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ismailalmurtadza
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:07 am
Minh,
Thank you for sharing
Apparel Arts and Esquire illustrations are an inspiration for the classics and timeless design.
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J.S. Groot
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:27 pm
So many interesting things...
Fancy cheviot herringbone.
Unfinished worsted (what does that even mean?)
Small scale check tweed.
Light gray and pale green shirts.
I'd gotten into the line of thought that we'd seen all there was to see from AA/Esq. so thanks for reminding me that it's not the case.
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alden
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:34 pm
Minh
What a nice holiday surprise. Thanks!
I have a real weakness for that Irish homespun suit...would be killer. Call into Molloy...stay tuned.
The fancy large herringbone cheviot suiting test order is already in.
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Michael
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Luca
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Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:06 am
Lovely pictures. It's a great combination of structure+formality and at the same time a casual atittude
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alden
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Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:28 am
I am a fan of herringbone.
So am I. The tweed suiting in the first picture above is spectacular.
We have a test worn well by David that shows a very similar motif in a worsted from an old R&T design.
http://www.thelondonlounge.net/forum/vi ... 3&start=60
I have a new test ordered for a proper large herringbone suiting in tweed; and there is a large herringbone overcoating as well. Stay tuned
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alden
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Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:39 am
It's a great combination of structure+formality and at the same time a casual atittude
Yes, and that's why we call the 30s, the golden age of masculine
elegance.
These men are all well dressed (and that seems "formal" by todays standards) but in a completely disarming, effortless, unaffected and "casual" (if you will) manner that defines masculine elegance.
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Michael
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alden
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Tue Dec 17, 2013 8:29 am
Trousers
The trousers in these illustrations may seem short by todays standards but they are worn at the most flattering length. The trousers are also very tapered, full up top and narrow at the cuff.
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alden
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Tue Dec 17, 2013 8:38 am
Colors
This is something that influenced my color choices in the LL Fox flannel book. The colors worn often in the 20s and 30s were browns, fawns, light grey, mid grays and soft blues. These colors add greatly to the sense of ease we so admire in the clothes and dress.
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Michael
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Scot
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Tue Dec 17, 2013 9:28 am
have a real weakness for that Irish homespun suit...would be killer.
I agree. What colour is that, somewhere between sage and lovat? The R&T inspired herringbone worsted that Michael mentions also looks fabulous.
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alden
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Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:31 am
Scot
The Irish homespun looks to me like a mid to dk brown.
There are a dozen fabrics I would seriously love to make just in these few illustrations! The overcoat on page 89 is giving me the hives. Got to have that one.
That being said, we have made the LLTW12 brown shetland (pg 123) and the Brown shetland herringbone (pg 92) that resemble fabrics from these pages.
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Michael
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Scot
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Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:41 am
alden wrote:Scot
The Irish homespun looks to me like a mid to dk brown.
There are a dozen fabrics I would seriously love to make just in these few illustrations! The overcoat on page 89 is giving me the hives. Got to have that one.
That being said, we have made the LLTW12 brown shetland (pg 123) and the Brown shetland herringbone (pg 92) that resemble fabrics from these pages.
Cheers
Michael
We are obviously not looking at the same thing - I am looking at Fig. 8 with the rust over check.
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