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DB Suit from Vintage Cloth

June 4, 2021 by The Boss

More sustainable than sustainable fashion
A bespoke DB suit from English vintage cloth. The solid drape and the saturated blue color are properties you cannot really find among fabrics today.

Fortunately, we can add, when it comes to the deep colour. Until the late 1970s the British mills could apply dyes that were very effective, but not friendly to the environment. Yet, the cloth already woven we can of course use with good consciousness today. In fact bespoke suits from vintage cloth is more sustainable than most sustainable fashions.

I combine the suit with MTO suede loafers from Carmina and a bespoke tie from Dreaming of Monday.

Fine English vintage cloth

May 26, 2021 by The Boss

Fine English vintage cloth for sale. Fabrics are from 1971 to 1982. They have been stored properly, all are in a perfect condition. They come from venerable mills in Yorkshire such as Sykes (defunct) and Lowe, Donald & co. They are, evidently, unique all of them. Weight ranges from about 380 to 480 grams/meter. Fabrics cost 800 DKK pr. meter ex. VAT and shipping (from Denmark). Depending on your body size you will need 3.20 to 3.50 m for a 2-piece suit and 3.80 to 4.00 meter for a 3-piece suit. Some fabrics may work as jacketings. Write torsten@sartorialnotes.com to order.

6. A green glenplaid with turquis blue plaids.

8. A mottled grey-blue Prince of Wales with blue plaids.

9. A strong mottled blue worsted cloth with red stripes.

10. A worsted blue herringbone in lanes and with subtle red and orange stripes.

11. A blue suiting with red and white pinstripes.

12. An unsual crepe weave in a mid-grey shade.

13. A greyish worsted with small light blue and yellow dots.

SALE Fine vintage fabrics for bespoke suits and jackets

October 4, 2019 by The Boss

More than 50 % off the price

When closing the webshop in 2017 I kept some lengths of very fine vintage fabrics. I wanted to have them made up over time.

I’ve come to realise that I have too much, simply. So I’ve decided to put a couple of batches on sale. In Spring I released the first batch. Here’s the second and last batch.

On the webshop, jacketings were 2.100-2.200 DKK, and suitings 3.300-3.500 DKK.

Now I sell a length of jacketing at 1.000 DKK (approx. 118 £, 150 $ or 134 Euro), and a length of suiting for a 2-piece at 1.500 DKK excl. shipping. Almost all lengths are single lengths. When they are gone, they are gone. First come, first served.

Jacket lengths are 2.10-2.20 m, suit lengths are 3.30-3.50 m (for a 2-piece suit).

I’ve selected all fabrics, carefully. They are from Zegna, Botto and other venerable Italian and British mills.

Write infogrunwald@gmail.com

1. Mill/merchant: Mario Zegna. Weight: 480 g/m. Year: 1980s. Suiting. 3.5 m, so enough for 3-piece suit, if you are a L/M/S body size. SOLD!

2. Mill/merchant: Reda. Weight: 480 g/m. Year: 1980s. Suiting. SOLD!

3. Mill/merchant: Kenneth Makenzie. Weight: 520 g/m. Year: 2005. Genuine Harris Tweed Jacketing. SOLD!

4. Mill/merchant: Luigi Botto. Weight: 500 g/m. Year: Late 1970s. Jacketing. SOLD!

5. Mill/merchant: Moessmer. Weight: 430 g/m. Year: 1980s. Jacketing. SOLD!

6. Mill/merchant: Mario Zegna. Weight: 500 g/m. Year: 1980s. Jacketing. SOLD!

7. Mill/merchant: Mario Zegna. Weight: 480 g/m. Year: 1980s. 2 jacketings or a 3-spiece suiting.

8. Mill/merchant: Scabal. Weight: Approx. 380 g/m. Year: Approx. 2005. A soft Shetland tweed from Scabal’s old range, not from the webshop. Jacketing. SOLD!

9. Mill/merchant: Lovat for The London Lounge. Weight: Approx. 500 g/m. Year: 2011. Length: 2.75 meters. Not from the webshop, I paid about about 70 GBP /meter. Jacketing. SOLD!

SALE Fine vintage fabrics for bespoke jackets

May 26, 2019 by Torsten

Fine vintage fabric lengths for bespoke tailoring. Before 2.100-2.200 DKK, now 1.000 DKK.

More than 50 % off the price

When closing the webshop in 2017 I kept some lengths of very fine vintage fabrics. I wanted to have them made up over time.

I’ve come to realise that I have too much, simply. So I’ve decided to put a batch on sale. Jacketings were 2.100-2.200 DKK, and suitings 3.300-3.500 DKK.

Now I sell a length of jacketing at 1.000 DKK (approx. 118 £, 150 $ or 134 Euro), and a length of suiting for a 2-piece at 1.500 DKK excl. shipping. Almost all lengths are single lengths. When they are gone, they are gone. First come, first served.

Jacket lengths are 2.10-2.20 m, suit lengths are 3.30-3.50 m.

I’ve selected all fabrics, carefully. They are from Zegna, Botto and other venerable Italian merchants and mills. Some fabrics have been woven in England.

Summer jacketings

Summer jacketings have a hard twist body that you cannot come about today. They are very resistant to creasing, and you cannot wear them out. Your tailor can use his heavy iron on them. He will love them.

The bold patterns have a distinctive old school touch to them, and you cannot find anything today on the market that replicate them fully.