Posts by HitMan009

Quote: Originally Posted by mafoofan I agree with Greg: there's nothing wrong with shoulders that are less square and the shoulder line here looks pretty good to me. However, I would go with a slightly longer length,...

Quote: Originally Posted by max power Thanks all for the helpful feedback! To answer a few questions, I am a towering 5'4", longer in the torso than legs, usually take a 38s jacket and size 30 trousers, and have a...

My two cents: The suit has a downward look to it. The shoulders are too sloped which throws off the balance of the suit. I recommend a bit of padding but in a very slight pagoda style with maybe a bit of roping or maybe not. I...

What would be the minimal amount of fabric I need for for a knee length overcoat?

The toe is SO BIG. Wingtips, medallion, double monk, pebble grain...... that's too much.

Quote: Originally Posted by Despos CMT=Chief Master Tailor Making a garment from your cloth is CTM. Cut, trim and make. Thanks for the correction, sorry about the typo!

Quote: Originally Posted by TC11201 LNC will still do CMT without question. He's located just underneath the old shop - ain't much, but he's still quite busy. Quality, if anything, has gone up a bit over the past few...

Looks like most tailors are reluctant to do CMT from reading the postings on this forum. I dunno how LS would do CMT since the Izzy basically measures you and then he sends the measurements off to the MTM shop. Or am I wrong. He does...

I used LNC down on Baxter St. once for a suit, the workmanship was quite good but that was before when they had a shop. Does the guy at the current place do CMT work? If not, I was thinking of getting some coating cloth from Andrew...

Quote: Originally Posted by malefic I don't see any reason to buy ties outside of eBay. I have marked a particular seller, located in Italy, who lists dozens of designer ties (Polo RL, Hermes, Kenzo, Leonard, Gucci, you...