Posts by Gruto

Very good advice from zbromer. Later in your bespoke life, bringing cloth to the tailor, which you want to have made up in a certain way, is more fun and rewarding than just picking from the tailor's cloth books.

Yes, it's Butler in a Swedish commercial wearing the green tweed suit. Amazing

Quote:Originally Posted by Man Of Lint It is not a contest and every member has something useful to contribute. Of course, everybody is necessary, but some are more equal than others That said, I feel my initial top 5 was can...

I am sincere about it. It IS interesting to identify who improves the discussion, and what they say. The continuing discussion can benefit from it.

The 5 most valuable contributors to the online discussion of classic menswear style and its crafts for the last 10 years The answer will be subjective, clearly. On the other hand, I believe we can agree on some mega stars. I have no...

Quote:Originally Posted by n-domino I have read somewhere that Weston's Hunt Derby (model #677 I believe) is handwelted. That accounts for its $2000 price tag which is what I saw when I was in their Madison Avenue store two weeks...

Quote:Originally Posted by DWFII So, to begin with, the the original machines used essentially the same quality insoles as Traditional handwelted bespoke makers were using. Two opposing angled cuts..."channels"...were made, by...

Quote:Originally Posted by js4design This photographer is clearly in violation of Flusser's "Brando" contract clause. He isn't comfortable with the camera. With these street shots our relation to the camera has a huge impact on the...

Quote:Originally Posted by TM79 I just can't picture a grey odd jacket looking good. I'd much rather go with a nice navy blazer, tweed jacket, or brown windowpane and build around that. Solution: LSD That said, think less about...

Quote:Originally Posted by Manton For a gray odd jacket, my first recommendation is don't get one, my second is to get one only after you have other stuff--at a minimum, one blazer for warm weather, one for cold, two tweeds, one...