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They just don't compare
I might, but I would need pants with a slightly higher rise so that the vest didn't need to be so long. I prefer sweater vests because I like it, the contrast. I used to have a few odd vests I picked up at Wilkes, but I rarely wore them. -
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They just don't compare
Along those lines, this may be interesting. It was made last year from 1950s flannel. -
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They just don't compare
and I was simply stating my opinion. This whole time I thought the Fedora Lounge was a discussion board :rolleyes: . -
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They just don't compare
They look anachronistic to me. Upswept lapels existed in the '30s and the exist today. It is a more classic style. -
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They just don't compare
I do think flannel wears hotter, but I think it is more the way it traps moisture and humidity. I made a point of wearing winter suits this week as the weather is warming and I wanted to get one more wear out of each of them before it got too hot. I was really surprised how little heat I... -
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They just don't compare
Just my opinions... I don't think that the coats I have seen from Anderson are that soft at all. They look softer than they feel. I can wear 12-14 oz worsted and flannel up to the low 60s, but I am not heat sensitive. -
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They just don't compare
While the pant style is sure to be hated here as it is far from anachronistic, there are plenty of tailors who like working in heavy fabrics and who make clothing that is as good or better as it was made way back when. True, you cannot find it off the rack, but if you go to a good tailor, it is... -
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Brooks Brothers Black Fleece website now online...
More or less. Grab a Kiton or Brioni or Zegna suit and look at the back of the lapels. I don't think they actually do a terrifically good job mimicking real hand padding, but others disagree. -
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Brooks Brothers Black Fleece website now online...
They are put in with a blindstitch machine. This is what the inside of 99.9% of "floating canvas" jackets look like. All of the stitches are put in by machine. -
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Brooks Brothers Black Fleece website now online...
I know for sure that Attolini doesn't. I have never seen La Vera in real life, but Jan says that he has been to the factory and they do not as well. The understanding I have, which may be way off, is that Cesare Attolini and Enrico Isaia were two of the head tailors at Kiton when they started... -
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Brooks Brothers Black Fleece website now online...
Well, there is no Italian factory who puts in canvas by hand nowadays. Also, the buttonholes are machine stitched. -
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Suit critique #2 please?
That jacket has some serious balance problems. -
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Just got my Magnoli suit . . . .
In his defense, or possibly in critique of his business model, have you guys seen how many true custom suits from really good tailors end up being relatively poor? I think that anybody who is supplying measurements and details to an overseas tailor without ever meeting them is asking for... -
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Button-Down Collars with Suits
I never really though Menjou was all that stylish. I think he always looked too well put together. If I had to choose a good rival to Grant it would be Gary Cooper as neither looked poncey or overdone while remaining immaculately dressed. As for the original topic, more DB with BD. -
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Paul's Hat Works
To be fair, Paul's is hardly in a "high rent" district of San Francisco. I am not sure how he determines his prices, but they are a bit loony. I was in there recently and saw for $15,000 a panama that was not as nice as what Optimo sells for $2500. I am not sure what that would go for from... -
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Button-Down Collars with Suits
When done well, it doesn't bother me a bit. -
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Main differences between 30's & early 40's suits and the rest out there?
So let me get this straight, you think the one on the left is probably a 1970s suit (or perhaps a modern fashion suit based on the 70s) and the one on the right is a 30s suit of the sort which influenced the 70s styling? -
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Main differences between 30's & early 40's suits and the rest out there?
Yes, both jackets were made in a shop in Naples that opened up in the 20s and have made a point to stay as close as possible to what their own history is. Interestingly he has been buying up the collections of some of the old families in Naples that were made in the shop under his father's...
