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  1. Flea Spray

    Made to measure shirts in London

    I've only ever bought off-the-peg shirts, so can anyone give some advice on having custom shirts made in London? Where could I go and how much would they cost? My problem is that virtually every shirt I buy has sleeves that are far too long to wear with a proper suit. The cuffs are 2-3 inches...
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    Levi's 511,510 and 519 Jeans. What's the differences in fit?

     Debenhams probably has as wide a range as you can expect from a UK high street shop, and I can't see them. I've no idea what most of the Levi numbers on those pages mean though! Primark jeans may not look as good as Levis, but at leas they give then names like "Straight", "Comfort", "Boot"...
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    Ask A Question, Get An Answer... - Post All Quick Questions Here (Classic menswear)

    This pic shows two different styles of joining a suit jacket sleeve to the body: http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7892/shoulderk.jpg The left image has a straight shoulder that runs smoothly into the arm, whereas the other has the arm attached higher than the shoulder, so you get a small...
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    Synthetic lining fabrics

    Thanks for the replies. They helped me choose one of three overcoats yesterday. The one I liked the look of the most (a brown course twill overcoat inbetween a jacket and a three quarter length) was 50% polyester, with 100% polyester lining. The one I bought (a plain black three-quarter length...
  7. Flea Spray

    Synthetic lining fabrics

    Most wool suit jackets I see have completely synthetic linings. I suppose very expensive jackets may well use natural fibres, but is there any reason linings on most off-the-peg jackets are totally synthetic? I was looking at linen jackets during the summer and noticed they all had polyester...
  8. Flea Spray

    Oddly shaped shoulders on coat

    Sorry, I flipped the model in the above photo, so the pockets are on the correct side on the actual coat. But yes, I was disappointed when I checked the tab and saw what it was made of, especially after I'd already seen the price and assumed it was all-wool. For under £100 I could live with...
  9. Flea Spray

    Oddly shaped shoulders on coat

    I was looking at a coat in the UK high street store Debenhams, but the shoulders have these sort of lumps in them. Here's a picture: At first I thought it may be a fault in the one I tried on (they only had one left in my size) but then I checked the website and as you can see in the photo...
  10. Flea Spray

    Dr Martens as walking boots?

    Well I finally went to buy a pair and, typically, they didn't have my size and style in stock. I'll go elsewhere tomorrow. However, while I was in the shop, I had a good look at DMs. The far-eastern ones do look almost identical to the 'Vintage' range, but the stitching looks different, and...
  11. Flea Spray

    Dr Martens as walking boots?

    What about breaking them in, is that as much of a nightmare as I've read? And does it matter which kind of DMs I get, as long as they have air soles? I like the Gilberto and Chris styles, as well as Sawyer, which look like desert boots. Are the thin air soles of the DM 'Sawyer' boot more...
  12. Flea Spray

    Dr Martens as walking boots?

    I've never worn a pair of Dr Martens, but I do a lot of street walking (sometimes more than 15 miles in a day, though usually around 5) and am looking for comfortable walking boots. Would DMs be good, as after a lot of searching I've read lots of people saying they're perfect whilst others say...
  13. Flea Spray

    How to quieten noisy shoes

    I was given a pair of brogues with a leather sole but fairly hard plastic heel. The problem is that every step in them makes a loud knock on anything harder than carpet, which seems to be mainly down to the heels than the sole (though they're hardly as quiet as rubber soles either). What can I...
  14. Flea Spray

    Cream linen jacket with jeans and check shirt?

    Nice jacket, ditch the jeans and trainers. But then I'd look like some bloke wearing a linen suit. I was interested in adding this jacket to the casual look. As I said, I was surprised that it looked as good as it did with what I was wearing when I stood in front of the mirror (which is also...
  15. Flea Spray

    Cream linen jacket with jeans and check shirt?

    Today I went out dressed very casually (jeans and a checked shirt) but ended up trying on a linen jacket in a shop. I was only trying it on for size/fit and didn't expect it to go at all well with what I was wearing, but was surprised at how reasonable it seemed. I'm not the best judge of what...
  16. Flea Spray

    Ask A Question, Get An Answer... - Post All Quick Questions Here (Classic menswear)

    I bought two new cotton shirts (nothing special, just normal high street shirts) but the sleeves are two inches too long. They're OK if I'm just wearing the shirts, but if I put a suit jacket on, the entire cuffs end up sticking out under the jacket sleeves. Any advice for having them...
  17. Flea Spray

    Ask A Question, Get An Answer... - Post All Quick Questions Here (Classic menswear)

    Today, I was hoping to buy a second pair of trousers to match a suit I recently bought. They had 34S and 34L, but no 34-Regular, like I need, and it doesn't look like they'll be getting any more in. Is there anything more to the long legged version other than the length of the leg itself? I was...
  18. Flea Spray

    How do you know a cotton shirt really is cotton?

    Someone on here has to have access to a scanning electron microscope. On a serious note, could you tell if a fabric was pure cotton or a mix by looking under a 'normal' microscope, like the ones you buy in hobby shops for kids? Obviously most people (including tailors) don't have any kind of...
  19. Flea Spray

    How do you know a cotton shirt really is cotton?

    I bought a shirt a couple of days ago from a reputable UK high street retailer (Marks & Spencer) which is labelled as being 100% cotton. It said this on the packaging and on the tab stitched into it. Today I was in another shop and spotted what appeared to be the exact same shirt. It was...
  20. Flea Spray

    Ask A Question, Get An Answer... - Post All Quick Questions Here (Classic menswear)

    I just bought a rather tight fitting suit jacket. I have a few normal-fitting jackets that have adequate room for movement, but I wanted one with a tight-fitting look as well. It's for casual wear rather than work. But then I suddenly wondered - will this jacket shrink when it's dry cleaned and...
  21. Flea Spray

    Ask A Question, Get An Answer... - Post All Quick Questions Here (Classic menswear)

    Sorry if this is a naive question, but I just bought a black off-the-peg suit jacket that has a loosely stitched blue thread across the top of the shoulders. I've seen this sort of thing before on more expensive jackets, but it's never been on one I've bought before. So what is it and what's it...
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