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 Post subject: Sharkskin Suits
PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:59 pm 
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Ahoy Mr. Hawley,

The manfriend & I have been dying to find out--where do you get all those sharp sharkskin suits?

Picked up a nice vintage blue on green sharkskin jacket for him at Viva Las Vegas this year & are now dying to get him a full suit. Also, you ever go to Viva or other American rockabilly fests?

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cannot reveal my sources,i have just had two three piece suits made i advise you finding a good tailor

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DFS are good for three piece suites.

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DFS are good for three piece suites.


ScS are good too - we got a nice leather one from there last year :*:


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Richard Hawley wrote:
cannot reveal my sources,r



You already have! ;)


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1018026/Its-A-Mans-World-Richard-Hawley.html

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Haha! Rumbled!

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That's an old article - perhaps he had to move tailor after revealing his secret! :*:


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correct Adam however is fantastic although those prices are way wrong i must warn you

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I was thinking- suits like that for 200a pop , I' d be on the next boat over

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:02 pm 
I bought a two tone Trivira suit from an oxfam a few months ago!!! its gorgeous, gold in one light and blue in another... doesnt fit anyone i know but im keeping it... will make one of my sons wear it as soon as they are big enough!!! :*: :*:


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I've never owned a suit :oops: I'd have to get made to measure as I'm a bit vertically challenged :?

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You mean, they're not vintage?? Oie. I guess "good" tailors know where to get sharkskin, aye? Will scrounge the vintage a little longer before we go the tailor route. There's some fancy-pants ones in our city, so I reckon we'll have good luck.

Thanks sir! Hope to see you in the US VERY soon (and multiple dates in San Francisco this time!!).


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Edinburgh has a great vintage clothing company called Armstrongs. One of the 2 branches is just over the road from the Queens Hall venue that Richard is playing in October. Their current window display is of tweed jackets ... doubt that Richard will be in the queue for those!

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find a GOOD tailor (and an old one) and go through his patterns...tailors never throw owt away

by the way - do you know andrew from rocket originals (the BEST handmade 50's shoes!! - their chuckas are awsome and so comfy!!) he gets his suits made by a guy in sheffield.....is it the same guy?

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Ted Williams Tailors on London Road in sheff is brill for bespoke.

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