Merry Christmas and New Years!

Hope everyone has a Merry X-mas and a safe New Years.  All orders placed by November 18th will have shipped by Thursday December 22nd.  If you havent received a shipping confirmation by Friday let me know and we'll see what's going on.

Also, I will be on vacation from Dec 26-Jan 8th so last day I will be responding to email is 24th.  If you email during the time I am gone, I will be checking email once every few days, and will respond to quick answer emails.  Any emails that require a bit more thought on my part will be answered when I return.  If you dont get a response by Jan 8th then please re-send your original query.

Here's to everyone having a fantastic holiday season and see you in 2012!

-Jason

1 button suit

House cut 1 button suit

Navy Blazer

House cut navy blazer with MOP buttons

Double Breast wedding suit

The double breast suit (4x2 button stance) with Mother of Pearl buttons in the Navy windowcheck posted back in 2008.  This suit is made on the larger end of my sizing range (approx size 42), so it's not all smaller size 36 guys who can wear this!  Congrats to the new couple, the bride's teal shoes are awesome!

Blue-Grey Houndstooth #2

Tweed jacket in the Houndstooth #2 which has a blue-grey colorway.

This jacket is a 3 button, rolled to middle.  Patch pockets on all (breast and side)

A dirty wedding!!

This is pretty rad, T&C got married and when I met with them they had mentioned things were going to get down and dirty at the ceremony and sure enough it did!  Looks like a great time was had, check out their pics on their wedding blog (copy and paste into your browser)

http://www.100layercake.com/blog/2011/11/21/highland-springs-resort-wedding-chelsea-tyler/

No Saturday Appts for rest of 2011

Sorry, but there will be no more saturday appointments booked for rest of 2011.  The days I am available are already booked with multiple appts, and there are a few weekends where I will not be around between now and end of year.  As of right now, if you are interested in a saturday local meetup, it will not be until January 14th.

2011 Holiday Schedule

This is the last week to place orders where they will be guaranteed to ship before December 24th (pending any unforeseen delay), so if you need to have a suit in your hands for Christmas or New Years please place orders by no later than this friday the 18th.  If you place the order after the 18th, there is still a chance you may get it shipped by Dec 24th, but it is not certain it will.

Also please note that any orders that have not shipped by Dec 24th will not ship until after JANUARY 9th as I will be out of town for the 2 weeks right after Christmas until the 8th. So also please keep that in mind, even if you don't need a suit in time for Xmas/NYE, that first week of January will have no deliveries either so please plan accordingly!

Tweed #5

An example of a jacket made in Tweed #5, from 2011 fall tweeds.  This jacket has Mother of Pearl buttons with patch pockets.  Unfortunately I think the lighting is off, and the photos appear a bit too "blue".  This is a cool grey shade, but does not have any blueness to it.  The swatch in the fabric page is more true to real color, but these photos give a sense of the overall scale of the plaid and its effect as a full garment.

Crombie Overcoat

Thick is Thieves is now offering an overcoat in traditional "crombie/chesterfield/covert" coat style.  The cloth is a cashmere/wool blend which is very soft, almost velvety and is a typical overcoat weight cloth, good for cool fall/winter days.  Overcoats are $600 shipped Conus.

Details include:
-4 button front closure
-Hidden fly front
-Slightly angled pockets with ticket pocket
-Velvet half collar (black velvet by default on most except camel is brown velvet, my coat here shown in burgundy. Limited colors other than black velvet can be used for the half collar)
-2 button sleeve closure
-Knee length coat with single long vent in center of back
-2.75" notch lapel (no buttonhole)
-High button stance
-burgundy liner

Colors available
-Black
-Navy
-Chocolate brown (shown)
-Dark Grey
-Camel

Jacket in "Tweed #7"

Here is a full jacket made up from the newly added "Tweed #7" to give you a sense of the plaid scale on an actual garment.  This is a 2 button jacket with house style ticket pocket (overlapping)

Burgundy flannel fun jacket

This jacket is a 3/2 (lapel rolls to middle button on a 3-button stance), undarted patch pocket jacket made from burgundy flannel.  This jacket is very casual, all pockets are patched with contrast color topstitching in a powder blue, and lapels are also topstitched in powder blue. Bottom-most sleeve buttonhole and middle buttonhole are also done in powder blue. Buttons are in a bronze Mother of Pearl.  The one thing to learn from this photo, don't keep your cell phone in your jacket pocket if you want to avoid unsightly bulges!  Trousers are also Thick as Thieves, made from the now sold out Petrol Blue sharkskin.

100% Silk cloth sample!

This is the first sample of a pure 100% silk cloth woven a French Blue color.  The sampling for this cloth is still underway, but as a first sampling, the result was far better than I expected.  The cloth is pure silk, so has a slight sheen similar to sharkskin, but it is not "shiny" in the way you would think pure silk cloth to be.  The cloth is smooth but has some textural hand to it.  The best thing about this cloth is that I will be able to control the color, so any popular colors that sell out can be restocked in this material (such as Petrol Blue).  This first batch was done to a French "cornflower" blue, definitely not a workplace suit, but for those looking for something unique this is definitely going to fit the bill.  The cloth is very lightweight and has a fantastic drape to it.  You can even smell the pure silk fibre which has its own distinct scent.  While not as wrinkly as linen, it is def a "needs some care" cloth and I would recommend a good steaming out to de-wrinkle the cloth every couple wears. Tho after a night of dancing to 60s R'nB and rockabilly, it def roadtested well and I didnt look as disheveled as I thought I might have afterwards.  This cloth is still in sampling process to tighten the weave and sort out any inconsistencies, but keep an eye out in very near future for some offereings in this cloth. Price is still a bit TBD but will be in line with my pricing point.

Wedding in Mohair

Thanks for E&C posting these on their wedding blog, Thick as Thieves suit in medium grey Mohair/wool. Congrats and many good fortunes to the groom and bride!

Fall/Winter news

Some new tidbits coming for this fall/winter:

-Addition of new tweeds starting first week of september
-later in the season hopefully will add a chesterfield/crombie style overcoat to our selection
-new cloths for our suits, including pure cashmere suiting cloths and 100% silk cloths.  Both will be custom designed by Thick as Thieves for color and patterns, so this should be a good way to keep popular colors and check patterns in stock as the fabric will be made exclusively for me so there won't be an issue of restock availability! More info to come as samples are made and approved...!!!

Wedding in tweed....

Brown window check tweed in 114-3.   All the best to the bride and groom!

 A good closeup of grooms trousers with "frogmouth" pocket style

The season of wedding continues....

Thick as Thieves suit in Med Grey nailhead.  Congrats to the happy couple!

Navy Sharkskin wedding suit

Client provided photos of his wedding suit in Navy Sharkskin, congrats!

Three Bad Jacks

Elvis Suissa (in the middle), singer of LA based rock and roll/rockabilly band Three Bad Jacks in Thick as Thieves suit.  Elvis is wearing a 1 button suit in the currently sold out Petrol Blue Sharkskin.

Three Bad Jacks have been around the rockabilly scene for over 10+ years now, and just released their third record "Pictures and Memories from Home".  They've gigged all over the States as well as Europe with their catchy brand of rockabilly/rock and roll.  Elvis is one of the most soulful singers in the rockabilly scene which is evident in the new record which incorporates 1960s garage and soul influences to his song writing.  Think of it as The Sonics collaborating with Otis Redding and you get the idea...

The new record "Pictures and Memories" is available on iTunes, as well as through www.threebadjacks.com

Tweed Trouser

Here is the Tweed 115-1 (light grey Prince of Wales) in a trouser.  Frogmouth pockets, front rise higher than normal (about 11.5" on these trousers pictured, the default front rise for most heights 5'7 - 5'11" is 10.5")

Navy Sharkskin suit in full lounge effect

This is a real life shot of the Navy Sharkskin cloth on a client.  I dig the nonchalant feel of this picture, and you can almost imagine a line of coke and some high $$$ prostitutes waiting in the wings, tho of course we DO NOT ENDORSE cocaine in any way!!!

PRICE INCREASE, SORT OF BUT NOT REALLY

As many of you know, since I started doing this in 2007, I've never had a price increase as far as markup on my end.  Yes, prices have gone up but that's only because better fabrics were used and any price increase reflected on just the higher cost of cloth, with no additional profit markup.

Unfortunately, with the increase in cost of materials, transit, etc that directly go into each suit, I've been eating a lot of the surcharges for the last year without passing them on in the form of higher pricing but with recent cost increase, I will have to increase prices.  BUT NOT REALLY, as this price increase won't affect many of you who are fist time customers.

As of May 15th, the price for repeat customers, who I normally knock off a few $ as a token of appreciation, will be the same as first time buyers.  So you won't necessarily be paying more, but I won't be offering the "thanks for coming back" discount that I normally do.  This way, I don't have to raise the prices and you'd be paying the same, imho, low price as everyone else without any extra discount on top.   Obviously I am thrilled that many of you come back for suits #2, 3, 4, 5, 6 etc, but I feel this is the best way to combat increase in cost of business while not actually raising pricing for anyone.  I'm sure I'll figure out some way to give repeat buyers a break...

The price will be same as it's been for past couple years for first time customers, price depending on fabric choice.

Thanks for everyone's understanding!

Blue Skies for Black Hearts

 Check out this great indie rock band from Oregon, Blue Skies for Black Hearts.  They have a "brit pop" style sound (they even do a cover of Blur's Parklife) and here are a couple images from their record "Embracing the Modern Age", all wearing Thick as Thieves suits!!  Looking smart fellas!

http://www.blueskiesforblackhearts.com

www.myspace.com/blueskiesforblackhearts
 

Lil Mo of the Dynaflos

this is "Lil Mo" of LA based doowop/rockabilly band Lil Mo and the Dynaflos.  He also sings for a traditional rockabilly band called The Unholy 4, as well as Blue Denim.  He's sporting a 1 button burgundy flannel suit (color is not as purple as the light makes it out to be), with slight "Teddy Boy" details (velvet half collar, velvet trim around pockets)

Check em out! (copy and paste links into your browser)

http://www.myspace.com/lilmoandthedynaflos
https://www.facebook.com/lilmoandthedynaflos

Tuxedo

I get quite a few requests for pics of the tuxedo, here is one that was sent to me recently that I think is a good example.  1 button, peak lapels (2.75" wide), single button jacket, satin trim.  The pockets have flaps but they can also be tucked in to give the jetted look, as this photo illustrates.  Normally I angle the pockets on the tux jacket (no ticket pocket of course), but this client requested the pockets be horizontal.

Versace cloth Burgundy Stripe

3 button suit in the Burgundy Stripe Versace cloth.
-High 3 button cut
-House style ticket pocket
-Bronze mother of pearl buttons

Versace cloth Grey Windowcheck

3 button suit in the Medium Grey Windowcheck Versace cloth.
-High 3 button cut
-House style ticket pocket
-Grey mother of pearl buttons

 Grey mother of pearl buttons

 Pattern matched across overlapping ticket pockets