Monday, 18 May 2009

Another Little Gem In The City

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Twigg Shoe Services are based in the heart of historic Carlisle. The only high street shop in Cumbria, providing a fully bespoke service for Gentleman's footwear. The shoes you want are the shoes they make! Also they can rescue those old favourites that you can't bear to throw away, with their high class shoe repair service.

They are also Carlisle's only stockist of Alfred Sargent Goodyear welted formal and country shoes.

Determined to make quality a priority in every aspect of shoe making and shoe repairs, and to ensure that customers are happy to return again and again. Andrew Twigg the man doing the making and the repairing will also be the man doing the meeting and greeting, this helps build up customer confidence knowing that there will be a continuity in the work undertaken.

As a relatively new business established in July 2006 in Carlisle, He's already getting regular customers. Plus, first time customers saying "how nice to have a real cobblers shop back in Carlisle."












The workshop is situated on on a cobblestone street located between Carlisle Cathedral and Carlisle Castle, close to City centre and just a 10 minute walk from us here at Steed.





I bought a couple pairs of Alfred Sargent's from him which were very well priced and I'm hoping to commission a bespoke pair later on in the year.


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All this reminds me of the bootmaker who was given the Royal Warrant.

When Her Majesty's Inspectors came to visit to see that everything was in order, they were horrified to find the new sign the proprietor had erected, which read "Cobbler's To The Queen"
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Thursday, 16 April 2009

Inform The President I'm Coming!

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Due to popular demand & an invitation from the President himself (just kidding) I'll be visiting Washington DC in June 2009.

The last time I was in DC, was 21 years ago, when I worked for Edward Sexton. We stayed at the Hay-Adams then & enjoyed a wonderful meal at The Lafayette, along with Edward's wife who reminisced about the swinging sixties & the party's they went to with The Beatles & The Rolling Stones.


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Chicago

Monday, 8th June

The Drake Hotel

140 East Walton Pl

312 787 2200


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Washington DC

Wednesday, 10th June

The Hay-Adams Hotel
Sixteenth & H Streets

N.W. Washington

202 638 6600

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New York

Friday, 12th June & Saturday, 13th June

The Kimberly Hotel

145 east 50th Street

212 755 0400


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Boston
Monday, 15th June & Tuesday, 16th June till noon.

The Eliot Hotel

370 Comnmonwealth Ave.

617 267 1607

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I look forward to meeting customers, old & new alike and as always I will be offering both my Semi-Bespoke & Bespoke service.

I 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 I 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, I would appreciate it if you could contact me prior to the trip, so that I can organise my day to accommodate everyone.

Best regards,

Edwin DeBoise

Steed Bespoke Tailors

+44 (0) 20 7287 7227

http://www.steed.co.uk/

http://www.steeds-view.blogspot.com/

edwin@steed.co.uk
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Monday, 6 April 2009

SAS - (Swiss Army Suit)

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We were recently asked to endulge on a project by a customer of ours that he had been thinking about for some time.

The idea was that of a multi-functional suit, ie. in his words a "Swiss Army Suit"...

The reason for this unusual but great idea was to cut down on the number of things that he needed to pack for trips, whilst still wanting a gulf between formal and casual wear.
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The end result was a 3-piece Suit which could be worn with either the waistcoat or not, and a jacket with inter-changeable buttons to transform it from a suit jacket to blazer or to a more relaxed sports jacket, with Mother of Pearl buttons.
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Judge for yourself the contrast in outfits by changing the buttons and accessories.


Bill (Voxsatoria) posted this article, which caused quite a stir on StyleForum.
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If you wish to read the thread you can click on this link. The SwissArmySuit™: a sartorial strip tease
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Friday, 27 March 2009

LimoLiner


Personally, I think it’s the only way to travel, between New York & Boston & that’s why I’ll be taking it again on the last leg of my USA trip.

Luxurious reclining leather seats, free hi-speed wireless Internet, a meal with beverages & they throw in an up to date movie as well. Great value from $89 one way, especially if you take in to account the price of a taxi to La Guardia & Logan airports.

I board in New York at the Hilton, located at 53rd & 7th Ave. (get there 10 mins before departing & no slapping through security at airports) & the journey ends at The Hilton Back Bay in Boston. They’ve also started a service to Hartford from NY & Boston, so worth checking it out. http://www.limoliner.com/
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Tuesday, 24 March 2009

Back In The USA

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Well, Here I am again on one of my quarterly trips to the States, with fittings aplenty & new customers to see, hoping that I’m not going to see the credit crunch.

Wall St. Up again today & a strong dollar, things not looking too bad. (Mustn’t grumble, I could but it wouldn’t do me any good, as my old dad use to say).

Anyway, whilst having my usual glass of California’s best & a Drake Burger at the Coq d’Or plus trying to stay up, till at least 11 o’clock, (my cure for jet lag) I remembered the story of a cutter, who joined one of the bigger tailoring establishments in Savile Row & was asked if he would do the travelling to the States.

The chairman enthused that he should not be inconvenienced by his time away (about 3 weeks) & that he should treat it, like home from home & not miss out on all the pleasures he enjoyed back here.

Upon his return, he presented the chairman with his expense bill, which was quite substantial. The chairman raged at the amount & demanded an explanation. "Well said the chap, you told me to treat my time away like I would at home & at home I enjoy a descent bottle of wine a first class meal & the company of a good women" (Or words to that effect). Needless to say his time was short lived there.
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