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post #1141 of 1411
1/28/13 at 4:26pm
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post #1142 of 1411
1/28/13 at 4:33pm
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post #1143 of 1411
1/29/13 at 1:34am
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Originally Posted by recondite View Post

A wedding tie is classic daywear and best in direct sunlight, but not the best choice for an evening wedding since it lacks proper contrast and doesn't look great in camera. I am sure you know this, but don't care.

That makes sense. In the UK most wedding ties are based on a silver/grey/white background and perhaps a darker tie would be more suitable for an evening wedding.
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post #1144 of 1411
1/29/13 at 4:30am
I don't like dark ties for weddings, they look too funereal.
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post #1145 of 1411
1/29/13 at 4:43am
Fair enough.
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post #1146 of 1411
1/29/13 at 7:50am
good makers of OTR shirts that take studs?
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post #1147 of 1411
1/29/13 at 7:52am
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Originally Posted by ThinkDerm View Post

good makers of OTR shirts that take studs?
Paul Stuart. I would guess Brooks Brothers and J.Press, though those will be lesser quality. Paul Stuart did a nice job, but mine is about a dozen years old.
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post #1148 of 1411
1/29/13 at 8:25am
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How much is Paul Stuart charging for a shirt these days? If you have the time, you might be better off using Geneva.
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post #1149 of 1411
1/29/13 at 8:30am
http://www.paulstuart.com/category_template_viewall.cfm?MainCatId=14&ProdCatId=1035&SubProdCatId=2012&headermenuid=1
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post #1150 of 1411
1/29/13 at 8:31am
At Geneva, be sure to ask specifically if you want studs farther apart than buttons on a normal dress shirt, which I think is the default.
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post #1151 of 1411
1/29/13 at 8:33am
The one thing I forgot to do was to ask for stiff interlining for the collar, cuffs and bib. they used the same soft stuff which I love for me regular shirts but it really doesn't work for the formal shirt. The shirt is otherwise great, though.
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post #1152 of 1411
1/29/13 at 8:52am
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Originally Posted by mafoofan View Post

How much is Paul Stuart charging for a shirt these days? If you have the time, you might be better off using Geneva.
how much did rubi charge for the tux?

also, how much does rubi charge for standalone pair of trousers? (black tie; regular)
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post #1153 of 1411
1/29/13 at 8:58am
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http://www.paulstuart.com/category_template_viewall.cfm?MainCatId=14&ProdCatId=1035&SubProdCatId=2012&headermenuid=1

Yeah . . . for that price, I'd rather go bespoke.
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The one thing I forgot to do was to ask for stiff interlining for the collar, cuffs and bib. they used the same soft stuff which I love for me regular shirts but it really doesn't work for the formal shirt. The shirt is otherwise great, though.

Huh, they suggested a stiffer interlining for mine but I insisted on the softest they had, as I would use on a normal shirt. It seems to me the facing is more than enough to keep things straight. Anyway, I don't like a collar that looks board stiff--even on a dinner shirt.
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how much did rubi charge for the tux?

also, how much does rubi charge for standalone pair of trousers? (black tie; regular)

I think a tux is something like 5,000 euros. There is surcharge over the price of a standard suit. Trousers, I'm not sure. But I think charge somewhere around 1,000 euros for a standard pair.
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post #1154 of 1411
1/29/13 at 9:09am
I really don't like the softness of mine and I don't think the pique is at all stiff.
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post #1155 of 1411
1/29/13 at 1:28pm
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Originally Posted by ThinkDerm View Post

good makers of OTR shirts that take studs?

I learned on here, and hadn't previously known, that formal shirts were supposed to have three studs only, not four, so if you want a shirt with only three stud holes, you'll be hard pressed to find one OTR. I suppose you could have a button added, or simply wear the fourth stud (as I do).

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Originally Posted by unbelragazzo View Post

At Geneva, be sure to ask specifically if you want studs farther apart than buttons on a normal dress shirt, which I think is the default.

Is this because of the issue I noted above (only having three studs where one would usually have four buttons)?
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