Any Posh Tweed-wearing Types On This Forum?

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by figaro, Apr 20, 2015.

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  1. Well, I have some good news for you. I was working next to an old-fashioned clothes shop on Southampton row today, and noticed they had Loake shoes in the window for £89, so I went in. Old biddy in there with a very drawn expression served me. There's a sign outside saying they're closing down in September, and their website is down. I kinda felt sorry for her.

    Anyway, they've got Harris tweed jackets in there reduced from £300 to £150, as well as the aforementioned Loakes for relative pennies. She tried to flog me a jacket (tweed ain't my thang) and without even looking at me picked out a jacket that fitted me absolutely perfectly. I bought some shoes and promised to return for a jacket...

    Thing is it's top quality stuff for Top Shop prices. If you're looking for some smart clobber you could do much worse. The shop is Leonard Jay, on Southampton row, right on the corner of Bloomsbury Way.
     
    #1 figaro, Apr 20, 2015
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  2. Is quoting 'Old biddy' likely to attract a further discount?
     
    #2 Rosso, Apr 20, 2015
  3. Slip the tongue in and you might get a freebie...
     
    #3 figaro, Apr 20, 2015
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  4. Oooh I'm in town on Wednesday for a meeting, could have a sneaky look while I'm there :upyeah:
     
    #4 Kingfixer, Apr 20, 2015
  5. Fig pics please :)
     
    #5 Ducbird, Apr 20, 2015
  6. Thanks for the tip. I will try to detour on my way to work when I am in London later in the week - I don't think the glue which I used to reattach the sole of one of my black "work" shoes will hold much longer, and I don't think that if I resort to black gaffer tape it will go unnoticed. I could do with a new whistle too.
     
    #6 Recidivist, Apr 20, 2015
  7. FFS why so far away Id have been all over a nice pair of Loakes boots
     
    #7 Mr C, Apr 20, 2015
  8. Why so far away ,,,,, wonder if they have branches out in the sticks ..
     
    #8 TTonup, Apr 20, 2015
  9. I have a pair of Loakes Chelsea boots in black and a pair of the ankle high tan brogue boots........very comfortable....

    ......but they don't look right with the camo gear I wear most of the time, so UK desert boots are the most likely footwear I use......
     
    #9 Ghost Rider, Apr 20, 2015
  10. Alas bit off my patch
     
    #10 bradders, Apr 20, 2015
  11. It's a long closing down sale. Check the dates on the comments.... Leonard Jay, 35 Southampton Row, London - Clothes - Men near Holborn Tube Station
     
    #11 ducati dad, Apr 20, 2015
  12. you,re all too late, Chris Eubanks had the lot!
     
    #12 magic1, Apr 20, 2015
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  13. There's a branch near me by the Old Bailey, it's been having a closing down sale for 3.5 years.
     
    #13 triari, Apr 20, 2015
  14. I bought a Harris tweed jacket fresh off the loom for £120 a few years ago from a little tweed shop down an alley in Stornoway. Then I gave up drinking and lost a stone in weight so its too big and I've never worn it. Pity. Its a lovely thing. The pockets smell of the 1950s.
     
    #14 Gimlet, Apr 20, 2015
  15. #15 figaro, Apr 20, 2015
  16. I got a pair of these and a pair of deck shoes (not Loake) for £130. Well chuffed.
     
    #16 figaro, Apr 21, 2015
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  17. Very nice Fig

    I was thinking more along the lines of you being dressed up :)
     
    #17 Ducbird, Apr 21, 2015
  18. omg,, how boring :Banghead:
     
    #18 TTonup, Apr 21, 2015
  19. Nothing wrong with boring :Bag:
    I check a mans shoe if it's not clean and tidy and decent then for me that says all I need to know :Shy:
     
    #19 Ducbird, Apr 21, 2015
  20. even if there a size 12" :Angelic::smile:
     
    #20 finm, Apr 21, 2015
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