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Luxire Custom Clothing - Official Affiliate Thread

Hallock

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The quoted sleeve length was 30.5", confirmed in the order, that's the length of the shirt shown (blue). The Luxire shirt's sleeves (stripped, posted above) comes out between 27" and 27.5". The measurements of the waist and chest are also both short, unless you physically stretch the fabric. Below is the confirmation I was sent.

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I will post a shot of the Luxire shirt with the tape measurement above it when I get home from work this evening.
 

An Acute Style

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This is the image that Luxire supplied about how to measure sleeve length. This is not what Hallock is doing.

 

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Not sure why some people need to discuss their measuring mistakes in this thread.
Luxire has a great customer-service via mail.
If they made a mistake, they will be happy to replace the shirt.
I think it's helpful. It may prevent other people from making the same mistake.
 

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Lining in the sleeves? Not the ones I've used. White/navy stripes are what I've usually got. I looked at BB MTM, RL MTM and have used KW. You don't get to pick the lining on the sleeves at any of those.

Maybe when they see NOBD walk in, they open up more options.

I got to pick the sleeve lining of my Beckett & Robb MTM - now I don't want to go back to white/striped sleeves, ever. I tried to get Proper Suit to use the same lining in the sleeves as the body of the dinner jacket I got from them, but no go - ended up with white striped sleeve lining.

So, that's a big plus for Luxire in my book, if you can specify that.
 

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^Yep, that post by atailor is great, as are all of his similar threads linked in the Second Tailor's Thread.
Many men wear linen year-round. There's a few threads here and on the LL about it. I believe Michael Alden, for example, only wears linen shirts.
My five would be light blue/gray, dark blue/gray, light tan, darker tan, and burgundy.

Grayish blue or bluish gray go well with blue or gray suits/sportcoats. And the tans would pair nicely with greens and browns. Burgundy is for those who want something a little more flashy.

Similarly, I'd go with two sleeve linings, one with blue, red, and gray (or black) stripes, and one with green, red, and brown (or blue) stripes. If you wanted to have a signature stripe, the width and spacing of the stripes could be the same with only the colors changing.
Insightful as always, Emptym.

Agree with linen being a year-round fabric. Have seen some vintage winter jackets made of linen, we made one too recently.

For the lining, we are also exploring the option of offering custom dyed colors beyond the 5 we will have as standard. They will be woven in twill, satin and plain weaves, offering more choices.

Also in the works is a Dutch Satin silk lining for people who would prefer silk.

These will all be Luxire Signature Linings and will probably be the best jacket linings available.
 

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Agree with linen being a year-round fabric. Have seen some vintage winter jackets made of linen, we made one too recently.
I have one linen shirt and two on the way (ordered the one last night. If you can combine them so that ships early, great - if not, oh well). I may order one more. But, since it's declared a year-round fabric, any chance we can get more blues available in the next few months?

Thanks!
 

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Not sure why some people need to discuss their measuring mistakes in this thread.
Luxire has a great customer-service via mail.
If they made a mistake, they will be happy to replace the shirt.


I don't think there's much mystery in it. Like others before him, he's trying to extort special treatment on shipping charges by publicly airing basic measurement issues.
 

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Lining in the sleeves? Not the ones I've used. White/navy stripes are what I've usually got. I looked at BB MTM, RL MTM and have used KW. You don't get to pick the lining on the sleeves at any of those.

Maybe when they see NOBD walk in, they open up more options.


:) I'm sorry, I misread your post. I wasn't paying attention to the sleeves part... I only have experience with Caruso in being able to specify that.
 

venividivicibj

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I don't think there's much mystery in it. Like others before him, he's trying to extort special treatment on shipping charges by publicly airing basic measurement issues.


This. And or refusing to admit making measurement mistakes. Happens to all of us.
 

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I'm sorry, I misread your post. I wasn't paying attention to the sleeves part... I only have experience with Caruso in being able to specify that.
I believe Tiberias actually allows you to customize sleeves, now that I think about it.

As a side note - Zuckerburg gives hoodies to his employees that are lined. The back of the lining has a crest on it with their mission statement. It looks quite cult-like, but I think it would be RIDICULOUSLY cool to be able to line the jacket with some sort of picture, somewhat like how you allow pocket squares to be printed. Not sure what I would do, or if I would use it... but, there you go. An idea.

 

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The quoted sleeve length was 30.5", confirmed in the order, that's the length of the shirt shown (blue). The Luxire shirt's sleeves (stripped, posted above) comes out between 27" and 27.5". The measurements of the waist and chest are also both short, unless you physically stretch the fabric. Below is the confirmation I was sent.


I will post a shot of the Luxire shirt with the tape measurement above it when I get home from work this evening.

It would be good if you could post your third picture (with shirts laid out together) with the tape measure running form the middle of the yoke down the sleeves. The method in which the measuring was done and how you had your shirts laid out would seem to indicate the issue may not be quite as bad as you are making it out to be.

End state, if the sleeve length of the Luxire shirt is not at 30.5" I am sure they will help you out.



As for the lining colours, I certainly think the Black is a required staple!
 

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This is the image that Luxire supplied about how to measure sleeve length. This is not what Hallock is doing.


This is the correct answer. Luxire asks for top of the shoulder and down the sleeve whereas Hallock's pic does not do that.

I'd be interested to see if Hallock did this correct measurement on his new shirt if it came out to be 30.5
 
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It would be good if you could post your third picture (with shirts laid out together) with the tape measure running form the middle of the yoke down the sleeves.  The method in which the measuring was done and how you had your shirts laid out would seem to indicate the issue may not be quite as bad as you are making it out to be.

End state, if the sleeve length of the Luxire shirt is not at 30.5" I am sure they will help you out.



As for the lining colours, I certainly think the Black is a required staple!
Exactly. If Hallock measures the shirt just like Luxire's photo shows, and it is not 30.5", then it seems to be it's a complete fault on Luxire's part. Popcorn ready.
 

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Okay so here are the two shirts I got in my first order. The first two are of the pencil stripe dress shirt, and the second of the university stripe OCBD. They are the first two shirts I've owned that fit me in the neck, shoulders, and sleeves. The lighter weight pencil stripe seems to billow out a bit more, whereas the heavier oxford cloth seems to fit a little slimmer. I think this is just the nature of lighter vs. heavier fabrics. To me the OCBD (bottom 2 pics) is a pretty close fit. For lighter weight dress shirts like the first, I think I might decrease the waist a hair (.25"-.5"). What do you guys think of the fits? Bring on the critique.








 

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