Posts by bnovc

Quote: Originally Posted by dsca  ^ +1   Measure an existing well fitting shirt and use that as your shirt measurement. Don't use body measurements.   Use that measure and adjust as...

Does anyone know of any books/articles/threads about the psychology of attractiveness of different clothing? e.g. why do we prefer suits (I've heard because of the "V" shape), ties, certain color patterns, etc.   These kind of...

Quote: Originally Posted by bubba04  ^ I find that MT will make shirts exactly to the specifications that you tell them. I have dialed in my measurements to where I cannot get a better-fitting shirt anywhere locally. I...

Quote: Originally Posted by aravenel  This thread is part of Classic Menswear... There is, I believe, a similar thread in SW&D. I understand that, but what I am saying is that there should be a different thread...

I read SF fairly often, but I don't post very often, partially because I find it time consuming to find replies to what I write.   I'm curious what the rationale is behind having so many large on-going threads rather than...

I've ordered three shirts total from ModernTailor, and I haven't been very pleased with any of them. I only consider them wearable under jackets or sweaters because they are so baggy around my waist, and they're all thin and somewhat...

Quote: Originally Posted by JBMarce21  I have about a 10.5" drop (41.5"->31"...uncommon I know, cue the dumb comments but w/e idgaf) and the modern tailor shirts, after some tweaking and a few practice shirts,...

Quote: Originally Posted by msulinski  A decent tailor should be able to take the shirts in for you without adding darts. To do this properly, they will likely take in the side seams all the way down to the sleeve...

Is it possible to have a shirt be smaller in the waist than the chest without benig darted? I was talking with a guy at Spoon Tailor recently when ordering a shirt there for the first time, and he suggested I get my shirts...

I bought a new pair of pants (Banana Republic) and socks (JCrew), and I attempted to get a less boring picture than I had in the past. Unfortunately my wife wanted to leave to dinner and was not interested in my teaching her to use my...