No!
But I see what you did there with the [idouble[/i post.





Mind I have a little anecdote to my earlier story.

Lots.
What's your budget?

I know its all about personal taste but for a nice bit of tweed at a reasonable price I think the Holland Esquire stuff is pretty good value.

Not nearly as good value as I've just managed to blag: A rust-coloured herringbone tweed, tailored on Savile Row from Isle of Islay tweed, brand new, for the princely sum of £26.00 + p&p



And those ties that I blagged last week for £0.99p?

Here they are:

First one is a school tie. You've been had.

We used to do a lot of work with the Employment Service and I was stood in a queue at a Job Centre once waiting to see the receptionist when a bloke who looked like he normally slept under a bush on the roundabout outside sidled up to me, looked me in the eye, nodded and winked.

I said hello, he nodded towards my tie and winked again and said "me too".

I have to say I was dressed in a suit, shirt and smart tie, he was dressed like Worzel Gummidge and I wondered what the hell he was talking about, then he nodded at my tie again, "Army Air Corps" he said, "that was me".

"I bought it in Marks & Spencers" I told him and I've never seen anyone look so crestfallen.

Its true, you can still buy the Army Air Corps regimental tie in Marks & Spencers, someone must have forgotten to copyright the design.

Marks and Spencer now in the decent suit forum.
That's austerity for you.

Mind you, it's mix and match these days isn't it?
On the tube (in that London) this morning, a lady opposite was wearing a Barbour logo jacket, carrying a Prada logo bag (real? I wouldn't know) from which she produced a Cath Kidson spectacle case (logo inside).
At her feet was a Primark cloth carrier bag.
I guess the carrier was where she bought her knickers.

I'm a TK Maxx man meself.

The day I require any fashion advice from a pie-eater would be a bloody cold day in hell

"Army Air Corps" is code for "Fancy a bum", no wonder he was crestfallen, you're a good looking fella.

eBay, charity shops and car boots for everything but underwear & socks. The undercrackers are £5 for three pairs and the socks (ex-Burton) are £1 for three pairs - both from Cheddar market.

Just received my tweed jacket and I'm well impressed, it's far better than the photographs suggested.

I've also had a pretty good day trawling the charity shops of mid-Somerset including:
Magee worsted 2 piece suit
3 x Harvie & Hudson 2-fold, french-cuff, striped shirts
Eton dress shirt, although I now need some shirt studs
Pair of Levi's 516 jeans
Dunn & Co herringbone tweed jacket
Bespoke, peak-lapel dinner jacket with working cuffs
and the piece de resistance: A mint, Harrod's supplied Ermenegildo Zegna dinner jacket in super 130s wool

All for less than £40

Charles Tyrwhitt suits are cut in Thailand, I seem to remember, using Yorkshire wools. If you're a standard size, then they are a fair choice. Well cut, floating canvas, working buttons on the cuff for when you do the washing up etc Marks and Spencer at Marble Arch used to have a Sartorial range, designed by some well-respected designers, that were excellent. Savile Row high waist shape, angled pockets etc. Not been there for a while, so don't know if they still do it. I know someone who got their suit made by Gresham Blake in Brighton, which has a good following. If you can get there for the fittings, then you can avoid the London prices. www.greshamblake.com/ Tweed is fine if you're outdoors or in a building without any heating. Otherwise, it can be uncomfortably warm.

Charles Tyrwhitt suits are cut in Thailand, I seem to remember, using Yorkshire wools. If you're a standard size, then they are a fair choice. Well cut, floating canvas, working buttons on the cuff for when you do the washing up etc Marks and Spencer at Marble Arch used to have a Sartorial range, designed by some well-respected designers, that were excellent. Savile Row high waist shape, angled pockets etc. Not been there for a while, so don't know if they still do it. I know someone who got their suit made by Gresham Blake in Brighton, which has a good following. If you can get there for the fittings, then you can avoid the London prices. www.greshamblake.com/ Tweed is fine if you're outdoors or in a building without any heating. Otherwise, it can be uncomfortably warm.

Most people just take their jackets off mate.