I can personally recommend the Savile Row frames which are in fact made by Algha over here in the UK. I have both new and vintage pairs by them, some of their designs are unchanged from the 20's and 30's. Granted they are expensive new but can sometimes be had used off Ebay. I sometimes have...
When you live through an era the styles and fashions worn by the majority become familiar and run of the mill to you. Being a child of the fifties meant I had some very good times in the sixties and seventies.
Back in the mid seventies I had the pleasure to get to know and work with one particular old school tailor who would sometimes deconstruct and rebuild complete suits for one reason or another. He was not far off 80 years of age at the time and had been in the trade all his working life, I...
I wear tweed a lot, not always for the sartorial elegance factor but rather for it's practicality, warmth (even when wet), hard wearing and flexibility when I'm out shooting etc.
http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/ishop/877/shopscr2688.html
Try the dealers here: http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/class2.php?type=17
http://www.the-outdoor.co.uk/index.html
They can usually be found on Ebay too.
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