Spring and summer boating type striped blazer to make me stand out from the riff raff...help me decide

[Accy cyclist]

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Similar, but not as well fitted as mine will be!

 

[newfhouse]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/sty...trousers-how-one-blog--ruined-the-ultimate-u/

 

[Accy cyclist]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/sty...trousers-how-one-blog--ruined-the-ultimate-u/

I'd love to read it, but you have to sign up, log in, etc etc.

 

[newfhouse]

I'd love to read it, but you have to sign up, log in, etc etc.

The Telegraph article references this sadly dormant site. The CC filter won’t let me post the direct link, so here’s a shortened one.
https://bit.ly/3d8Itoy

 

[Accy cyclist]

I think mine will look like these,🤔 though I've ordered cuffs/turn ups for my pair. If they look like that I'll be more than pleased to stand out from the scruffy 'trackie bottoms'/ripped, ill fitting, not even ink blue, denim brigade!🧐

http://lookatmyfarkingredtrousers.b...-min=2010-12-31T16:00:00-08:00&updated-max=20

 

[Accy cyclist]

https://www.cordings.co.uk/skipton-tweed-garforth-cap.html
https://www.cordings.co.uk/skipton-yorkshire-tweed-waistcoat.html
https://www.cordings.co.uk/skipton-tweed-sports-jacket.html
https://www.cordings.co.uk/skipton-tweed-trousers.html

TOTAL: £929.00 (including the matching cap, which isn't shown on the pic' above)

Some would spend more than that on a week in Benidorm! I know which I'd prefer.

Those shoes the model is wearing look black to me. Dark brown would be better suited. Tweed and black are so incompatible.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Unbelievable! I ordered them on Friday morning and they arrived on Saturday morning!!

 

[stephec]

Unbelievable! I ordered them on Friday morning and they arrived on Saturday morning!!

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You can really get stuff delivered the day after you've ordered it, nah you're having me on? 😂

 

[Accy cyclist]

You can really get stuff delivered the day after you've ordered it, nah you're having me on? 😂

Yes, but to me it's so fast. All the way from Piccadilly, London to here in a day is very good, especially when the sellers had to sew the hems up and box the pants as well (their products are always boxed so well!). It was 7 quid for delivery. I expected them to arrive maybe the middle of next week at the earliest.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've just looked at the order confirmation page. Cordings are also based on a business park in Andover, Hampshire. If the trousers were sent from there, surely that's further away than London. 🤔

 

[stephec]

I've just looked at the order confirmation page. Cordings are also based on a business park in Andover, Hampshire. If the trousers were sent from there, surely that's further away than London. 🤔

It's amazing what they can do these days. 😂

 

[DRM]

Way back in the mid eighties, the I’d order parts for one of the machines at work, the manufacturer was, iirc in Hertfordshire we could have them in Leeds in less than 3 hours if the timings went right, they would put them on the train to Leeds & I’d borrow a van from transport, nip to the station and collect them, come back and have it up and running on the same day!

 

[fossyant]

Rupert the bear had pants like that.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Rupert the bear had pants like that.

Really?!

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm going to have to buy some braces. The pants have stretch side bands that make the waistband tighter, but not tight enough for me. The pants came with buttons fitted for braces, but no belt loops. I haven't worn a pair of braces since I was about 5, when I wore them to hold my school shorts up, before I wore long pants.