Tweed

[Jovan]

I'm thinking of getting a suit made in tweed, but it is 11oz. Is this relatively light? Will it drape okay?

Also, just interested in what people think of tweed suits.

 

[benstephens]

Jovan,

I really like Tweed. However I am a fan of heavier Tweeds personally, but it depends where and when you want to wear it.

as for drab, it is hard to tell I think with out seeing the Tweed, different weaves seem to drape differently.

Kind Regards

Ben

 

[Spitfire]

Nothing's like a nice tweed jacket/suit.:eusa_clap

 

[Sir RBH]

Tweed Suits

The Tweed suit.

The absolutely most favourite item of clothing I own.

So much so, I now find it difficult to wear anything else..

Reagrds
http://www.fogeygentleman.co.uk/midbrowntweed1.jpg

 

[slicedbread]

I own 6 or 7 tweed jackets....I haven't come across a tweed suit that knocked me off my feet, but if i did rest assured i'd buyt it instantly...Tweeds are so versatile and they dont come off as too formal (perfect for a student such as myself)

 

[vonwotan]

I have to agree with RBH. A new tweed suit will be my next major purchase - I am looking forward to my next trip to Scotland. Harris tweed suit, one pair of plus fours and one pair of trousers with an extra moleskin waistcoat for variety!

The Tweed suit.

The absolutely most favourite item of clothing I own.

So much so, I now find it difficult to wear anything else..

Reagrds
http://www.fogeygentleman.co.uk/midbrowntweed1.jpg

 

[Sir RBH]

I have to agree with RBH. A new tweed suit will be my next major purchase - I am looking forward to my next trip to Scotland. Harris tweed suit, one pair of plus fours and one pair of trousers with an extra moleskin waistcoat for variety!

Sounds lovely.. especially Plus Fours.. just the most equisite of items!!
http://www.fogeygentleman.co.uk/GRA2006_0417(015).JPG

 

[Jovan]

Hmm... perhaps I need a swatch from Magnoli. Or just a video of him moving around in the Princeton suit.

Good to see fellow tweed fans. I'm getting a bit of flak from my friends for "wanting to dress like an old man."

 

[Fletch]

Old Man?

My Norman Hilton HB 3B odd jacket is 12 years old.
The HB ground is blue-black and a sort of taupe, with crossthreads in Kelly and teal greens.

 

[Jovan]

Nice herringbone pattern there.

 

[Fletch]

I've always considered it my favorite fall jacket (next to my leathers of course). The green threads require some green in your tie, but beyond that it's very versatile.

 

[Micawber]

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.

 

[Will]

I'm thinking of getting a suit made in tweed, but it is 11oz. Is this relatively light? Will it drape okay?

Also, just interested in what people think of tweed suits.

I will preface my remarks by saying that I've never gone below 14 ounces and so have no personal experience at that weight. 11 ounces is as light as tweed is made, and it's fairly recent that cloth has been available in that weight.

The Glorious Twelth book is 12 ounces now and I haven't heard complaints about the drape so you'll probably be OK but you'll give up some wear. If you live in a temperate climate it could be worth the trade-off. If you live in New York State, I'd get heaveier cloth.

 

[Smithy]

I love tweed! It's an absolute classic.

I don't know if you shoot Jovan but tweeds and fours is a very practical autumn hunting dress. I've worn it several times (had to borrow a set of my uncle's plus fours as I don't have a pair - I really must get a pair) on pheasant shoots and it's very practical and warm.

 

[Jovan]

I live in Gainesville, Florida (as can be seen to the left, you silly gooses) so yeah, it may be worth the tradeoff. I should have also asked about how hard it'd wear. Basically I want to get a number like this. Magnoli has a tweed that looks dead on.

 

[Jovan]

Oh, and I don't go hunting. I don't mind those who do, but it's not my cup o' tea. I do go shooting on the range once in a while, but I don't wear anything beyond maybe chinos to do it.

 

[Will]

I live in Gainesville, Florida (as can be seen to the left, you silly gooses) so yeah, it may be worth the tradeoff. I should have also asked about how hard it'd wear. Basically I want to get a number like this. Magnoli has a tweed that looks dead on.

Fortunately, you already know that the sleeves need to show cuff.

H&S has a gray Donegal in 12 ounce that looks close to that one. But if you've found it in 11 no point looking.

 

[Jovan]

Does Donegal just refer to that certain "TV static" look of tweed?

 

[cookie]

tweed suits

Anyone who is serious about a tweed suit should be looking at the bookster site on eBay. Pete has the pick of Britain's best used tweed in every available type, weight etc. Your Irish, your Scottish, your English, your Welsh and quaint ones like Manx tweed.

From the London Lounge re Tweed

After an eclipse of more than a decade, a revival of exceeding interest is the Irish nubbed Donegal tweed. This fabric with its characteristic colored flecks and its rough surface still carries the hallmark of its home spun origin. Heretofore, Irish Donegals have appeared in the customary basket weave, but many of them are now being executed in the new herringbone patterns. While they have retained their rugged appearance they seem to have taken on new attractiveness.

Irish Donegals, of course, are not the only country fabrics being favored. The popular Scottish district plaids, considerably lighter in weight, are seen wherever the sporting gentry of the English countryside come together. Of many district patterns the small double toned 2x2 check with brightly colored overplaids seems to be the most popular.

In connection with the subject of district plaids, it may be mentioned that fashion scouts have noticed them at English sporting events made up into jackets cut like riding sacques. There are the same slanting pockets, the side vents, and the wide flares at the bottoms. Waistcoats of the same material are tailored in postboy fashion, and the trousers are conspicuous with open lap seams.
Besides the night-shade flannels, the English market has shown a definite preference for cheviots and tweeds of all categories, particularly favoring those with spaced colored stripes. An interesting example of spaced striping is brown cheviot fabric carrying a three quarter inch stripe of gold alternating with a stripe of red. Another popular favorite is the blue cheviot with alternating stripes of grey and yellow. Subdued Glen Urquharts and overplaids, generally in a blue-grey mixture, are also London headliners.

Mention has already been made of the introduction of herringbone weave into Irish Donegals. All along the line, herringbone seems to be given more prominence than any other definite pattern. Although the size of the pattern varies, it is generally reproduced in black and white and brown and fawn.

Rougher fabrics always demand color. In the country this season, special interest will be centered around the Lovat green shades. Grey-greens and blue-greens are the most representative shades in this family. Although they lend themselves ideally to cheviots, other tweeds and flannels are made up in these colors, and are often set off strikingly with colored stripes and plaids.

As in past seasons, blues and blacks will reign predominately in town with a marked trend being manifest toward blue-gray patterned fabrics. While browns are usually preferred in the country, this season will see brown checks, plaids, and stripes hold a position second only to blues and blacks in the metropolitan areas. Little excitement seems to be aroused by grey-colored suiting in town with the exception of some grey touched up with stripe or check effects.

The wave of rough fabrics which seems to have reached tidal proportions this season has swept overcoats and topcoats along with it. Harris tweeds which yield an odor of burning peat in damp weather, roomy Shetlands, cheviots, and Irish tweeds are still in the ascendancy. This winter, patterns will figure importantly in the fashion picture with an interesting trend to colorful plaid backs. Glen Urquharts, herringbones, over plaids, and diagonal twills still maintain their popularity.

 

[vonwotan]

Drifting a bit fftopic:

Combining an interest in traditional shooting attire and sporting clays (or, in my case skeet). I would recommend the Vintagers, Order of Edwardian Gunners, they hold sporting clays and other side by side shotgun sporting events.

http://www.vintagers.org/

A perfect place to wear a traditional tweed shooting jacket and plus fours. Lots of good information on their web site.