Posts by poorsod

Quote:Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH I'm envious of you non city dwellers with your cheap real estate and lower taxes. I ordered something likely to not be interesting to anybody on this board: Black punch caps on the riva...

Eugene (I don't remember his last name) and Stephen Kempson, both pros, thinking along the same lines. Also Benjamin Simonnot thinking that Will wanted voile when he asked for chambray. Circumstantial evidence perhaps, but the more of it...

Quote:Originally Posted by jefferyd This was a 4 grand OTR garment. What more would I have gained from going bespoke? To my eye, what you make for yourself is clearly superior. It is not one specific detail, but the sum of the...

Quote:Originally Posted by mafoofan  They are fundamentally different kinds of shirting. Voile is open weave, with high twist yarns. Like the fresco of shirting. The idea is to keep you cool by decreasing weight and increasing...

Coincidently I am also making the same freaco up as a DB.

Is the Budd silk or cotton?

Quote:Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH Frank's neo-shoulder expression he's done for me: [[SPOILER]] The shoulders are similar to when I ask for non-camica shoulders. The shaping of the lapel and barchetta pocket are a little...

Quote:Originally Posted by Slickman This is true by default of ercole's preferred style/cut, but he can do an unpadded unlined neapolitan hand felled stitches w/ chrome rims sport jacket, albeit at a higher price, and create a...

The new E63 Wagon looks sweet and goes 0-60 in 3.6s.

Quote:Originally Posted by Slickman I think Foo's point was that he recognized the issue and sought to remedy it by finding a new tailor whereas people who notice the issue with NSM continue to use them. Its a valid point, but...