March 20, 2005
“bespoke weekend”
Just got a quite interesting e-mail:
Hi Hugh,
I prodded Beppo at the Isle of Eriska hotel into blogging last time I stayed.
He’s got it off the ground and I wondered if he could swap links with your friend Tom. The two of them could work out a very appealing package — a couple of nights in a five star hotel on a Scottish island combined with cloth-choosing, measuring up etc for a fine English bespoke Savile Row suit. I’d go for it (if I had the cash).
Hell, I’d blog it.
Cheers,
Neil
Sounds groovy. I’ll bounce it off Tom later today.
I think it’s a great idea. Don’t you?
As I’ve said earlier, I’d be really interested in developing this side of the business.
Travelling round the world, staying in luxury hotels, giving the full-on “Bespoke Weekend” treatment to their best customers. I pretty much know who are the best tailors on Savile Row [in fact, here they are], and none of them are really doing it.
If anybody has any contacts in the luxury hotel business, please, Tom and I do want to talk to them. Please show them this page, and perhaps also the link to English Cut. Thanks.
Probably best to e-mail Tom or me here: info AT thomasmahon.co.uk
[PS: The hotel URL is http://www.isleoferiska.com if that helps.]
Hugh:
After reading your blog for a few months now, I see that a tidal wave of good kharma is cresting and is about to take you on a fantastic journey. Be aware and make full use of every opportnity that will be coming your way. You’ll be working your ass off for a while. Years from now, you’ll look back at this time as some of the best in your life.
Hugh and company–
tried to email and link or whatever did not work. anyway the bespoke feeling is it. we referenced it about our approach to dining see http://www.ideasinfood.typepad.com This is what we do and low and behold we are a remote, polished Guest House in Southwestern Colorado. oh and that wine blog thingy sounds darn near palatable.
–Alex
I once bought several made-to-measure suits from an outfit in Hong Kong that did something similar. Their representative spent a few days in each of several major cities measuring people and taking orders. A few months later your suit appeared in the mail. Not as nice as bespoke, and five star hotel not included, but still pretty darn nice and an excellent value. Unfortunately, the company went under after one of their representatives absconded with a large pile of customer cash. Sigh…