Recent content by Aloysius

I’ve owned and sold a lot of jackets but my Johnson jacket feels spot-on when I wear it, unlike anything else. (It helps, I’m sure, that I was there with Alan measuring me up.)

I think most newer platforms strip that material (and downsize images) but our server software does neither. If there was an update that fixed that it would probably help with the bandwidth troubles as well because we have a lot of extremely big image files here.

I used to walk by Frank’s shop all the time without realizing that’s where it was… he was still alive then too! Damn shame. Apparently his daughter and wife are amazing too and next time I’m in London I want to stop by but apparently Frank was a natural storyteller when anyone was in his shop...

I agree with basically everything you’re saying, though I think wide hems work on Chelseas too, as long as they’re long enough to fully break so at that point they look like shoes. I think there’s a range that usually best suits a specific person’s body, so the versions of ‘low’, ‘mid’, and...

I’m quite excited for them to come in! This particular vintage shop seemed to get a whole bunch of stuff by this tailor in roughly my size (they must have received one particular guy’s clothes); he seemed to own so much stuff that a good half of it is like new.

Good to know. I guess this one I’ll have to buy.

Safi is my favourite as well. Really flattering line and it’s nice to see hefty side adjusters on readymade trousers. I recently learned what is probably the real trick. Chris Despos, considered by many to be among the top living tailors today, frequently provides people fit feedback on...

The maker Casatlantic recently came on my radar. They make quite beautiful trousers in Golden Age style, with excellent silhouettes that ought to complement workwear jackets and tailoring alike. I've gotten quite bored of denim so it's nice to see other options that can fill that space while...

Reminds me I’ve been meaning to do that. (Relatively low priority because I usually prefer suspenders or buckles on dressy pants and I have more than enough wide ones for jeans.) But I just scored vintage pants from the 60s tailor who made Roger Moore’s clothes in The Saint, The Persuaders, and...

This. It's about how, not the jacket in question.

Check out Pike Brothers. Germany based, made in Turkey, so quite high quality but not as expensive as some of the Asian based options. Actually I'm curious to see if there are some Turkey-based options because the country produces excellent textiles so that would be a good market for someone...

Most fun thing about Panerais is how they work with every kind of strap you can imagine.

This genuinely just feels like the last didn't work for this guy's foot. And the quality doesn't look poor to me at all. They're not even that cheap; comparably priced to Lewis Leather's Mechanic which is their Engineer. That money in the east goes further.

This describes the 2021 and later production Schott horsehides I've owned and handled. Did you perhaps check out one of the limited edition jackets in the lightweight Horween horsehide and assume that's "modern Schott HH"?

The issue may be that he's wearing an absolutely massive hoodie underneath.