Reader Questions

From Chris

"I have a friend getting married in two months. He is going to wear morning clothes (yeah!) but is having difficulty locating the proper neckwear. Cravats are hard to come by in number, it seems. Do you have suggestions?"

Macclesfield four in hands would be equally appropriate (that's what the Duke of Windsor wore to marry Wallis and HRH Prince Charles did the same when he married Camilla Parker Bowles) but there should be no problem securing cravats from New & Lingwood or Budd in London.

Reader Questions

From Raymond

"I am in a quandary as to my second bespoke suit. My first was a two button, SB 11oz Lessers navy worsted. I absolutely love it. I find it hard to wear anything else. I am now considering a DB but the practical side of me says go for the same thing in a dark grey or a 3 roll to 2 SB for a change of pace. I am a big fan of HRH Prince Charles and he looks so cool in DB's but that is all he wears. I am 45 years old, 5'9" 150lbs., and an amateur marathoner and triathlete that is somewhat fit. I wear suits once or twice per week, usually with out a tie (I know that is blasphemous) and I can wear whatever I want.

What do you recommend?"

A lot of people don't like 3 roll 2 as the top buttonhole is visible on the lapel. This doesn't bother me - I have several of them - but the point of the roll 2 design was to show more necktie and when you're tieless you're left displaying a lot of uncovered shirt buttons. If it were me, I'd get a 3 roll top (like the Henry Poole jacket in the photo to the left) for wear without a necktie.