When I think of Scotland what comes to mind are its great natural beauty, whiskey, and tweed. We had all three on Monday.
For the day's car trip I am wearing a bespoke cap whose generous shape was designed by Michael Alden of the London Lounge. It is paired with bespoke cords that I have cut identically to my dress trousers, a Smedley polo, slip-on shoes and an unlined safari jacket of heavy cotton drill. 
One of the objectives for the trip was to commission a 60 metre piece of 15 ounce/450 gram black and antique white Cheviot suiting with a large herringbone. I had been looking for suitable cloth for more than a year without success and here I am discussing the pattern with the mill that will be weaving a sample. 
Once the sample has been approved, the cloth will be woven on this or a similar machine, and then sent to Huddersfield for finishing. The process takes ten to twelve weeks.
Leaving the mill, we set out for Edinburgh. Tomorrow, London.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Whiskey and Tweed
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5 comments:
You're in the midst of a fascinating odyssey. Thank you for inviting us along.
Top marks for the Smedley - one of England's finest.
Big fan of your unlined safari jacket, the Norfolk seems to have regained support but less so the safari.
Smooth trip South.
welcome to edinburgh
Scotch Whisky has no 'e'.
Seems like you're enjoying your trip, Will! Are you driving anything fun this time?
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