The new official TOJ thread, 2011 - Page 1554

Originally Posted by impolyt_one 

They result in a much nicer shirt than most are accustomed to buying? haha. There are some facets that are esoteric and romantic, such as the hand fell around the scyes and the cleaner single needle stitch, but then there are more outward things like the soft yet structured cuffs and collar that give it an honest to goodness 'rich' look, the immensely quality looking buttons that are sure to be pointed out to you every time you wear the shirt, the selvedge fabric, and then of course, our fit. There is indeed tactile and visual evidence for sure though, it's not like a wine tasting or something, lol. Definitely not just 'asking you to trust me on it' or force it down your throats, it's there and it's all good for what I make it out to be. We only have the 3 colors now and two of them are blue, so it's not supposed to be something you scoop up by the dozens, either.
I lean towards more uniform-like, minimalist wardrobes anyway and prefer to have quality items that inspire me via their honest qualities - think of those '$5000 wardrobe' threads that pop up all the time on styleforum - I'd feel nice being able to eventually cover some or many of those categories or items without spamming a checklist up as well, where one could recommend a TOJ thing here and there because they genuinely are a nice choice to get excited about.
Beyond all that, I said it from the outset - I didn't really make this shirt with everybody in mind, for that reason - people will have to decide if they want to step up and find out about the next level of shirts if they want to. There are some guys in here who are already familiar with some of the construction aspects via MC-minded Italianate shirts they might wear to work or something but I'm aiming to bring these sort of things down here in my own version, to SW+D, where guys might be more accustomed to the standard factory-run style shirts with the crispy fused collars and cuffs, the double needle sides, cheaper buttons and all that. The differences are subtle, but I already know after wearing this sample that they're enough to impress and spoil you to not want to go back to normal shirting.

Originally Posted by impolyt_one 

They result in a much nicer shirt than most are accustomed to buying? haha. There are some facets that are esoteric and romantic, such as the hand fell around the scyes and the cleaner single needle stitch, but then there are more outward things like the soft yet structured cuffs and collar that give it an honest to goodness 'rich' look, the immensely quality looking buttons that are sure to be pointed out to you every time you wear the shirt, the selvedge fabric, and then of course, our fit. There is indeed tactile and visual evidence for sure though, it's not like a wine tasting or something, lol. Definitely not just 'asking you to trust me on it' or force it down your throats, it's there and it's all good for what I make it out to be. We only have the 3 colors now and two of them are blue, so it's not supposed to be something you scoop up by the dozens, either.
I lean towards more uniform-like, minimalist wardrobes anyway and prefer to have quality items that inspire me via their honest qualities - think of those '$5000 wardrobe' threads that pop up all the time on styleforum - I'd feel nice being able to eventually cover some or many of those categories or items without spamming a checklist up as well, where one could recommend a TOJ thing here and there because they genuinely are a nice choice to get excited about.
Beyond all that, I said it from the outset - I didn't really make this shirt with everybody in mind, for that reason - people will have to decide if they want to step up and find out about the next level of shirts if they want to. There are some guys in here who are already familiar with some of the construction aspects via MC-minded Italianate shirts they might wear to work or something but I'm aiming to bring these sort of things down here in my own version, to SW+D, where guys might be more accustomed to the standard factory-run style shirts with the crispy fused collars and cuffs, the double needle sides, cheaper buttons and all that. The differences are subtle, but I already know after wearing this sample that they're enough to impress and spoil you to not want to go back to normal shirting.

Originally Posted by omgcookielol 

Drew/goat jacket owners, how do you dudes think black goatskin would look on a murked out 2010DR? This is pretty much my last 'planned' leather purchase (a black t1 sounds better and better every day...) before getting into the coats/shirts/pants.
Kinda worried the pebble grain would overwhelm the sleek black hardware. Goat probably looks best with the new silver zips, huh?

Originally Posted by impolyt_one 

the bias of the fabric stretches and drapes better on the split yoke vs straight across, emanating from the center of the back, rolling over the shoulders.

Originally Posted by hendrix 

Ah, so the direction of the fabric weave influences the direction that it stretches most, and having a split yoke means that it can be aligned to stretch in the way of movement? makes sense.