London Lounge - Cloth Club Promotion - EXTENDED

Following the success of our recent London Lounge, Cloth Club Promotion, Steed are pleased to announce an extension, which will give anyone purchasing any LL Cloth and has it made by us here at Steed, a special price that equates to around 20% off Steed's regular prices. 


This extension will now run to the end of 2012 but if customers have subscribed to cloths that will not be ready by that time then they can still take advantage of the offer by paying the deposit for any ordes before the end of 2012.


EDIT: The New Alden Fox Flannel Collection is also included in this promotion! 


Below are some examples of our previous work with LL Cloths.


(Please note the two middle photo's are clothes made for customers but modelled by myself)

London Lounge Special Price - VAT Exempt 

3-Piece Suit £2200

2-Piece Suit £1830

Sports Jacket/Blazer £1295

Overcoat £1830

London Lounge Special Price - UK & European Union

3-Piece Suit £2645

2-Piece Suit £2200

Sports Jacket/Blazer £1555

Overcoat £2200

Best wishes,


Matthew


Steed Bespoke Tailors


www.steed.co.uk

Steed Tailors - May/June 2012 - USA Itinerary

Steed are pleased to announce that Edwin & Matthew DeBoise will be returning to the United States at the end of May/start of June, 2012.

We have decided to extend our stay in New York City from the usual 3 nights to 5 nights. 

If you wish to contact us during our trip, you can call us on our American Cell Phone Number below:

617 794 0039

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Chicago 

Monday, 28th May

(Arriving late afternoon on Sunday, 27th May & Leaving early morning on Tuesday, 29th May)

The Drake Hotel

140 East Walton Pl

312 787 2200

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Washington DC 

Wednesday, 30th May

(Arriving late afternoon on Tuesday, 29th May and leaving the morning of Thursday, 31st May)

The Hay-Adams Hotel

Sixteenth & H Streets

N.W. Washington

202 638 6600

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New York

Friday, 1st June till Monday 4th June

(Arriving late afternoon on Thursday, 31st May & leaving morning of Tuesday, 5th June)

The Kimberly Hotel 

145 east 50th Street

212 755 0400

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Boston

Wednesday, 6th June

(Arriving late afternoon, Tuesday, 5th June & leaving 11am on Thursday, 7th June)

The Eliot Hotel 

370 Commonwealth Ave

617 267 1607

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We look forward to meeting customers, old & new alike and as always we will be offering both my Semi-Bespoke (MTM) & Bespoke service. 

We carry a wide selection of cloths but if anyone has any particular requestes for a certain bunch, please don't hesitate to ask. 

Obviously the days between cities we will be traveling. However, there maybe an opportunity to see customers, late afternoon, early evening of those days. 

If you’d like to make an appointment, we would appreciate it if you could contact us prior to the trip, so that we can organise our day to accommodate everyone. 

You can also contact us on our American Cell Phone number below:

617 794 0039

Best regards, 

Edwin & Matthew DeBoise 

Steed Bespoke Tailors 

+44 (0) 20  7287  7227 

www.steed.co.uk/ 

www.steeds-view.blogspot.com/ 

On The Road Again..Paris Trip - March 2012

Dad and I returned yesterday from our highly successful March trip to The States which saw us take in our usual four cities of Chicago, Washington DC, New York City & Boston.

It was great to catch up with  our existing customers and also to of met many new customers to which we look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with and look forward to seeing again in June 2012 which will be our next trip to The States (Dates to be confirmed shortly).

However as they say there is no rest for the wicked as we are now heading off to Paris, France on Monday, 26th March.

We will be able to see customers all day on the Tuesday, 27th March and up till 11am on Wednesday, 28th March.

We will be staying at the Saint-James & Albany Spa Hotel.

Saint-James & Albany Spa Hotel
202, rue de Rivoli, 
01. Louvre
Châtelet, 
75001 
Paris

Tel: +33 1 44 58 43 21

Available to see people on Tuesday, 27th March (All Day) & Wednesday, 28th March (till 11am)

If people need to call Dad or myself, you can contact us on our UK mobile/cell number which is 07976 950 384

Or email us at info@steed.co.uk

                                                                                                 
                                                                         

A Basted Fitting for Paris     

              

Straight Out of the Box But Just Couldn't Wait...

I took delivery this morning of a box and too my surprise, I realised it was my own sports jacket that had been finished by my tailor in London. I started this jacket last summer and took the forward fitting out to show when we where invited to Beijing, China last September for a luxury goods expo. 
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However as we have been so busy we couldn't get the jacket finished, as obviously the customers always come first!

I'm looking forward to getting this back from the finisher next week and having it ready for our March USA trip and if I get a chance I will take another couple of photo's after the hand button holes are in and it's buttoned and pressed.
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What I like about this cloth from the Porter & Harding (Harrisons), Glorious Twelve bunch is its flexibility and we have made up nearly the whole bunch for customers over the years. 
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It is a 11oz Sporting Tweed & Country Collection but is perfect for either sport coats, such as this or to be made up in two or three piece suits, as is the cloth shown here of which I just caught Dad cutting out for a new customer in The States. (25338 Brown donegal) 

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This one of mine is the 25341. It is a grey barley corn weave with a blue over-check and although I have had it made up as a sports coat, I may end up following the lead of a customer of ours who had it made up as a sports jacket originally and then decided a 2-piece suit will work as well so we made the trousers up for him and it looks fantastic. 

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That's the great thing about this bunch, it is a good weight with it being 11oz so it suitable for 3/4 of the year in most climates and most of the patterns work well as sports coats and suits depending on the occasion.
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I'm going to be using my jacket as a more casual sport jacket to travel in and to go out for meals as it looks equally great with jeans or grey flannels with a nice Oxford blue shirt and black or brown shoes and even for the most daring of people, white trainers/sneakers. 


Best,
Matthew

Anderson & Sheppard, A Style Is Born

I was lucky enough to be given this lovely book as a present for my recent birthday and I must say it is a fantastic and interesting read with some beautiful and encapsulating photo's in it.

It brought back wonderful memories to see so many of the customers that I had looked after, during my seven years there and you can see why so many still want to be part of such a rich history, by having their clothes made there. 


Also while I may not be in the book from a photographic standpoint in person, I am however there in the form of my handwriting, on the one jacket pattern that they chose to feature, who was a customer of Colin Harvey and later mine once Harvey retired. 


Each cutter used to mark his patterns with their initials, which you can see on the white note, with the measurements on at the bottom of this pattern.

What a wonderful surprise it was to see the painting of Colin Harvey at his board, which I had never seen before but really encapsulates him perfectly and just as I had remembered him. I recently bumped into his brother John, who was a director at Scabal's (from whenever I can remember), whilst on The Row last Friday and I asked him if he knew of this painting as I would love a print of this, if not the original! 

When Harvey retired he gave me his cutting shears, which I don't use but have retained the yellow cloth that he had wrapped around the handle and now adorn the shears that I use, which where my Fathers. 


If you look at the picture below you can see that the artist has included this in his painting.

For those of you who wish to purchase the book, you can contact Anderson & Sheppard through their website for details on how to find it.