My Ultimate Tennant Suit - Half of Ten

A couple of days ago I showed you a pair of original GAP trousers on eBay that sold for £150.

I did wonder who had paid such a sum for one pair of trousers - but I have to confess I knew all along who it was - ME!

The trousers arrived today, and I must say they are in near mint condition.

You might notice in the corner of my photo there are other pairs lurking around.

Well, I now actually have three pairs!

It’s taken me a few years to get to this stage, so I’m in no real rush.

To complete a suit I really need six pairs - one to wear and five to tailor the jacket.

The pairs I have are:

Pair 1 - 
Size 34 x 32

These were left over from the Ultimate Tennant Suit, and taken as part-payment

Pair 2 -
Size 36 x 30

These are my latest acquisition through eBay

Pair 3 -
Size 36 x 34

I bought these through a private sale via the Gallifrey Base forums

If you have a pair of GAP trousers and are willing to part with them to help me reach my target, please email me at tennantcoat@me.com.

Super-rare GAP trousers on eBay

Since 2009 when I exclusively revealed the brand of the fabric used to make the iconic Tennant Suit was from GAP trousers, a few pairs have cropped up on eBay.

Photo by Scott Sebring

So far only one person, Kevin Coppa, has gathered enough pairs to recreate the suit in the form of the Ultimate Tennant Suit.

He was lucky enough to find six pairs from which we fashioned the jacket, based as closely as possible on the original suit.

Since then I haven’t seen many pairs for sale, but tonight a pair of size 36 waist closed, selling for a hefty £150 price tag.

I wonder who got them?

GAP Trousers Brown with blue pinstripes

SOLD FOR £150

GAP FLAT FRONT TROUSERS
CHOCOLATE BROWN WITH BRIGHT BLUE PINSTRIPES
MINT CONDITION - NEVER WORN
36" WAIST - 30" INSIDE LEG
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THESE ARE THE SAME BRAND, STYLE AND COLOUR AS WORN BY DAVID TENNANT IN DOCTOR WHO
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GAP never made a jacket to match these trousers, the one you see the Doctor wearing was made by the BBC costume department from four or five pairs of trousers. I don't think I'll ever find another four pairs so I'm selling these on in the hope that they might help someone else out.

The tie that never was on eBay

Now I’d be the first to admit this is a bit of a non-story since this tie was never screen-worn.

But two of the Rocha John Rocha ties as sold at the infamous Bonhams auction in 2010 (see right), were recently sold on eBay.

Although she never used it, the tie fell within the rules that costume designer Louise Page set herself - dark brown accented with light blue to reflect the brown suit with blue pinstripes.

You can see here how it could have worked with the suit and overcoat.

Not being one of the sought after ties, they sold for £10.99 each, which is a snip!

Rocha John Rocha Silk tie
Dark brown with bright blue stripe

BRAND NEW MENS LUXURY DARK BROWN/WITH BLUE METALLIC STRIPE DESIGNER CREASED EFFECT SILK HAND FINISHED TIE NEW IN WRAPPER FROM THE ROCHA COLLECTION@DESIGNERS AT DEBENHAMS( RRP £22.00)

THIS IS A LOVELY TIE, DARK BROWN WITH BRIGHT BLUE BROKEN STRIPE PATTERN, AND IS MADE OF 100% SILK, HAS A CREASED EFFECT, IS LINED, AND IS DRY CLEAN ONLY

WIDEST PART IS 3.75 INS

St George by Duffer Anniversary tie - the good news and the bad news

For those of you out there still on the look out for a St George by Duffer anniversary tie - the good news is that the Debenhams website now has them with 10% off!

This makes them £12.60 rather than the full £14 price tag.

St George by Duffer
Blue jacquard floral tie

But if you stop and think about it, it also means they are on their way out and Debenhams are looking to sell off the last of their stock.

So if you haven’t got yourself one yet - now’s your last chance - you are on notice!

Idiot’s Lantern tie - now in MONOCHROME!

A couple of days ago I teased about a tie that had arrived in the post.

Subsequently I had some comments that picked up on the word idiot I used, and yes, I was alluding to the Thomas Nash tie as seen in The Idiot’s Lantern.

BUT I wasn’t referring to the version currently being worked by Magnoli (you lost your bet, whoever you were, sorry).

One of my readers sent me a link to a tie on Amazon.com from a pretty nondescript menswear seller who has a silk tie for sale that is the exact image of the Thomas Nash tie - except it is in grey and black!

My jaw dropped when I saw it (as I imagine a few of my readers are right this minute seeing the pictures!)

The pattern looks ABSOLUTELY identical to screen-worn tie - just lacking any colour.

I HAD to order myself one, and this week it arrived.



I’m lucky to own an original Thomas Nash tie (the only one I ever saw on eBay during many years of searching) so the first thing I did was put it side-by-side to compare.

As you can see, not only is the weave perfect, the scale is too. It is precise.

This is way too much of a coincidence, that I am left wondering if they have bought in a pre-woven design and just coloured it in their own colour scheme, oblivious to its previous use by Thomas Nash.

I don’t know - but what other explanation can there be?

Well, if you want to get one of these ties yourself, before they sell out, the link is below.

Please be aware through Amazon.com they only ship to the US.

Silver Geometric Tie (Swirls) by Scott Allan

Alternatively, you can order from the Scott Allan Collection website.
They will ship internationally, and shipping to the UK is $8.99.

Scott Allan Ties
Silver Grey Geometric Necktie

Replica tie - but not as we know it

I’ve just received a tie in the post.

It’s a ‘replica’ tie - is stitch-perfect - but not quite what you’d expect.

Check back in the next couple of days to see what it is and my review.

You’d be an idiot to miss it!