The London Lounge

The VP does have pretty good suits.

The Valet in Piccadilly Arcade might be able to turn it around if you can post it to them. They seem to have a lot of Savile Row pieceworkers doing stuff for them.

Of course, post-Brexit that may be more complicated. But worth a look.

Add me-- 4.5m, anyway.

Rangoon is more of a conventional tropical. It makes no special effort to high-twist performance. But it is excellent stuff.

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.

More tropical. Less Fresco-ish.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Not quite in this triangle, but Cremona is not too far. Check out Stradivari and other makers' work at the museum.

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...