'Arrow Cum Laude' half-sleeve.  Sage green with a faint stripe.  Very early 60s Ivy I should say.  Spread collar.  A decent fit.
USA-made Bill's Khakis shirt.  Blue, green and white check.  Indifferent collar - button-down but no roll.  A decent fit.

Your young Hermes girl is beginning to rival Staxs Chinese cracker in my imagination. If only we could share photos on this site. I could share some of my upskirt shots taken on tube journeys. I'm famous for them in my peer(ING) group.

Robbie - I haven't seen the Chinese Lady for a good few weeks now, disappointing , there is a very cute Nepalese Lady in the local wine bar I've been frequenting more lately, she gives you a nice little fist bump when you arrive or when she brings the drinks, my Wife was with me & some friends a couple of weeks ago not sure how the conversation went but my Mrs told the Nepalese Lady she could have me, if only..... Rob - you need to watch yourself with that up skirting lark, plenty of men dress as ladies these days, haha

Oh, I did get a fucking tax bill even though I'm only allowed to stay on a 90 day maximum rule. I'm persona non Grata here.

Woof,
I fancy paying a visit to the specialist vintage Burberry place in Brick Lane for a fly front Mac.
Do you know of it?

That’s a great score Woof! Nice one. A fly fronted Burberry’s been on my hit list for a while now. I don’t do Ebay so just waiting to catch one elsewhere.

My wife’s Grandad was a designer for Burberry in the 50’s and 60’s, so for years I held out hope of unearthing a stash in an attic or loft somewhere. Wasn’t to be.

In the Eighties I bought from their old Haymarket store a proper trench coat.

I was stupid and got rid of it because I got annoyed with constantly being called Inspector Gadget.

I bought a Burberry trench in about 1977. After a few years I got fed up with it, and passed it on to my mum, who wore it till about 2006, and then she gave it to my wife, who wears it to this day. I can't remember how much it cost me, but it's certainly paid for itself several times over!

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A Navy Brook Brothers BD Flannel with Flap pocket made in the USA, an eBay find £16.50 inc P&P

RG,
Have you been there?

A nice Oxford cloth BD Baggies from TKMaxx for a very reasonable £24.99.

These seem to have dropped (as the kids say) in the last day or so.

Variable styles and fits though. Tried on four. Two were disappointingly small collared. One was the dreaded ‘slim’ with no pleats. One spot on though. Nice three finger roll. Centre pleat.

25% success rate, which says it all about TK.

Alvey. They were in store. Quite a few white and light blue non button downs which I didn’t look too closely at.

The cut of them all varied hugely. I’m a M/15’’ in any shirt generally. Always have been. The small collar ones were slim fit L and far too tight all over. Nice colours though. Plain navy and a light blue chambray colour.

Another L (reg fit) was a really interesting stripe. Good collar but no back pleat. It fitted okay everywhere apart from the forearms where it was far too tight (couldn’t slip the cuff over my watch!) Never come across that before.

The one I took, also L Reg, was a good fit everywhere and had centre back pleat. Kind of washed out white/blue/red gingham. That one I’m really happy with and probably would have bought it whatever the manufacturer.

I’ve honestly never come across such variation in fit, even in Gant. And that’s saying something!

You’re right though. That pink is nice. And I’ve got one eye out for a yellow one. But given my experience today I’ll certainly be trying before I buy.

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