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Bespoke shirt, reinforced placket- does it make a difference?

post #1 of 22
5/20/09 at 4:15pm
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Guys, I have just learned about a new bespoke shirt maker in my city (Warsaw/ Poland). Emanuel Berg is on the market for some 15 years making RTW and MTM shirts, but they are doing bespoke since recently. This is the sample shirt. They do test shirt with firs order, the fabric is DJ Anderson, MOP buttons, spit yoke etc. One thing I see for the first time is the reinforced placket. Can anyone explain what difference does it make comparing to ordinary placket? The maker seems to be very proud of this feature of the shirt, maybe they're making much ado about nothing? What do you think about this shirt? placket reinforcement
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post #2 of 22
5/20/09 at 4:25pm
Tommy likey. Tommy want wingy.

I think it's very nice. Not sure how much the strengthened placket adds, but the shirt looks like it's well constructed.
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post #3 of 22
5/20/09 at 5:52pm
Looks nice to me.

May I ask how much they cost?
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post #4 of 22
5/20/09 at 5:56pm
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400 to 600 $ depending on the fabric.

RTW around 120$
MTM around 150$ to 200$

Does anyone can tale me Charvet bespoke prices?
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post #5 of 22
5/20/09 at 6:07pm
Looks like a good shirt. Nice details. Would be be better if the stripes matched up on the sleeve head.

What do they mean by reenforced placket?
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post #6 of 22
5/20/09 at 6:09pm
fantastic looking shirt. it looks like a French placket to me. maybe they put interlining in it?
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post #7 of 22
5/20/09 at 6:12pm
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Originally Posted by anon View Post
maybe they put interlining in it?

I have no idea. i must investigate the subject. I hoped somebody knows the reinforcement method used.
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post #8 of 22
5/20/09 at 6:15pm
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Originally Posted by David Reeves View Post
Would be be better if the stripes matched up on the sleeve head.


Apparently it was made deliberately. The same sort of stripe unmatching like at the jacket lapels.
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post #9 of 22
5/21/09 at 11:08am
Beautiful shirt. Love the buttonholes. The first time I saw a reinforced placket was on my shirt from Freddy V. in Los Angeles. I asked him about it, but forgot his answer. My guess is that maybe it prevents the bottom of the placket from getting ripped open, which, although I've never had happen to any of my non-reinforced plackets, I could imagine happening since that area sees a lot of motion. Still, even without it, I think the buttonholes could help with that function.
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post #10 of 22
5/21/09 at 8:49pm
Beautiful shirt. An excuse to make a detour to Warsaw
the next time I go to Europe.
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post #11 of 22
5/21/09 at 8:51pm
What is the thread loop at the bottom of the placket?
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post #12 of 22
5/21/09 at 9:07pm
^^^

On my 1 Borrelli shirt, the reinforcement is about 1/3 of the way down from the top. Below the reinforcement, the placket is stitched closed- to the right in this picture; above it, the placket isn't stitched closed- to the left in the picture.
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post #13 of 22
5/22/09 at 12:20am
very nice hand made buttonholes.
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post #14 of 22
6/5/09 at 6:22am
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Originally Posted by comrade View Post
Beautiful shirt. An excuse to make a detour to Warsaw
the next time I go to Europe.

http://www.emanuelberg.com/en/
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post #15 of 22
6/5/09 at 8:39am
Very nice shirt. The sleevehead looks like its lined up fine, just rotated a bit.
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