The Waning Days of Tweed and Flannel. . .

The top half today, April 14th.  Finally, almost too warm for this kind of stuff.

Especially pleased with the way today's combo of items turned out.  But it's just about time to put these sorts of things away until next October or so.  Sad, because a heavy tweed two-piece suit by Chipp arrived today that I'm dying to wear.  Muted dark green with a faint windowpane pattern woven into it.  A 3/2 roll coat and plain front, fully lined pants with nice big cuffs.  I've been after a suit like this for a long time, and it already fits well, so any necessary alterations will be minimal.  However, it's definitely too warm for wear in the foreseeable future.  It's gotta be downright nippy to pull this one off comfortably.  Well, I can dream about it in the meantime.

-- Heinz-Ulrich

And the lower half.