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    Cummerbund with a Suit?

    The cummerbund with the suit look (at least with a neck tie) looks as awful as I imagined it would look. Maybe a bow tie would make the cummerbund with the suit look good looking.
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    whats your favorite kind of suit?

    Low cut 2-button SB jacket with peak lapels with high cut 8-button DB vest with shawl lapels and an outward single angle at the center of the bottom of the front and 2 identical pairs of top stitched double forward pleated suspender pants with belt style side adjusters, 1.5 inch high cuffed...
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    House of Savoia

    Thank you, Flat Foot Floey. :) It sounds like Michael Savoia's house style was similar to Brooks Brothers cut (specifically, the sack suit, the original American cut clothing).
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    House of Savoia

    From what I understand, Michael Savoia was the best tailor in this country by far (and priced somewhere in the middle with 0 outsourcing). Also, from what I understand, he was in the same league as the 3 Caracenis, the French and the Japanese (who are considered the best in the world by a...
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    Matching vs Unmatching Vests

    Contrasting (meaning non-matching or, as you said, collegeguy123, unmatching) and matching vests are equally acceptable.
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    Tails, Cutaways, and Strollers - wedding

    The minimum weight for heavy weight fabric is 13 ounces. That is still a good weight, if you want heavy weight fabrics with a thread count under super 100s. IIRC, H. Lesser & Sons morning stripe trousers are 13.5 ounces, but definitely 2-3% silk and 97-98% wool. Harrisons of Edinburgh has...
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    Suit made from heavier wool

    That's unfortunate. It's like Guttersnipe said, to buy heavy weight fabrics for suits and other tailored garments, you either have to buy custom or seasonally from certain niche brands. Both of these choices are rather expensive.
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    Are all "Supers" really "SUPER"???

    I agree with what all of those here that are against the super fabrics said about super fabrics. I liked those crummy fabrics at one point in time (as recently as five years ago) myself, I'm sorry to say. Heavy weight fabrics (which are a minimum of 13 ounces) with low thread counts are far...
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    My Suit

    How much customization or personalizing is there with Prince Henry's made to measure in Bangkok? I know that the suits are not going to have baste fittings nor a pattern created from scratch being that they are made to measure as you say. Sorry to hear about the massive flooding in Bangkok, BTW.
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    My Suit

    Has anybody bought a suit from this brand? If so, how is the quality? I need some new suits and was thinking about buying some from My Suit in Manhattan. In America, good bespoke (which, IMO, is hard-if by NO means impossible to come by in America) is a minimum of $1,500 to start for two...
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    Double Breasted Overcoat with Double Breasted Suit or Jacket

    I had a feeling that Esquire and GQ are full of it regarding that DB rule. It looks like I was right. :)
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    Double Breasted Overcoat with Double Breasted Suit or Jacket

    Esquire or GQ recently said that you don't wear a DB overcoat with a DB suit or jacket as it is overkill and should not be done (implying that doing so is a faux pas). Is this true? Or, are Esquire and GQ full of it?
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    My New Bespoke Gray Flannels - Pictures! - What Do You Think?

    I agree with you 100%, Tommy. However, I think it applies to all tailored clothing (suits, tuxedos, pants-as mentioned before, cutaway coats, tail coats, vests, skirts, dresses and especially overcoats).
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    Three piece suits

    Three-piece (or as I say, vested) suits rule! :) You are far from the only person who love three-piece suits, Fedora Fan! :)
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    Top Button on Three Button Suit

    +100 However, I usually see only the center button of a three button single breasted jacket buttoned. Sometimes, I the top two buttons buttoned. I rarely see all three buttons buttoned. I have never seen three button single breasted jackets buttoned any other way.
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    Single or Double Breasted Suits?

    My vote goes to suits with a single breasted jacket..... (especially when they come with a single breasted vest). IMO, coats (be it morning coats, overcoats or tailcoats), jackets and vests that are double breasted and high cut single breasted only look good on people whose torso length is a...
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    3-Piece suits today

    + Too much to mention.
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    3-Piece suits today

    I very strongly agree with you 100% with everything you said regarding the vest (and its construction details) that you have to have, Fletch. Also, if "recessing" the bottom button and buttonhole on a six button single breasted vest is what is usually referred to as a "six by five button single...
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    From the Hills of Beverly -- Jack Taylor

    To be precise, Jack Taylor's bespoke suits currently start at $2,970, last I heard. He was born sometime during the first 181 days of 1922, IIRC. Also, last I heard, Giacomo Trabalza’s bespoke suits started at $4,590 before he passed away in early March of 2009 (where his tailoring operation...
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    From the Hills of Beverly -- Jack Taylor

    I assume bespoke excludes all Italian bespoke tailors worldwide (among them, Augusto Caraceni Milano, Domenico Caraceni Roma, Ferdinando Caraceni Milano, Rubinacci Milano and Rubinacci Napoli), all other Mainland European Non-Italian bespoke tailors worldwide (among them, Georges De Paris, who...

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