Full Review - Richard Lim Tailor – PLUS - Finished Navy Summer Jacket Pics - Page 7

Despos, thanks for taking the time to comment on this. I'll be sure to discuss your suggestions, for tweaking the jacket back, with my tailor.

I also appreciate the distinction between high rise with pleats and not-as-high with flat fronts. Taking the leap to high rise trousers was a pretty big step for me, I wanted to be careful and not combine that with an experiment in pleats. However, thanks to your suggestion, I'm looking forward to trying double forward pleats on my upcoming order.

Hey guys, time for another update! Just got back from picking this up from Richard. Trousers and waistcoat are next. Still deciding on the details.

This jacket is lined with china silk (silk habotai) and uses the same construction as the last jacket I had made. The shoulders are unlined, with a spalla camicia.


Here are some informal pics that Richard snapped for me. The angles are a bit off, plus the wide angle distortion of the lens (I usually photograph at eye level; this was more like waist level.), but I think it's a good tease.

FYI, it's 95* in LA today. So I was wearing a La Coste polo under the jacket. I know it's not an ideal representation of how it drapes.


Bottom line: I couldn't be happier. The silk / brisa combination is comfortable to wear, even in 95* weather!

Front Closed:



Front Open:



Side:

Thanks again! C.M.T. cost on this jacket was $520 + tax ($485 + $35 for working button holes). I feel so lucky that Richard is only 20 mins away!

I thought the same thing when I looked at the photo. I think it's a combination of the low angle of the shot and the wide angle distortion of the camera phone lens. Putting on the jacket, the suppression follows my body perfectly.

I'll try to get some official pics snapped in the next day or so.

Hi Renault, thanks for the comments. You're right that I have a strong interest in clothing, but it isn't officially an academic pursuit. After my first jacket order at Lim (a few years ago), I tried another bespoke tailor out of curiosity (A guy named Mr. Lee on Fairfax). I had 3 shirts made and a suit. There were 5 fittings and the fit was pretty good. However, the construction methods left me wanting. He only used fusing, no canvassing at all, and was very particular about how things are done. Plus his prices were 25% more expensive than Richard. After that experience, I went back to Richard Lim and I've been happy ever since. As for details, I have almost every single sharp corner blunted. The spalla camicia took some back and forth. But they've been more than willing to learn new methods. The buttons are not a special request, except for making them working buttons. I don't really care about the "kissing" buttons. A few of my jackets have them, a few don't, I'm still not partial to one or the other.

Thanks for the input Despos. I took some "official" shots and I think everything looks a lot better from a higher angle and farther back. The buttons are actually a tad closer together than my other jackets. I hadn't noticed it until you pointed it out. Most are about 11cm apart, this is 9.5 cm. I'll have to consider which I like more.

Here are the shots I took last night:

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Edited by coolal - 10/18/12 at 3:25pm

I'm probably leaning in that direction as well. But it certainly isn't a deal breaker on the jacket, IMO. I'll just chalk it up as a bespoke quirk. Something else to specify on my next order!

Just saw the email subscription notification from this thread. I'm glad you found the information useful! It's great that you mentioned the thread. Helping people discover his value is exactly why I wrote the review. I think he's just starting to realize the amount of interest generated in the forums. Please keep us posted and be sure to take pics at every step. It'll be nice not being the only one posting pics of Richard Lim's work!