[SJC]

Okay chaps concentrate now.

1. Black Moleskin is for 1914 Sack Suit and Norfolk Jacket, that is locked.

2. Dark Brown (could be for 1930 style suit, belted back patch pockets, like workhouse suit) suggestions?

3. Dirty Straw colour (for what?) Suggestions?

What do you want?



I was thinking for above straw colour:

[Rudie]

I would like a slightly less dark brown with a touch of red in it to give it a warmer vibe.

[metatron]

The first pic is moleskin? Doesn't seem to have any nep.
Brown for the 30s suit, don't have any problems with that.

[Spritle]

There seem to be a lot of Tailoring items in the works at the moment.
Simon, are you getting a huge demand?
Just curious as to the market research.

[SJC]

The workwear is popular. Just preparing for that.

Jason the swatches are raw, unbrushed, not sanded so just raw heavy cotton.

What to do with it now is the opportunity/question right now.

[metatron]

The straw colour would be great for a cap.

[Pat Spade]

That straw color could be good for work trews...

[Sean Longden]

Remember, when Simon offered T shirts with Flo's rather food designs, there were no orders!! Even though they were classic designs on great quality t shirts. My son has a sample if Miss dynamite and the mermaid, wears them all the time and they still look great after many washes. If Simon couldn't sell the t-shirts i think he might struggle with other garments with designs on them.

[metatron]

Wait, are you suggesting to do the 30s work suit in plain canvas cloth? Isn't that a bit boring with the legacy of S&P and Vaugan before it? Moleskin, cord or wool flannel would be much more desirable...

[Rudie]

No worries, it is going to be moleskin, metatron.

[bluescaptain]

hmm, some kind of m43/field jacket in that straw canvas would be cool.. With matching cap

[SJC]

I might look at WW1 officers coats or a bushcoat or something.

[Edward]

I like all these. In my fantasy world, where it's possible to buy a three-piece-plus-extra-trews SJC suit for £400, I'd buy at least one or two annually, September and January. In today's world, these worksuits are all formal enough that I could wear any of them to the office and fit right in. (Hell, if you were to do one of the 20s or 30s blazers in a nice, black barentha, with a pair of the vaughn trousers you could even also fake black lounge. (I certainly have my eye on the 20s jacket with a potential view to wearing it with spongebags).

Remember, when Simon offered T shirts with Flo's rather food designs, there were no orders!! Even though they were classic designs on great quality t shirts. My son has a sample if Miss dynamite and the mermaid, wears them all the time and they still look great after many washes. If Simon couldn't sell the t-shirts i think he might struggle with other garments with designs on them.

Definitely a point. Some of the vintage crowd will actively sneer at the idea of a printed design. The rockabilly crowd will buy printed tees on the other hand; I have seen some nice repop ones in the sort of vein that the SJC ones were aimed at selling at rockabilly events. It's the sort of thing I think could be a seller if you were doing the Rhythm Riot folks' events, but will have a limited appeal outside of that. Can't see printed designs on a jacket, say, selling to them...

I might look at WW1 officers coats or a bushcoat or something.

I'd be wary of either of those, bearing in mind that they can be had already from the likes of WPG and Soldier of Fortune, doubtless for less than would make them practical for SJC. I think you'd be better going for a travel blazer or something. I'd love one of the 30s suits in that sort of dirty straw colour in a heavy cotton fabric - the perfect casual lounge suit for year-round foreign travel. Even better if there was also the option of a DB jacket.

Other things I'd like to see in these fabrics:

33 jacket, the workhouse jacket, ***the SJC hunting vest*** (a design we've not seen since the wabash collection, but a great one - if I could buy those in these fabrics, they'd be worn all Summer when it's too hot for a jacket).

Can any of these cloths be used to make a nice bag - something a bit like a MKVI gasbag (think: Indiana Jones) but perhaps a little larger, with a padded pocket for a tablet / camera, and a lining made from the proofed raincoat cloth, so it's showerproof (thinking along the lines of the Brady Bags which are canvas but keep out the rain, but something just a little simpler which could then be sold at around the £50 mark as opposed to the £150 plus most Bradys are). I can see a bag being a good accessory to have, and it would be nice to be able to buy something like this in non-military colours.

[Unkraut]

the SJC hunting vest*** (a design we've not seen since the wabash collection, but a great one - if I could buy those in these fabrics, they'd be worn all Summer when it's too hot for a jacket).

Yeah they would be really nice for the workwear market.

[SJC]

I agree. But out of what fabric, the olive moleskin to go with the Norfolk?  You won't see it, well until the coat is open. 

I bought a 20's duck hunting coat it would ideal for that.  

How to reintroduce this style?