Posts by dopey

Mariano's stuff looks worse and worse to me. I don't like Foulkes's either, but it doesn't look bad. What I hate so much about the Mariano version is that the extension and droop creates a false shoulder both wide of and below the real...

I love you, but not in costume dramas.

Since no one liked my idea of highlighting posters so you can remember not to respond to them, how about having blocked posts show who the poster is without having to click on it to see. That way, if you have someone on block because he...

Tom Ford suits are very well made and use good cloth. In fact, the Tom Ford suits are as good or better than lots of low-end bespoke. Now that you have them, enjoy them, and when you are ready to try real, good bespoke, you will have a...

Quote:Originally Posted by dopey foo: do you have an iammatt database? I don't remember his LH suits being droopy (and no data mining please). In fact, I recall his look like a level-er version of whnay's, but without the...

foo: do you have an iammatt database? I don't remember his LH suits being droopy (and no data mining please). In fact, I recall his look like a level-er version of whnay's, but without the roping, though that does not mean they are...

If I am not mistaken, the whnay. suit looks like there is some shoulder extension, which you can infer from the sleeve and sleevehead. Apart from the fact that it is generally well-cut anyway, the slight roping helps the shoulder...

Quote:Originally Posted by johanm 15 oz worsted isn't that bad. For me all hard finished worsted cloth feels basically similar in terms of warmth. What sucks on hot/humid days is wearing any kind of jacket at all, as the heat gets...

I agree that it has nothing to do with NSM. Also, Mariano's drop off in a way that yours do not. I recall that iammatt's do not do that either. I know you are talking about the hump, which is natural and is just the way they do...

To be honest, I have seen some awful looking shoulders on Rubinacci coats, too, though most look great. The worst offenders are Mariano's own. Like these: It is possible that these are just old and what they look like all broken...