I've watching this thread with interest, and ordered a custom sized BEP. It arrived quite quickly and I thought I'd share my opinions of it.
The attention to detail and quality of the stitching is good, the material is lightweight, but the coat is still quite warm.
The fur/shearling is soft and comfortable on the skin, but it does flatten quickly at the wear points.
Pockets are all of a good size, and the fastening method works fine.
There are multiple magnets in the long part of the collar and they do a good job of holding the folds together.
The only real problem that I have is it is cut slightly large, and a couple of my supplied measurements were not really adhered to,
so the sleeves are a bit too long and the waist a little larger than I wanted. The sleeves are "impossible" to shorten with out losing the cupped
cuff detail my tailor tells me, but it's annoying to keep pulling the sleeves up, so I'll probably just get it done.
Overall however it's a comfortable coat, it does look good and I'm mostly pleased with it.
Hope this helps any potential purchasers. If there's anything particular anyone wants to know, give me a shout.
that's pretty much what I thought after spending a few months wearing it.
At the beginning I immediately tried some small modifications (first of all, the fur which was bright yellow, and other small tailoring interventions, additional magnets, etc), then I made the first post, I was very happy with the result that I had obtained from the reasoning made up to that point, and the thermal performance, although perhaps the fabric that I chose (I don't think it's available anymore, today, laminated twill), although in fact quite light but already coated and washable, was in fact too dark, and a little too shiny.
...hence my attempt to modify it, ending up ruining it even a little in part, to this day I still wear it, however I admit that my SR (on which I could not avoid many modifications) suits me better also for the fact that it remains more postured and full-bodied, it is really an already excellently coated cotton, which I must say has no equal, I added extra classic waxing (Otter), but overall it is really definitive, even if it is not in duck weave...it'd be nice to see pics of yours, in duck canvas I guess.
I noticed that the SR coat, on their is is listed as currently unavailable ("coming soon"), maybe they are revising the model, although I really don't think it will become a duck.
Size wise, it's always a mess from a distance, I've been saying it all my life, and there's little to be done, it's like that... in fact even my SR, which fits me perfectly and I really feel like I'm replicating Gosling in terms of fit at certain times, I've been lucky but is still a bit tight under the armpits and I hope it gives a bit, and it's size L, which normally fits me comfortably and they recommended M to have it tight (I wouldn't have even fit in it, for me 178cm x 75kg with a chest of 104-105cm around, actually maybe XL it was better, they fit really tight)
the Jameel one has a looser fit, I definitely prefer it when I want more comfort, but if bought for the style, and after my alterations, I really can't take my SR off... this new Jameel collar is certainly interesting, but the issue for those who buy it and don't know how to make alterations (provided they have plenty of room to make them) I think it will never be solved, until there is a technology like avatar that tries on the measurements in real time over the air with the tailor
