Getting Ready For Royal Ascot

Having a waistcoat individually made for you is the only way to ensure a comfortable fit that looks smart. But don’t leave it too late to order your waistcoat for Ascot.
Royal Ascot Waistcoat
Royal Ascot is the premier meeting of the racing season. Known as the place to dress up and enjoy the style in a pageant of escapist fun. What attendees are wearing is seen by the media, press and TV. The flamboyant hats of Ladies Day are dissected by über-fashionistas as well as the millions of TV viewers. All this is carried off with a typical British sense of humour.

The hospitality boasts award winning cuisine and elegant service for discerning clientele. From private boxes to corporate hospitality. Trying to define the atmosphere is like attempting to tattoo soap bubbles.

The Betting

There are 30 races to bet on during the 5-day festival. Studying the betting form can lead to permutations as endless as a scheme for joining the stars. Winners erupt like Eyjafjallajokull, losers deflate like Dali’s watches. ( I refuse to use similes like a fat kid refuses cake. )

For this year’s Ascot here’s wishing you collect winners like Nabokov collected butterflies.

The discerning gentlemen’s eye will wonder from the horses to the ladies. Especially the fashion goddesses: 24-carat gold spray tan, thinner than a brace of Armani models in a trouser press, hats that look as though they’ve made a forced landing.

Royal Tradition

It’s Royal Ascot because of the patronage of the Queen who is a keen supporter of racing and owns racehorses. It’s worth realising the event has traditions dating back three hundred years to 1711.
Royal Ascot Waistcoats - Mr D and Mr X

Dress Code

There’s a strict dress code. For gentlemen, waistcoats are de rigueur. Sports clothes are strictly forbidden.

In the Royal Enclosure, gentlemen have to wear either black or grey morning dress, including a waistcoat, with a top hat. Gentleman may remove his top hat within a restaurant, private box or private club.

Let’s face it black or grey morning dress doesn’t give much scope for individuality. So that’s were getting a waistcoat for Ascot specially made pays off.

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10 Reasons Why Snooker Is A Great Sport

Snooker shot
  1. Snooker is a game of skill with just the right amount of luck to keep it interesting.
  2. A game that encourages sportsmanship. You keep quiet while the other player cues.
  3. Snooker give a chance for ordinary working-class to get to the top and be know by your nickname as ‘The Hurricane’ or ‘The Rocket’.
  4. It’s on the TV regularly and is very relaxing to watch.
  5. Teaches you to hold your nerve under pressure. Even low standard games can develop into real tension and drama.
  6. You can play it to high standard even when past your physical prime for other sports like football. You can play with dodgy knees etc.
  7. It’s a smart status symbol to have your own full-size snooker table at home.
  8. An individual game but can also be a team game.
  9. Requires intense powers of concentration. That is an attribute worth having.
  10. It is extremely difficult to master such a precision sport and so the youth who takes up snooker is occupied for countless hours.

( …For space reasons I can’t list the full 147 reasons why snooker is great. )

Snooker was invented British Army officers in India. Snooker’s biggest break was when David Attenborough commissioned the Pot Black snooker tournament for the BBC to demonstrate the eyeball potential of colour television. The green table and multi-coloured balls was ideal for showing off the advantages of colour TV. Yes, indeed, snooker wasn’t popular when watching in black & white!

Sportsmanship

Snooker is a game associated with sportsmanship where if a player knows that he has accidentally touch a ball he will admit it and call a fault on himself. Every year on TV we see examples of such great professional sportsmanship – unlike, for example, the diving and cheating in football.

Status

When guys make it big in business one of the first luxuries in their mansion house is a snooker/pool room. I applaud such coolness. There is nothing better than inviting your buddies round to your house to play snooker. This traces it’s roots back in time to the upper crust in stately homes that were big enough to house snooker/billard tables.

Sponsorship

Snooker has had to overcome the loss of tobacco sponsorship which was banned from UK sporting events from 2005. Step in the gambling industry with the likes of 888.com and Betfred. Draw your own conclusion.

Snooker in TV

Snooker on TV is the most hypnotic, relaxing game ever devised. After a hard day’s work is it nice to switch off and slip into a trance while the players endure the intense pressure ‘The Crucible’.

With the snooker world championship on the TV ….

There’s always a chance of the an upset like where 52 year old, former champion Steve Davis beat the defending champion John Higgins. This brings to mind his epic black-ball final against Dennis Taylor in 1985 where 18 million stayed up late to watch the drama. Not many sportsman can still compete at the top level beyond 50. ( Maybe Tom Watson at golf might be another example. ) Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. People said Davis should have retired from the sport years ago, but when you love a game that much you mustn’t give it up.

We get to know the characters and style of the top snooker players who often develop a rapport with the crowd as part of their craft. Top snooker is a serious professional sport but the players also develop as entertainers in exhibition matches.

Snooker Nicknames

Snooker players have fun nicknames: The Hurriance, The Rocket, The Captain, The Jester From Leicester, The Nugget, The Whirlwind, The Wonder Bairn, The Sheriff of Pottingham, Steady Eddie,The Pocket Dynamo, The Wizard of Wishaw, The Thunder from Down Under, Angles McManus, On-Fire Maguire, Beckham of the Baize, Willie Thorne – The ‘Homer Simpson’ of Snooker!

There will always be punters who hanker after the good-old-days when pro snooker players had more flair and showmanship, but that sort of nostalgia is a trick our mind plays on us to glorify the past with very selective editing.

Snooker Waistcoats

To be a master of the verdant six-bagged oblong it’s important to look the part.
When you dress up to complete in a sport you are more likely to adhere to the etiquette. Dress like a gentlemen and it’s amazing that you are more likely to behave like a gent. Confidence in your appearance leads to confidence in your play.

Wearing a waistcoat and bow is mandatory for professional snooker players. The waistcoat is practical, as well as stylish, because it hold in your shirt and stops you fouling the balls as you lean over. A bow tie is better than a tie flopping all over your balls.

Dress like a champion, play like a champion.

Here’s the link for you to get kitted out in a snooker waistcoat with matching bow tie: See our Mr. Snooker waistcoats.

Mr. Snooker Waistcoat in Red, Purple, Black, Aqua Blue, Gold

Mr. Snooker Waistcoat in Red, Purple, Black, Aqua Blue, Gold

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Waistcoats Direct's Mr. UK Waistcoat in Tatler Magazine & Debutante Couture Convention - Le Bal de Crillon, Paris

Our Mr UK waistcoat is featured on Page 174 of the March edition of Tatler magazine. The editorial article is entitled Dangerous Liaisons. The photo location is Salon Marie-Antoinette, Place de la Concorde, Paris.

There you will find an amusing account of a deb ball in Paris. The prestigious Le Bal des Debutantes (more popularly known as The Crillon Ball) is a glitzy charity event where 24 gorgeous young ladies make their début, dressed in the finest couture gowns and flanked by handsome aristocratic cavaliers.

Mr UK Waistcoat - Richard Dennen & Kitty Spencer

Mr UK Waistcoat worn by Richard Dennen with Lady Kitty Spencer at Salon Marie-Antoinette

Of the 24 debutants most attention was focused on Princess Diana’s niece Kitty Spencer, daughter of Earl Spencer. If you are looking for royalty with real glamour this is your girl. Beautiful, Royal + those Spencer genes, 19 years old, unattached… eligibility off the scale. Her début was like a sunbeam entering a tinsel factory. It was decided that the event wouldn’t be her Dad’s bag so he was left behind in Althorp.

The Tatler’s very own Richard Dennen was kind enough to modeled our waistcoat. His article shows off his wicked sense of humour, such as describing the deb scene where girls are ‘picked out like racehorses for their legs and breeding.’ The ladies were all ‘daughter of’ someone famous or aristocratic.

The press photos show Richard proudly flying the flag for Britain. His patriotic take on the event is one of national rivalries for the prize of press attention. Foreign debutants scratching at gilt doors to get into the coolest photoshoot.

Top totem on the USA team was Clint Eastwood’s daughter, Francesca. The British team played their ace in the form of the Hon. William Pelham as a suitable match for Miss Eastwood. The young aristocrat had to be extracted from his studies at Eton to literally ‘play’ for his country. We will have to kit out young William in our Mr. USA/UK waistcoat when he gets his invite to the Eastwood ranch in Carmel, California to further his ’special relationship’.

They say beauty comes from within ( within jars, tubes and bottles!) but at the Crillon Ball it is definitely on the the outside as well: a Shangri-la of competing beauties.

But by the end of the evening, peace and international entente was declared with the liberal flowing of champagne. It is well know that our best diplomats can’t function without champagne.

Richard Dennen & Lady Kitty Spencer at  Le Bal de Crillon

Richard Dennen & Lady Kitty Spencer at Le Bal de Crillon, Paris

Tatler Magazine

The Crillon Ball,  Francesca Eastwood, William Pelham, Richard Dennen, Kitty Spencer

Here’s the link to the ab fab that is Tatler magazine:
http://www.tatler.co.uk/

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Wool Waistcoats Are Winners : Natural | Warm | Stylish

After this most recent cold spell, it’s a essential to keep warm. But what if you want to dress smartly and, at the same time, keep warm? Wearing baggy Christmas jumpers? No, the answer is a wool waistcoat.

Extra Warmth From A Natural Fabric

Wool is a natural insulator from the cold, and derived mainly from sheep. The wool varies depending upon the climate the sheep lives in, and how it has been selectively bread throughout the centuries.

Wool contains lanolin which is a naturally water-repellent grease. The wool on the sheep protects the animal from the cold and wet by repelling water and rain. The crimp of the wool traps insulating air pockets within the fleece. Air near the skin is kept dry by core protein absorbing moisture from the trapped air, and transferring it towards the outer fleece. The elasticity and strength of the fibres allows movement of the fleece without either losing the air spaces or breaking the fibres.

Extra Comfort

Wool fibres have an inner core containing protein, which is covered by overlapping scales. The protein core absorbs up to 30% of its weight in moisture without becoming damp or clammy.

Due to the temperature gradient between the warm skin and the colder air outside of the wool garment, moisture from perspiration moves towards the outer surface of the wool, and then is evaporated into the air.

In times past wool was considered a coarse or heavy fabric. But modern wool is light with high quality fibres that are thin enough to avoid being itchy. All our waistcoats are fully lined so this is never a problem.

Extra Wear

Wool is a fabric that gives long wear. It breathes and does not wear as quickly as other fabrics, mainly because of its thickness.

Extra Protection
Wool is fire-resistant, and doesn’t support a flame. Relative to other fabrics it will not melt when heated which assists in reducing burns from fires.

Extra Style

Wool tends not to store static electricity when compare to man-made fabric. This reduces electrostatic shocks and stops the attraction of link and dust.

Recently, there’s been a return to fashion with wool garments appearing from high-end fashion by top designers and it’s always been featured by Savile Row tailors.

Extra Shape

Wool has great memory and returns to its original shape if folded, stretched or creased.

Extra Colour

Reactive proteins in wool means it takes dye effectively, and hold it’s colour well. The fibres scales diffuse light to yield softer colours. For example, we make waistcoats in wheat, brown earth and hunters green.

Updated Colour Range

We are really pleased to announce an extended the colour range of our popular Mr G wool waistcoat.

Finest English Wool Waistcoats

Finest English Wool Waistcoats - Mr. G style in Buff, Light Blue and Purple

Light Blue, Purple and Buff colours are now available. In addition to the Black, Claret and Grey.
Do let us know which is your favourite colour.

This classic wool waistcoat has real pockets at the chest and waist level for pocket watches.
It’s made in the finest 100% English wool – our fabric mill boasts the coveted Royal seal of approval. It is not a cheap waistcoat, but suitable for the discerning customer who appreciates a value investment, because this style, this material and these colours will simply never date.

Don’t Be Selfish
Do you have a friend or family member who is a fellow waistcoat wearer? Why not e-mail them our website and this waistcoat newsfeed? Do them a favour, plant the seed: you never know, they might buy you a waistcoat as a present! Try sending them these contact details:

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Tips For Effectively Dealing With Wedding Stress

This time of year many of our customers are busy planning their weddings. The build-up to getting married is such an exciting time for the happy couple and their families.
Wedding planning stress
But … typically, we aren’t used to organizing big events. Our day jobs and training are probably in a different areas. So with the hundreds of things to remember and sort out, the organizational burden of the wedding can get too much. We can feel overloaded. Well, here are some simple methods for dealing effectively with wedding stress:

1. Note It

As soon as I start worrying that something needs to be done, I write it down on a Post-It note. And put the note in box-file on my desk. Then I try and forget about it and get on with what I should be doing – the task in hand. I like to clear the duty or worry from my mind so that I can concentrate on thoroughly enjoy what I’m doing. After all, people who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.

2. Sort It

Then when I’m feeling calm and organized I go through and empty each note from the box-file. Firstly, throwing out everything that is irrational or out-of-date. Worry is the interest you pay for something that may never happen. It’s great when some things just go away of their own accord or someone else does the job.
Tip For Wedding Planning

3. List It

Then from the remaining active Post-It notes, I write down a list of what needs to be done in order of priority. This becomes my To-Do list that prompts me into real action. My To-Do list is also like body armor, in that, I any anxious person starts nagging me then I can point to the item and say, ‘Don’t panic Captain Mainwaring, it is fine because I put that on my list’.

4. Do It

Tackling the top priority item is bound to carry more risk. It’s the top priority so, by definition, there is more at stake. More risk, but also more reward then you get it cleared off. This method helps clear my mind of distractions, avoid being overloaded, and stay focused on the things that matter.

That works great for tackling the important items. Here’s a complementary method which is fabulous for reducing the total amount of things you have to do. It’s called ‘The Two Minute Rule’

Learn The Two Minute RuleThe Two Minute Rule

If something can be done in two minutes then just do it. Don’t write it down as a task, don’t postpone it, do not procrastinate, just do it. After all it’s only two minutes of your life. Even it’s boring. Even if it’s dull. Even if it’s a pain. It’s only two minutes. This is miraculously effective in reducing the pile of things need to be done but haven’t. The result of a smaller total number of task is less intimidating. Also, you can report (or brag) about your successes to your partner and family. By clearing a small task you create a sense of momentum to take on something bigger.

Hopefully these simple methods of Note It, Sort It, List It, Do It and The Two Minute Rule will help to smooth over the organizing part of the wedding so you can concentrate on the emotional thrill of such a special and eventful time in your life.

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Men's Clothes As Self Expression – The Time For A Man To Revisit His Wardrobe

This article aims see what it would take for the typical bloke to rethink his attitude to fashion.

Growing Up

When men were boys they were dressed by their mothers. By the time they start buying their own clothes they are interested in girls and during adolescent guys, typically, think a lot about clothes in order to make themselves attractive to women. Then when a men is a settled relationship a curious thing will often happen. His interest in the clothes he wears will shrink to a minimum. He starts to shun fashion.

By this point a man’s attitude is that clothes are merely functional and should be bought with the minimum of fuss. Often the style will fossilise into a set style that he sticks with for decades. Think of the Jermery Clackson in his jeans. Fashion is for the girlies and youngsters.

Reason Why Men Switch Off From Fashion

  • Priorities shift to mortgages and children.
  • High street menswear is frequently boring, dull and predictable. The women have all the flash gear.
  • Fashion is always changing and guys prefer things that last.
  • If your girlfriend/wife is obsessed with any subject then it’s only human to want to steer clear of it.
  • In the gender roles guys will assume the manly roles and let the women dominate in typically feminine area. So a guy may let his lady have the final say on clothes. It’s all for a quiet life.
  • Men are single minded in their pursuits and too busy doing other things to learn new tricks.
  • Minimalism have been in fashion. He excuses his laziness, and pretends it’s minimalist.
  • Mass-produced clothes are so cheap that clothing doesn’t appear to have the social status it had in times past.
  • The belief that it’s what you do and what you say that matters; so clothing style is merely superficial.
  • Another telling reason is that decade by decade men increase in girth. Outside every fat man there is an even fatter man trying to close in. The larger you are the harder it is to find great clothes.

Reasons For A Man To Rethink His Attitude To Fashion

What you wear always give off a messages whether you like it or not. Sorry, if some guys wish to ignore this fact. The man might be focused on what he is saying he is unaware of how his appearance is perceived. It’s like the sense of smell. Biologically, we all give off a personal odour. So we make sure we wash, use deodorant, after-shave etc. to ensure it a pleasant smell. Equally sorry if some guy choose to ignore this!

First Impressions Count

When you first meet someone it is not superficial to make assumptions based on their clothing. The appearance is all you have to go on.

Self Expression

But more importantly, the clothes you wear influence how you feel and therefore how you act. It’s a background influence that is undeniable and always there.

How we dress on the outside can reflect who we are on the inside.

Which clothes we choose to wear can be a reflection of our inner emotion and self-belief. This is a fantastically powerful concept if you can get hold of it. It imbues extra meaning into what we wear.

So dear reader, how does your wardrobe reflect how you feel about yourself? Maybe you have moved on as a person since you first bought into those styles. If so, it’s time for something new that does have the class you now want. Or maybe the style is a classic but the garments themselves are too threadbare and worn.

Mass-market garments are about uniformity where every guy in the country is wearing the same thing; made by exploited Far Eastern labour to yield huge profits for big companies. Man at C&A, Top man, M&S man, BHS man etc.

When what you wear represents something of who you are then you will feel great wearing it.

Individually Made

For instance, if you have an item of clothing that has been specifically made for you then how do you feel wearing it? More comfortable, more of an individual.

Our waistcoats are not mass-produced. They are different to what you can buy on the high street. They are made here in the UK, exclusively sold on this website and not available in any shop.

Maybe you wish to invest in the timeless and classic styling of a made to measure waistcoat? Different waistcoats represent difference moods or social scenes, from casual to formal. Maybe some of our values and styles more authentically represent where you are at?
It’s something to think about as you browse our website selections.

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10 Solid Reasons For Men's Waistcoats

Celebrate Good Times

Wearing a waistcoat to a special event ceremonies, annual award evenings, Ascot, proms, dinner parties shows that you are making the effort to respect the occasion. How efficient – in just the few seconds to put on a waistcoat – is all that it takes. When a guy books a cruise it’s better if he some stylish waistcoats for the evening meals. If you are invited on the Captain’s table then wearing a smart waistcoat will look good on the photos.

Waistcoats for Business

Nothing is better than smart waistcoat for fitting for important business meetings. As soon as you put on your waistcoat it is like a suit of armour and you are ready to battle the slings and arrows of the business world. Walk into a meeting in a waistcoat and I defy you not to feel more confident. And why not, because you if you look the part you can act the part with professionalism and gravitas.

Be Different

Why dress the same as everybody else? The truth is your not the same as everyone else. In times past it was the norm for male fashion to have a more tailored look. But modern mores have conventionalized the mundane mass-produced over-casual. Open a typical guy’s wardrobe and the styling is bland. It’s not necessarily his fault: the dull offerings of menswear shops gives a restricted choice.

Wedding Waistcoats

Getting married in a waistcoat is a must. And not just the groom but also the best man and ushers. Waistcoats for the men make them look a complete unit on the photos. Often the groom gets a waistcoats that is a variation in colour to what the others are wearing so the he stands out visually.

Change the mood

On the evening, after a hard day’s work, wearing a casual waistcoat helps change the mood. Casual styles like denim waistcoats. Or what about taking leaf out of Italian style and wearing a waistcoat on top of a t-shirts with jeans? With a waistcoat you have more options to think up unconventional combinations. You can recycle a formal waistcoat into a casual everyday style to create a different urban cool look that gets attention in the right way. A different waistcoat to reflect a different mood. There’s a group on Facebook promoting Waistcoat Wednesdays where they wear waistcoats on a Wednesday. Why not, as it helps break the week up.

The X factor

Trendy bands love wearing waistcoats. Once you start noticing musician wearing waistcoats you will be amazing just how many do. Notice how often the performers on X-factor are styled in waistcoats. Stage performance of all kinds like wearing waistcoats: public speakers, magicians, toastmasters, ballroom dancers. Maybe the extra layer is a comforting psychological barrier that makes the extrovert feel safe?

Flexibility

Picture the scenario, you go to a function where it’s bitterly cold outside, but they have the heating up too much. Wearing a waistcoat will keep you warm when outside, then when you get too warm inside you can unbutton. If you get too hot you can take it off if you want to hit the dancefloor and show off your shapes and steps. Then when you need to go out again your waistcoat keeps you warm while others freeze. Waistcoat-less you don’t have the same options.

Tradition

The royals wear waistcoats, and not just the older members of the Royal Family. For instance, Prince William is a big fan of waistcoats. The history of the waistcoat tells that for over the past four centuries men of importance and status have worn waistcoats. Donning a waistcoat can invoke the thrill of a bygone era when men’s style seem to matter more. The retro gentlemen in The Chap magazine value the aesthetic manliness of the past. A waistcoat is vital part of such an ensemble.

Keep warm

Waistcoat give you practical warmth. Especially in winter, especially wearing wool waistcoats. It true that as we age we feel the cold more. Keeping the chest area warm is important to protect against winter cold. By maintaining your core body temperature you are more able to fight off infections. The waistcoats is a favoured garment for people in country pursuits and even ageing punk rockers.

Colour

Most men’s suits are in sombre colours. In past centuries men’s clothing was more ornate and as elaborate as a peacock. But by the twentieth century, men of status wanted to project their business-like credentials and that was reflected in men wearing uniformly plain dark suits. The trend for dull colours for suits continues right up to the present day. So given that you have invested in a sensible mature man’s suit then how to you add individuality and colour? The waistcoat is one solution. You can wear a suit that a cloned bank manager might wear but if you put a brightly colour waistcoat underneath then viola – you are an individual again.

Conclusion

Wearing a waistcoat can be many things: fun, fashionable,individualistic, practical, traditional and stylish.

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The Joy Of A Custom Made Waistcoat

 

We all have special dates, anniversaries, parties, ceremonies, holidays when we want to have memorable fun. 

When we have a garment individually made specially for us this imbues the garment with a fuller history and therefore meaning. This was made just for me by designer X; I had to be measured; I had to wait for it’s creation; it’s delivery was anticipated. That prospect of thinking ahead is like when we book a holiday in advance then part of the pleasure is in the anticipation.

Even more meaning is attached to the garment when it is for a special occasion. With special occasions we want to wear something a little different to everyday clothing. Having a waistcoat specially made for you helps to mark your occasion. Because our special event takes time to prepare and plan we have time to order the custom-made waistcoat.

Reconnect

So much of our clothing is mass-produced that there is a disconnect between the craftsperson making the garment and the customer who buys and wears it. That gulf can be half a world away with a whole sophisticated supply-chain of sub-contractors,wholesalers, importers, retailers between the designer and the buyer. In times past we lived in smaller communities where you knew the person who made your clothes.

That’s fine for the olden days, but what if there’s nobody in your neighborhood making and designing stylish waistcoats? You have the inconvenience and effort of traveling to find such a service. The individual attention for this sort of service may be too expensive. By buying online from Waistcoats Direct you get an individually made waistcoat and keep a lid on the costs by buying online. Waistcoat never go out of fashion which makes them a wise investment.

Think About What Value Is

Buying a cheap waistcoat can be a false economy if you end up never wearing it. In this case the ‘cheap’ waistcoat works out expensive. Standard sizing caters for Mr Average. That’s great if your lucky enough to be an average size.

Size Matters

A waistcoat is closely fitted garment and so it’s vital to get the sizing accurate. Buying a mass-produced waistcoat is likely to either uncomfortably tight when buttoned up, with restrictive movement; or baggy which makes you look overweight. Whereas when you have a waistcoat individually handmade for you it’s going to be more comfortable to wear. That extra comfort will mean you wear it on more occasions and so it is of more value to you.

Modern men are taller than their forefathers due to better diet and living conditions. This works against guys in the waistcoat look because so often you see elegantly tall men wearing waistcoats that are way too short in the body. It looks really bad.

You may have an old waistcoat in your wardrobe that fitted you a few years old. But we are moving targets especially in the stomach area. ( Assuming your not a celebrity having regular liposuction.) So rather forcing into something uncomfortable, or neglecting to wear something different, why not have a new waistcoat made for you?

 

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Buying A Snooker Waistcoat Breeds Player Confidence

As we know from watching snooker on the TV, wearing a waistcoat for snooker is mandatory for professional players. But why?

The precision of snooker relies enormously on being relaxed and confident. You have to trust your unconscious aim in order to hold your nerve under pressure. Being dress appropriately for any sport breeds confidence. A smart waistcoat for snooker is an inspiring choice of clothing. Walk into any snooker club wearing a waistcoat and I defy you not to inwardly elevate your expectations. ( Latin : Vestis virum facit ). Clothes make the man.

It’s very hard work to try and play snooker with a loose fitting garment. Try it with a jumper and you are bound to annoyingly foul when reaching over.

Parents of aspiring young snooker players will ensure their young prodigy is correctly kitted-out. Top snooker players earn big prize money, big endorsements and sponsorship.

At Waistcoats Direct we have designed a new range of snooker waistcoats which will are available online.

See our Mr. Snooker style:

Mr. Snooker Waistcoat in Gold, Red, Aqua Blue, Purple, Black or Fuchsia

Mr. Snooker Waistcoat in Gold, Red, Aqua Blue, Purple, Black or Fuchsia

Please e-mail us for more details: info@waistcoatsdirect.co.uk

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Sik Waistcoats

Silk is one of the most popular fabrics used in making waistcoats ( or vests ). Silk is now affordable compared to its historic price. No other fabric inspires quite the same reaction. Throughout history silk has had a reputation of a sensuous and luxurious fabric, associated with  wealth and success.

For more see Waistcoats Direct

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