Anyone ever order from Racinggreen.co.uk?

[CharlesB]

If so how did you like them

 

[cookie]

Racing Green Suits

I bought a khaki/taupe coloured used one on eBay and I must say it is well made and gets lots of compliments. The linen is Italian and wrinkles a whole lot more than Irish but a good well finished suit. They have clearance sales to boot.

 

[Mark P]

I bought a cinnamon coloured moleskin suit from their shop in Regent Street two or three years ago. It's worn quite well, but is probably coming to the end of it's life now (I wear it about once a week). Styling is modern, not vintage looking.

 

[Jovan]

Styling is modern, not vintage looking.

Unless it fits BADLY, why is that a big deal?

 

[StanleyVanBuren]

I have a pair of cufflinks from them that I picked up on one of my stays in London. They were only £15 but I get compliments on them all the time.

As for the rest of it, decent quality stuff from what I could tell, for the price. Nothing amazing, and they are relatively new to the scene from what I understand.

 

[DerMann]

Oh dear, I just opened their website, and what was the first thing I noticed?

A picture of a bloke wearing a two-button, single breasted, notched lapel, two-piece suit and a tie with the caption of "Formal Wear."

Proceed with caution.

 

[Jovan]

You're generally not going to find people referring to things in the old definitions of semi-formal and formal dress nowadays.

 

[StanleyVanBuren]

Culture Gap.

In the UK you have Casual, Formal, and "Evening Wear"

In the US you have Casual, Business/Dress, and Formal.

Their website is correct for their locale.

 

[DerMann]

Well even Land's End, which is by no means a high street purveyor, doesn't call its suits formal wear. They even make distinctions between chinos and trousers, suit coats and sportcoats.

Culture Gap.

In the UK you have Casual, Formal, and "Evening Wear"

In the US you have Casual, Business/Dress, and Formal.

Their website is correct for their locale.

Sorry, didn't see your post before.

Of all the Britons I've spoken with, most from the Sheridan Club, I've never heard them mention formal as an adjective for a two or three piece suit. Is it more of a modern thing?

 

[Jovan]

But I still don't see why that's an immediate sign to "proceed with caution." It's a sign of the times, nothing more.

 

[Feraud]

But I still don't see why that's an immediate sign to "proceed with caution." It's a sign of the times, nothing more.

Because much like the comment that the styling is modern as opposed to vintage, most of the members here lean towards vintage styling.
You must have noticed that by now.

I do not see clarifying modern versus vintage as a bad thing. It makes life easier for those looking for vintage stylings. Vintage is what Loungers generally look to this place for.

 

[DerMann]

But I still don't see why that's an immediate sign to "proceed with caution." It's a sign of the times, nothing more.

All of their "formal" suits seem to be the same, two piece, two button.

If you go to a car dealership and a salesman refers to a Honda Civic with a rather large spoiler as a "sportscar," would you trust his credentials as a car salesman?

 

[Micawber]

Formal

* Suits
* Jackets
* Shirts
* Trousers
* Ties
* Shoes
* Dresswear


Casual

* Long Sleeve Shirts
* Short Sleeve Shirts
* Knitwear
* T-shirts and Polos
* Casual Trousers, Jeans and Shorts

Seems fairly clear to me.

Semantics aside I just looked at their site. Two button two piece suits for £124, £199 & £249 in a run of the mill, average, nothing special High Street sort of way.

 

[Jovan]

Because much like the comment that the styling is modern as opposed to vintage, most of the members here lean towards vintage styling.
You must have noticed that by now.

What I've noticed is about half of our members enjoy vintage clothing but mix and match it with modern styles if the price is right or they just like it. The other half either wears mostly or exclusively vintage (very rare). I see nothing wrong with modern stylings -- lapel shape, gorge, jacket cut, etc. What I do see wrong is the way many things are low rise or have very large armholes. That's just bad fit.

Pointing out that the styles "aren't vintage" isn't necessary. Everyone who's looking for that can see it for themselves from the photos anyway.

 

[Jovan]

All of their "formal" suits seem to be the same, two piece, two button.

If you go to a car dealership and a salesman refers to a Honda Civic with a rather large spoiler as a "sportscar," would you trust his credentials as a car salesman?

I would still buy a suit at say... Saks if the salesman erroneously called it "formal wear." But that's because I know what I'm looking for anyways.

 

[StanleyVanBuren]

Sorry, didn't see your post before.

Of all the Britons I've spoken with, most from the Sheridan Club, I've never heard them mention formal as an adjective for a two or three piece suit. Is it more of a modern thing?

Maybe one of the Brits on the board can chime in here to confirm this or not.

One thing I can do is point you to the Charles Tyrwhitt website, www.ctshirts.co.uk

Go there and toggle between US and UK currency and you'll notice the categories also change terminology as I've indicated above. I have noticed this difference on a number of British clothing websites so I assumed this was just another language difference between UK and US English.