super twist fabric and clay shooting
Published: Saturday, February 2nd 2008
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I took an order for a bespoke three piece suit from a new client last year, and after discussing his requirements with him, we decided to go for a super twist cloth from a local cloth merchant.
I do not claim to be a knowledge on fabric construction or weaving, so I am not going to pretend I am here.
To my knowledge a twist cloth is made in the mill by using several fibres of wool spun around one another to make the cloth.
The cloth that was chosen to make this bespoke suit has so many underlying colours it is impossible to describe!
The first picture below shows a close up of the peaked lapel, the complex colours are easy to see, grey, blue,brown, yellow, gold etc etc!!
Some readers may think this fabric could be a little 'busy' for a bespoke tailored suit, but this is not the case.
This is a perfect cloth for a bespoke suit, as it is one of those fabrics you will never see on the ready to wear garment shelf.
It is also one of those cloths that until you can examine it fairly close, most of the details stay hidden from the eye, and they vary in different light! It really is quite beautiful, I have several suits from this bunch personally.
It's a shame that many bespoke tailors will not have this cloth bunch, but I must keep somethings exclusive for my own customers, as other tailors also do.
The next picture shows a shot of the collar taken from the shoulder.
I had enough cloth when cutting this suit out, to cut this top collar so it would also match the check fabric going around the neck.
You can see the check pattern runs into the check one going across the back, the collar also matches vertically at the back neck.
The cloth is also clear to see in this picture.
I am very lucky with my job as the nature of the trade is you are always meeting people, and I have been very fortunate as ALL the clients I have gained from my website are really nice people.
Anyone that has actually met will tell you, being a Yorkshire man I do not mince my words, so what I have put above is genuine.
I have only met a couple of people I did not like or thought I could not work with, and as such I refused to take them on as clients.
The pictures below are a great example of what I mean, clay pigeon shooting with a client who has also become a mate.
I call over to Bolton in Lancashire to see this client now and again, which is a pleasure, but to then find you also have something in common is brilliant, a love of shooting.
The shooting ground is just around the corner from his house, so when we have dealt with business we go and try to smoke a few clays.
It really is years since I did any clay pigeon shooting, but I absolutely love it, I could do it all day, I could do with doing it all day any way as my shooting was terrible!
The picture below shows my client on the way to busting another flying bird.
And the picture below is me on my way to missing yet another clay!
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