Tweed Suits and Country Tailoring: Cloth, Weight and Versatility
Learn how tweed weight, pattern and tailoring affect a country suit, and how to wear the jacket, waistcoat and trousers separately.
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Practical guides to menswear, footwear, fit, care, cloth and tailoring from Livingston in Castle Douglas.
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Learn how tweed weight, pattern and tailoring affect a country suit, and how to wear the jacket, waistcoat and trousers separately.
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Archive photographs and first-hand notes from the Livingston tailoring room, covering bespoke patterns, fittings, upwards of 40 measurements, over 80 hours of work, tartan,...
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This is our first bespoke fitting from the George Brummell trunk show in China. This customer travelled nearly 6000 miles to fit his suit,...
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This is the jacket my father tailored in 1954. It was entered in the 1954 Tailor & Cutter Competition and won the Gold...
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