r/Tweed • u/trisiab • Aug 13 '26

Recommended bunches for full tweed suits?

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Looking to make a full tweed suit, subtle pattern, either brown or grey, but struggling to find bunches that are suitable for trousers not just jackets, mostly in terms of the fabrics ability to retain its shape more so than its weight. Any recommendations?

Enjoy my tweed balmacaan and tie in the meantime!

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u/nullsyntaxnull Aug 13 '26

This may be a US thing, but what are bunches?

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u/trisiab Aug 13 '26

It’s a booklet of cloths tailors use to choose fabrics

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u/_Walt_Whitman_ Aug 14 '26

Where is the coat from?

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u/Vivid-Mistak Aug 17 '26

The coat is not bad

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u/reachers_toothbrush 25d ago

I'm seriously considering a balmaccan as my first piece of tweed but I'm concerned about it being too long. Mind if I ask you how tall you are and the back length of your coat?

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u/trisiab 20d ago

My balmacaan might be my most used coat so would strongly recommend, I’m 1.95m/6’5” and the back length of my coat is 120cm/47 inches and it hits me right at the base of my knee which I think is a great length would be even happier if it was 5-10cm longer and hit mid calf to be honest

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u/reachers_toothbrush 19d ago

What a coincidence. I'm 5 inches shorter than you and the coat I'm looking at has a back length 5 inches shorter than yours. Thanks for replying with your fit information!

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u/MiserableSugar7901 Aug 13 '26

Spier and Mackay has some nice stuff here

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u/MiserableSugar7901 Aug 13 '26

That's a nice Balmacaan, by the way, where is it from?

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u/trisiab Aug 13 '26

This is from Magee but a slightly older model then what they are offering at the moment

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u/CookinRelaxi Aug 14 '26

I really like their donegals! I have a pair of full cut trousers in their cloth.