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by Concordia
Tue Oct 22, 2024 10:51 am
Forum: LL Cloth Club Subscriptions
Topic: Special: Dark Navy (Midnight) Blue Piuma
Replies: 21
Views: 6715

Re: Special: Dark Navy (Midnight) Blue Piuma

Rangoon is more of a conventional tropical. It makes no special effort to high-twist performance. But it is excellent stuff.
by Concordia
Mon Oct 21, 2024 6:13 pm
Forum: LL Cloth Club Subscriptions
Topic: Special: Dark Navy (Midnight) Blue Piuma
Replies: 21
Views: 6715

Re: Special: Dark Navy (Midnight) Blue Piuma

The midnight Piuma I have is the pindot pattern, not the solid.

In general, I think of Piuma as being a luxury, lightweight fresco. Finer texture, softer drape than the 10oz Fresco. A bit beefier than the 9oz.
by Concordia
Wed Oct 02, 2024 1:43 am
Forum: LL Cloth Club Subscriptions
Topic: Special: Dark Navy (Midnight) Blue Piuma
Replies: 21
Views: 6715

Re: Special: Dark Navy (Midnight) Blue Piuma

More tropical. Less Fresco-ish.
by Concordia
Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:34 pm
Forum: LL Cloth Club Subscriptions
Topic: Special: Windsor 2 Tweed
Replies: 29
Views: 16566

Re: Special: Windsor 2 Tweed

Somehow I thought I'd ordered a bit-- but these pics should push the project over the line if it hasn't got there already.
by Concordia
Fri Jul 19, 2024 11:34 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: London lounge mohair (midnight) suit or tuxedo
Replies: 2
Views: 2254

Re: London lounge mohair (midnight) suit or tuxedo

I haven’t tried this in steamy weather, but I would be disinclined to slot it into that. More of a year round evening thing that could mitigate high temperatures at banquets and opera performances.
by Concordia
Tue Jun 11, 2024 11:31 am
Forum: Your Questions and Answers
Topic: Tropical business suit colors
Replies: 4
Views: 5730

Re: Tropical business suit colors

May depend on your industry, your firm's culture-- and whether you are the ones dishing out or asking for money at a particular time.
by Concordia
Thu Jun 06, 2024 9:16 am
Forum: Your Questions and Answers
Topic: Tropical business suit colors
Replies: 4
Views: 5730

Re: Tropical business suit colors

Depends on the local culture. My guess is that former British colonies might favor darker suits for work, but there is unlikely to be a single rule.
by Concordia
Wed May 15, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: LL Cloth Club Subscriptions
Topic: Special: Windsor 2 Tweed
Replies: 29
Views: 16566

Re: Special: Windsor 2 Tweed

Well, I am in. Tough to choose these days, with so many classic, non-eccentric patterns. But this would be good as 2 or 3-pc suit, or broken apart.
by Concordia
Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:40 pm
Forum: LL Cloth Club Subscriptions
Topic: Special: Windsor 2 Tweed
Replies: 29
Views: 16566

Re: Special: Windsor 2 Tweed

The lighter weight is really worth pursuing. I have an autumn tweed sample--roughly the same product as this one-- and it wears fantastically well.
by Concordia
Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: Elegant Living
Topic: Shoe care in London
Replies: 19
Views: 7173

Re: Shoe care in London

For resoling, I go back to the maker even if RTW. I might bend that rule for Alden loafers, which have come back from the factory a slightly different size. But CJ and EG do OK. Toe taps as above. Heels are a little less critical, so I will risk Timpson’s in Oxford for all-rubber models.
by Concordia
Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:25 pm
Forum: Elegant Living
Topic: North of Italy: Milan, Turin, Genoa
Replies: 11
Views: 4253

Re: North of Italy: Milan, Turin, Genoa

Not quite in this triangle, but Cremona is not too far. Check out Stradivari and other makers' work at the museum.
by Concordia
Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: Your Questions and Answers
Topic: Is grey more elegant than blue?
Replies: 19
Views: 5369

Re: Is grey more elegant than blue?

The grey suit is more capable of fading into the woodwork. A genuinely neutral statement, which speaks more of the style and cut of the suit rather than the color. Tweeds, flannels, and mid-grey POW soften the impact in ways that wouldn't happen so easily with RAF, French blue, navy, or midnight. An...
by Concordia
Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:13 pm
Forum: Your Questions and Answers
Topic: when to wear a suit?
Replies: 16
Views: 9273

Re: when to wear a suit?

Customs vary. The UK is more suit-friendly, but perhaps due more to thrift. A lot of older guys don't want to throw out old clothes to make room in their narrow wardrobes for flashy new sport coats and barracuda jackets. Instead, they keep the old stuff and maybe do without ties, or have a jumper on...
by Concordia
Fri Feb 09, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: Your Questions and Answers
Topic: when to wear a suit?
Replies: 16
Views: 9273

Re: when to wear a suit?

A lot of factors, some unrelated. The pandemic got a lot of people wondering why they should wear anything at all resembling a uniform-- which is what the lounge/business suit was for a better part of the 20th century. In the UK, you had top Tories wearing suits without ties for quite a while before...
by Concordia
Wed Feb 07, 2024 4:23 pm
Forum: Your Questions and Answers
Topic: Winter footwear in a formal context
Replies: 11
Views: 5455

Re: Winter footwear in a formal context

You could do thin city rubber soles, or Ridgeway, which give good lift off the pavement without collection so much gravel as the commando style.

Make sure to use Pure Polish cream with water-resistance around the welt!