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Dylan Jones praises the black suit!!

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"Walking up and down Savile Row three or four times a day, I bump into a lot of tailors. And like everyone else in retail right now, their mood is black.

These days, all men want are dark, sombre, even funereal suits. Grey. Navy. Pinstripe. And lots and lots of black".

He means the customers, not the tailors themselves.

Some people on this forum are anti-black unless to a funeral and even then so are any black suits full-stop.
I rotate navy, grey and black as my work suits. If I had four suits, I would rotate between navy, grey, charcoal grey and black suits.

Not surprised by the article, people need to look business like. The sales of ties have increases and most people cannot justify getting a fancy design that will only be worn a few times a year. They need something that they can wear enough to justify the cost. Instead of the loud green Boateng bespoke suit with skinny tie, they go for a light grey MTM option from Richard James or Gieves & Hawkes.
 
If I was a tailor on The Row, I would be suggest black too. I know at least one tailor besides G&H who is recommending the colour, for bespoke. I am sure others would suggest, especially if the customer asks.

An established customer comes in and wants a new suit, already has navy, grey and the London favourite black pinstripe. Black seems the best option, you look business-like, blend into the crowd and not flash. Even MTM on The Row is struggling, G&H is offering super 150's by Wensum for £895. Huntsman customers are going for MTM and RTW and that is if they coming, most are not.
I was planning to a get bespoke suit (Scabal cloth, I suppose you could have guessed that too) or Belvest MTM from G&H and bespoke shoes; was even measured for bespoke and they already have my MTM measurements. Instead I got a pair of Chruch's for £175 and wait for it, a black suit to replace a double-breasted suit for work rotation.

Lodger in Clifford Street have stopped bespoke shoes are the moment and focusing on RTW and MTM shoes-of-the-month. I was looking to get a MTM in December, but could not do that either.
 
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