I assume hand-finished refers to more external handiwork ie pick stitching; while hand-made includes hand sewing the shoulders, chest etc? If so how would one be able to tell the difference.
After the brouhaha surrounding Gilt and it's specially made cheaper clothes, does anybody know if yoox does the same? The same issue regarding maintainable supply seems to apply here as well. Some of the items on yoox have a starting...
I just had my suit sleeves shortened, and I noticed that the tailor had sewn the buttons through the lining, so that the thread had made a hole in the lining. I this a common practice? I assumed that normally the lining is removed,...
It was rlbl (I'm not Brioni level yet). I paid about $120, so it definitely hurts. Yeah the opposite may be true, the cloth shrank but the stitching did not. I re-ironed it and it is somewhat improved, but still noticeable. However thank...
So I accidentally threw in my best dress shirt into the dryer after a wash with my other laundry . There is now noticeable wrinkling around the stitching along the shoulder and back. Even worse, the entire button placket has become...
Shoot, nevermind just tried it on, and it shrank >.<. Cold wash, air dry and it still shrank like crazy. Some midget's going to find a nice sweater at goodwill. But thanks for the advice anyways guys.
So I stupidly washed my lambswool sweater in the washing machine. And now it's full of sweater fuzz. (I believe it's called "fulling"). Would a sweater stone or sweater shaver work? I'm worried a stone or lint remover would...
Thanks for the advice guys. The links were advertised as new without box, so I guess my expectations for newness should be a little lower? If they had been banging around some outlet for a while, it seems like these sort of imperfections...
