Windowpane tweed Braemar jacket

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Nice find! It looks great on you!

[ShaunMaxwell]

Congratulations on the jacket Toby! Looks great and suits you down to the ground.

SM

[creagdhubh]

Great job! You must be size 38-40", right? Man, you have the best luck with ebay - how do you find these jackets?!!!

[Tim Little]

*** to the "Nicely done!" tally

[artificer]

Tobus,
if the sleeves really bother you they CAN be shortened from the shoulder seam. A tailor who is skilled in suit building or alterations can do it.

That way you preserve the full panel on the arm AND get the fit you desire.

That said, the sleeves don't appear overly long from the pix. I don't think you'd be committing a major fashion faux-pas if you decide to leave them as is.

ith:

[rondo]

Tobus,
if the sleeves really bother you they CAN be shortened from the shoulder seam. A tailor who is skilled in suit building or alterations can do it.

That way you preserve the full panel on the arm AND get the fit you desire.

That said, the sleeves don't appear overly long from the pix. I don't think you'd be committing a major fashion faux-pas if you decide to leave them as is.

ith:

He beat me to it...a proper sleeve alteration is done from the shoulder. However, the sleeves look fine to me [if perhaps a bit retro '70's in length] no sweat...I say leave them as is.

Rondo

[ForresterModern]

Kyle I did check out similar tweeds (same style number at least) from Rocky's and from my place side by side on the same monitor (actually three different monitors, as I checked them at work, and at home on both my desktop and laptop), and have come to the conclusion that all of the three tweeds I ordered from my place are comparable in color and hue and brightness to the samples shown on my supplier's website, while comparables from Rocky's site seem to come across moderately darker by comparison, again side to side same tweed. So were I buying from Rocky's site I might not be surprised if my product arrived a couple shades lighter than anticipated, but not really that far off the mark.

Just my opinion.

jeff

[creagdhubh]

Kyle I did check out similar tweeds (same style number at least) from Rocky's and from my place side by side on the same monitor (actually three different monitors, as I checked them at work, and at home on both my desktop and laptop), and have come to the conclusion that all of the three tweeds I ordered from my place are comparable in color and hue and brightness to the samples shown on my supplier's website, while comparables from Rocky's site seem to come across moderately darker by comparison, again side to side same tweed. So were I buying from Rocky's site I might not be surprised if my product arrived a couple shades lighter than anticipated, but not really that far off the mark.

Just my opinion.

jeff

Wonderful! Thanks for checking on that for me, Jeff, I really appreciate it. I understand that nothing really compares to ordering swatches of the actual material, but I really don't fuss with swatches - if the colour and design is to my liking, I go with it. If the actual cloth is a bit lighter or a bit darker when the garment arrives, so be it. I am a perfectionist to some degree, but not that perfect!

Thanks again,

Kyle

[creagdhubh]

Haha! Nice!

[Downunder Kilt]

Tobus, the more I see of your newly aquired jacket, the more I like the brown with the blue/green toned kilt. I think your onto a winner with whatever colours/tones you wear the jacket with. As for the scowl, I won't comment.