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post #46 of 57
11/28/11 at 2:55pm
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Originally Posted by CaymanS View Post

^ Gross.
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Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH View Post

Looks like my girlfriend's suits.

I readily admit this sort of thing is not for everyone, but I'm glad it's still made to such a high standard for those who are looking for it!
Each to their own!
(I tend to relate this sort of thing to historic military and formal wear, rather than the modern women's wear based on those masculine looks!)
-TTO
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post #47 of 57
11/28/11 at 4:52pm
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Originally Posted by jefferyd View Post

I think that a soft, lightly padded shoulder should have a soft expression all around; the rope is more suited to a structured, insellata shape, like Sexton's work. Again, there is the danger here of conflating amount of padding with shoulder expression.

What is insellata shape?
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post #48 of 57
11/28/11 at 6:22pm
Jeffery D's (I assume it's his):

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post #49 of 57
11/28/11 at 6:53pm
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Originally Posted by CaymanS View Post

^ Gross.

To me it's hideous.
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post #50 of 57
11/28/11 at 11:17pm
Insellata means "saddle" in Italian. I am told the Italians also call it a donkey's shoulder. The English word is "concave shoulder".

It is traditionally regarded as a mark of fine tailoring, although it actually goes in and out of fashion. For example it was fashionable in the 1920s, and the 1970s.
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post #51 of 57
11/28/11 at 11:23pm
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Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH View Post

Looks like my girlfriend's suits.

So do these shoulders which go under a different name amongst the iGentry:

blazer-pleated_shoulder.jpg

At least padding is something that originates in men's tailoring. But along with military styled epaulettes these are sometimes imported into ladies' tailoring to give a deliberately masculine look.
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post #52 of 57
11/28/11 at 11:47pm
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Originally Posted by Sator View Post

Insellata means "saddle" in Italian. .

No sella is saddle. Insellata I guess is closer to sway back.
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post #53 of 57
11/29/11 at 4:41am
A dictionary gives me the translation of insellata as "saddle back". In any case, I'm just telling you what I have been taught my an Italian tailor. The concave curve of a saddle is where the name derives from.
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post #54 of 57
11/29/11 at 5:06am
Ya saddle back. Sway back. The term is often used for animals.
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post #55 of 57
11/29/11 at 5:17am
I like both roped and non-roped shoulders. The "girlfriend's suits" comment was true, but I like it all nonetheless.
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post #56 of 57
11/29/11 at 7:31pm
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Originally Posted by add911_11 View Post

I actually really like it

Looks too much to me.
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post #57 of 57
11/29/11 at 11:59pm
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Originally Posted by Sator View Post

So do these shoulders which go under a different name amongst the iGentry:
blazer-pleated_shoulder.jpg
At least padding is something that originates in men's tailoring. But along with military styled epaulettes these are sometimes imported into ladies' tailoring to give a deliberately masculine look.

This is an example of "leg o' mutton sleeves"

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=mutton+leg+sleeves&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1294&bih=778&tbm=isch&tbnid=d61tXJzejpEJvM:&imgrefurl=http://dorotheascloset.blogspot.com/2009/08/psychology-of-shoulder-pad.html&docid=JOEuQk0GkfvXXM&imgurl=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/missmaggiethecat/BLOG/shoulders5.jpg&w=600&h=800&ei=7-HVTqXzA8aSiQLv7e2nDA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=811&vpy=260&dur=5791&hovh=259&hovw=194&tx=108&ty=150&sig=108912091792369767751&page=2&tbnh=128&tbnw=96&start=30&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:29,s:30
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