Thursday 27 August 2009

Charity Vespa Ride - Help For Heroes

UK Modern Vespa Charity Run.

Over the two days of the 10th April 2010 and the 11th April 2010 the members of Modern Vespa (as well as friends, family members and associates or anyone else with two wheels) are invited to join in a group ride from Margate on the South Coast of England along the coast until we reach Lands End. Aprox 466 miles. All scooters and motorcylces are welcome: old or new, tradtional or modern, 50cc or 1000cc All we ask is you raise a minimum sposorship for our chosen charity 'HELP FOR HEROES'
The minimum sponsorship per rider is £50.00 this entitles any rider to join us along all or part of the route*If you cannot make this ride with us, then why not sponsor us! Please donate money to this very worthy cause. Every penny donated will go towards 'HELP FOR HEROES' please donate here with Just Giving. If you would like to donate offline thsi can be arranged please contact myself. marc-moore@hotmail.co.uk


Help For Heroes : Help For Heroes was the idea of Appeal Chairman Bryn Parry and a group of friends and relations, many of who have connections with serving servicemen and women. Bryn and his wife Emma wanted to do something to help the wounded and came up with the idea of a sponsored bike ride. They mentioned it to some friends who mentioned it to some more friends and suddenly Help For Heroes was born and growing fast. A flurry of visits to various offices led to the campaign being blessed by the head of the army, Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt.Help For Heroes does wonderful work for soldiers and other servicemen and women both directly and through its support of other service charities

TO JOIN IN THIS RIDE PLEASE DONATE £50.00 *Route and accommodation to be decided by those who join us. Please be aware accommodation, fuel and any other costs are incurred by each individual. http://www.justgiving.com/ModernVespa/

More details can be found here: http://helpforheroessouthcoastvesparide.blogspot.com/

Tonik Mohair
















We now have the availability of authentic Tonik mohair from Dormeuil. Here are a few sample fabrics. These fabrics are of the highest possible quality Mohair. Prices start fromm £1400.00 made-to-measure.


Recently I have been asked about Tonik Mohair Suits. More specifically MOD suits. There are alot of misunderstandings regarding Mohair. So here is a little information about Mohair for you:
Mohair- The fine, Soft silky hair from the Angora Goat. Fabrics made from Angora goat hair characterised by their strength, lightness and lustre; stuffs composed of wool and cotton, woven to imitate mohair,but easily detected by the expert, because while wool and cotton combine closely and cling the fibres of mohair are clearly separable.
Tonik Mohair - (not tonic) Was a book produced by fabric merchant Dormeuil in the 60's and 70's http://www.dormeuil.com/ It was invented in 1957. And re-invented in 2000 as Tonik2000. Here is a link http://www.dormeuil.com/en/index_tissus.php?genre=2# (book 905)#
3-Ply Mohair: PLY: is term indicating the number of units of which either a yarn or fabric is composed. Thus: 2-ply yarn indicates a yarn composed of two single strands. Three-Ply cloth refers to a cloth which is really composed of three single cloths solidly bound together.
60's Tonik Mohair - Jack Bunneys was founded in 1958 as a bespoke tailors. Our cuttter arrived to work on a Vespa (a Douglas Vespa) And we made LOTS AND LOTS of mod suits. The fabrics used then were all 3 ply mohair's. 3 ply is coarse to wear, it is very hot and also itchy. I know this for a fact as I now have one, I would not stock a 3-ply mohair fabric any more for those reasons.
We now have in stock some wonderful Mohair books which would look just as amazing as the old 2-tone fabrics of the 60's whilst also offering lightweight luxury.

Thursday 20 August 2009

What is New??







This season has been fantastically busy as usual. However because I have been so busy I have not had a chance to update my blog.






So what is new at the moment?






Well we have taken stock of lots of new fabric books, from the very finest mills in the world.






New Loro Piana fabric Books : http://www.loropiana.com/index_eng.php



New Holland and Sherry fabric Books: http://www.hollandandsherry.com/



New Zegna Fabric books: http://www.zegna.com/






All of these fabrics are of the highest possible standard. Pries start from £950.00 (for a made-to-measure 2.piece) and go upto £3500.00






Tonic / Tonik Mohair MOD Suit.


Recently I have been asked about Tonik Mohair Suits. More specifically MOD suits. There are alot of misunderstandings regarding Mohair. So here is a little information about Mohair for you:


Mohair- The fine, Soft silky hair from the Angora Goat. Fabrics made from Angora goat hair characterised by their strength, lightness and lustre; stuffs composed of wool and cotton, woven to imitate mohair,but easily detected by the expert, because while wool and cotton combine closely and cling the fibres of mohair are clearly separable.


Tonik Mohair - (not tonic) Was a book produced by fabric merchant Dormeuil in the 60's and 70's http://www.dormeuil.com/ It was invented in 1957. And re-invented in 2000 as Tonik2000. Here is a link Clicky # (book 905)#


3-Ply Mohair: PLY: is term indicating the number of units of which either a yarn or fabric is composed. Thus: 2-ply yarn indicates a yarn composed of two single strands. Three-Ply cloth refers to a cloth which is really composed of three single cloths solidly bound together.


60's Tonik Mohair - Jack Bunneys was founded in 1958 as a bespoke tailors. Our cuttter arrived to work on a Vespa (a Douglas Vespa) And we made LOTS AND LOTS of mod suits. The fabrics used then were all 3 ply mohair's. 3 ply is coarse to wear, it is very hot and also itchy. I know this for a fact as I now have one (The one pictured) I would not stock a 3-ply mohair fabric any more for those reasons.


We now have in stock some wonderful Mohair books which would look just as amazing as the old 2-tone fabrics of the 60's whilst also offering lightweight luxury.


We will shortly be taking stock of a new Tonik mohair book from Dormeuil, book 905.