Its always great to find oneself posted as an example of a bad suit. 
I agree though, the shoulders of my chan aren't as soft as I was hoping.
Foo is right, I asked for a very soft shoulder and specifically used the word "neopolitan". I guess I wasn't vocal enough, so next time I'll be even more clear. My main complaint with my shoulders is that they arent symmetrical- my right shoulder has a bit of a bump on it that the left does not. Also, the fabric has small wrinkles at the shoulders, as if there is too much fabric for it to lie smooth- you can also see that in the picture below. Even though my arms are bent in that photo, the wrinkles are always there, regardless of how Im standing. It looks very similar to window tint when it is first applied, before the bubbles and creases have been smoothed out. I broke my steamer, but its been to the cleaners once and they are still there.
In all, Im still pretty happy with Chan and will use them again. For a first suit, I think they did a pretty decent job. Sure, there are things I'll address next time, but its still better than most, if not all, of my other suits.
I agree though, the shoulders of my chan aren't as soft as I was hoping.Quote:
Originally Posted by sellahi22 
...Second, I don't think the Brittain or teddieriley photos are actually "soft shoulder." I remember the threads with the those photos from when I was searching this board for Chan opinions, and I remember that both of them ordered something with a bit less padding than their house style, but not quite a "soft shoulder" as voxsartoria explains it in his above post (i.e. in contrast to a BB shoulder). These are different from Chan's soft "neapolitan shoulder" option, which isn't Neapolitan in the sense that there is no Spalla Camicia, but is in fact properly soft. One thing I've read about Chan is that if you are going to deviate from their house style (i.e., pants w/o break, shorter jacket, soft shoulder, etc) you need to be very clear, because otherwise they will only apply a marginal change to their house style (maybe thinking that you are a noob you doesn't know how to communicate properly).
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Originally Posted by mafoofan
Sella, brittain specifically said he asked for "very soft" shoulders in the thread where he showed fitting pictures of the same jacket.
Foo is right, I asked for a very soft shoulder and specifically used the word "neopolitan". I guess I wasn't vocal enough, so next time I'll be even more clear. My main complaint with my shoulders is that they arent symmetrical- my right shoulder has a bit of a bump on it that the left does not. Also, the fabric has small wrinkles at the shoulders, as if there is too much fabric for it to lie smooth- you can also see that in the picture below. Even though my arms are bent in that photo, the wrinkles are always there, regardless of how Im standing. It looks very similar to window tint when it is first applied, before the bubbles and creases have been smoothed out. I broke my steamer, but its been to the cleaners once and they are still there.
In all, Im still pretty happy with Chan and will use them again. For a first suit, I think they did a pretty decent job. Sure, there are things I'll address next time, but its still better than most, if not all, of my other suits.
cheer up, emo Foo. 12.5/28 shirt come soon.
