Take me to my tailor...

I mentioned a while back about a suit I had tailored for me back in about 2007-8 kind of time, so here are a few pics regarding that.

The suit was a sort of petrol blue, with four buttons on the cuffs, central vent at the back and slanted jacket pockets, including a ticket pocket and a flap breast pocket.

So far, so relatively ordinary (for a Mod suit at least). 

The main thing of interest is the double-breasted front, which as I mentioned in that previous post, has two columns of four buttons, set about two inches apart. This is pretty narrow by double-breasted suit standards and looks absolutely sick. I pretty much copied the idea from Ronnie Lane in a video which I now can’t find anywhere. If anyone does find it, post it here will you? It’s the one where the Small Faces are driving around in a jeep to the tune of All or Nothing. It could be a documentary, it could be something else. There is this picture of Ronnie Lane wearing a similar suit which I assume must have become a bit of a trademark. That’s the best I can do for examples for now.

The second point of interest is that the bottom of the trouser has a vertical epaulet and button on the outside. I don’t know where I got this from, but it looks awesome and is one of those less flamboyant details that only Mods really appreciate.

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I’ll post some pics, but this is certainly my favourite of my suit wardrobe and it only cost me about £550 back in 2007-8. Not sure if this was cut-price because I was only 17, but it does seem like I was earning more disposable income back then. Either way… a great deal.