Posts by Slickman

I've seen the LL linen made up in a tailors workshop, the color is beautiful, really pops, but it is too damn heavy. If you want a linen suit, go with cacciopolli, italian linen flows

I believe it was woodhouse, don't know for sure, so don't hold me to it, maybe whnay or foo can point you in the right direction. Have you checked to see if dugdale or smiths perhaps carries a summer hopsack? If you're looking for an...

in that case, i would go with cream linen, but don't wear that to the office, its just too nice and clean to get dirtied in a filing cabinet. buy a fresco or a afb linen instead if its a casual environment, or just don't wear a jacket,...

was actually about to order a suit in rubi's summer hopsack, but just ordered a length of minnis 516 fresco instead

If you want a tan/cream, go with linen, I can't stress that enough, granted I assume this is not a work suit or anything, linen's rumples and surface texture will give the suit charm that cotton doesn't come close to having

Quote:Originally Posted by Slewfoot Looks great! Ok, now who knows where the hell to actually buy vintage old barleycorn that is 20oz+??? Just about decided on having a dark barleycorn be the fabric of choice as opposed to cavalry...

I wish Mr. Vass would travel to NYC once or twice a year to take measurements for bespoke, that would be awsome

If anyone's interested, I'm thinking about unloading my 2.5m of LL city gunclub at cost

Quote:Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH The problem is customers think they know more than tailors and tailor's fuck ups are actually the customers. I think if people want to be giving so much input into bespoke they should make...

Quote:Originally Posted by Eustace Tilley Had a couple of shirts made like that - useful in theory, but less so in practice. A link vs. a one-button cuff are at opposite ends of the formaility spectrum, and I never found a need to...