and gold) silk paisley print Crombie hanky in the top pocket, fine ribbed wool ox-blood colour socks and C & J  chestnut `Connaught`s` completing the ensemble.

They are very Sloaney here.I think most of their business is done with local denizens and habitues of Chelsea.  But that said they are  polite, friendly, (albeit in that peculiarly aloof `Sloaney` way) gracious, and very obliging. 

http://www.oliverbrown.org.uk/erol.html#598X1518
very Anthony Andrews!


http://www.oliverbrown.org.uk/erol.html#598X1517
i can just see this being worn with gauntlet gloves on a vintage motorbike somehow...


They`ve also got a selection of their own cotton cord jeans and needlecord trousers...May be worth having a gander...