Fashion

canvas waiters pant: https://serviceworks.xyz/products/canvas-waiters-pant-olive

I was worried that the canvas would shrink in the wash but it hasn't

These look the sort of fit I'm after, will check them out. I wonder if the trade chef pants are really workwear only.

Service Works a new one on me, but look great!

Found this site, Blacksmith Store, that stocks them as well as other nice simple, seemingly decent quality, not bank-breaking stuff - not sure whether anyone’s picked anything up from here before?

it was blacksmith store that ordered service works from. I ordered a couple of sizes and got a refund on one of them no problem.

ah fab! will definitely put a little shopping list together then :)

love the uniqlo airism oversized tees.

essential.

Mmmm that sweet 'Airism Cotton Oversized tee' with 53% cotton and 47% polyester :))))))

Current inspiration

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Dude. Airism is amazing.

I backpacked and toured with Airism boxers, pack to nothing and dry fast. In the summer I wear Airism vests under work shirts to keep me cool.

The vests have lasted incredibly well too. So while plastics in garments typically cannot be recycled further you're not replacing them all the time.

My point is not how good or bad Airism is. My point is that they call it cotton and its made of almost 50% plastic. Disingenuous and deceptive.

That's totally normal these days, just look at Sportwool, it is:

It is a lightweight, composite fabric consisting of a layer of machine-washable superfine Merino wool next to the skin and a layer of tough, easy-care polyester on the outside.

but somehow that's not mentioned anywhere
https://tbfabrics.com/fabrics/sportwool-merino-perform/
https://www.pearson1860.com/products/road-short-sleeve-merino-jersey-to-brighton

and this is a merino t-shirt now
https://www.rapha.cc/gb/en/shop/mens-trail-merino-long-sleeve-t-shirt/product/AGV01LSAPA

In the case of Airism I see the cotton as a negative and only get the full synthetic versions.

But they don’t - they call it Airism cotton, and it’s a blend of Airism, and cotton, no?

Oh - I see - yes. You're right. Back to my cave I go :)

Socks are the only exception for me, everything else that is made with wool should be all wool.

Got a nice Oliver Spencer shirt on ebay, listed as large - didn't see it was neck size 15" and now it's arrived it is definitively not at all large, really quite small in fact.

Anyone want this for £8 posted..?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266708482110

Any suggestions for a tailor for some suit alterations? East preferred but can go into central if needed. I need (what I think) is a small bit of work on some trousers and a jacket

TML Tailors on Grays Inn Road are very good

I used these guys on Bishopsgate in case that's convenient.

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This guy loves a popped collar

Joined the Carhartt dungarees crew.
Wearing them to work, coupled with a t shirt covered in dinosaurs.
More than one person has described me as an overgrown toddler
(TBF it was the aesthetic I was going for)

Thinking about throwing a tantrum later.

Only got good things to say about Orhan on Pitfield Street.

Cheers all - very much appreciated. Something I am very much a noob with tbh

Relatedly, has anyone ever had a puffer jacket successfully altered in London?

What else are they for?

Fuck yea. Toddler gang represent.

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