David Saxby talking about a Henry Poole Savile Row Jacket - Men's Style

In this short video David Saxby talks about Henry Poole of Savile Row London.

[@piccalillipit9211]

*I WAS TRAINED IN THE HENRY POOL METHOD* by an ex Henry Pool cutter. The thing people don't get is the unbelievable amount of work that goes into making the coat utterly indestructible. Youcan wear and abuse a Henery pool coat [jacket] every day for 30 years. If you show it a bit of love it will be good for your grandson in 50 years.

[@Highland_Paddy]

If it's THE RIGHT SIZE................. ???

[@Highland_Paddy]

This one looks a bit yellowed and all that. Pretty much more like a museum piece or something that only Vintage fetishists or something would actually WEAR to a formal occasion?

[@Highland_Paddy]

And he says this one didn't get worn all that much, just damaged, so the cost-per-wear before it was left in the closet neglected was pretty high overall.

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@Highland_Paddy "If it's THE RIGHT SIZE................. ???" Kinda no - we leave very large "inlays" of additional fabric so the coat and trousers can be quite radically altered - the only really fixed dimension is the width across the shoulders. We can take the garment apart and rebuild it if you put on weight, or if you lose weight or if your grandson is taller / bigger.

[@Highland_Paddy]

@@piccalillipit9211 then WHY, again, in a previous vid does he show a jacket and say sadly it's the wrong SIZE for him to wear??? Shouldn't he be able to tailor ANYTHING to fit him if there's all this extra fabric lying around in the properly made garment? No. He's not a magician. Stuff comes in different sizes and people's body shapes can and do change. And regardless, still almost nobody wants to still be wearing the same clothes in five or ten years anyway, no matter how much you postulate that they will. He even says that some other jacket looked good even though it was WORN OUT, which was being a bit polite because the fabric was still intact but only a vagrant would try something in that condition as a viable option, etc.

[@Highland_Paddy]

Well, the used market might define some need for label identification these days...

[@Highland_Paddy]

[drive, even?]

[@mikewingert5521]

Correctly as he says, always a coat; never a jacket. Only potato’s wear jackets. We were taught that in my regiment.

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@mikewingert5521 YEP, Ive never tailored a jacket

[@Highland_Paddy]

Um, not sure why this current tangent, but I notice picci back that saw the vid where he says garments come in different SIZES and he doesn't attempt to make things fit him that DON'T FIT HIM. Also, I don't know or really care about reverse engineering Brit lingo, but typically in common usage, coats are longer and heavier than jackets, mid-thigh being the typical standard or whatever. Pea Coats are shorter than trench coats and most other OVER coats vs. Bomber JACKETS; Flight Jackets; Varsity Jackets; Denim Jackets; tuxedo jackets. The one odd concession is the Chore Coat, which is just alliteration and as much a misnomer as Sport "Coat" when a sport coat is derived from a Field or Safari JACKET.

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@Highland_Paddy - YES - Its a tailoring thing - its a coat not a jacket. then you have an overcoat, that most people would call a coat.