whnay.'s good taste thread - Page 153

Ok, colours on my screen don't reflect that, scrap everything I said then. I would still like it better with a less hardcore ps but this last point is highly debatable in the case of well balanced outfits. The label notch seems to be a little high but we don't really discuss that here, especially considering the angles people use. Width is really nice and not retro because you don't dress glaringly retro, I think most would look like 70s horrrorshows with suits such as these.

Manton: I don't know exactly how to explain that to you (sorry but english is not my primary language).

What I'm saying is that the collar has been setted too high and, also if it grips to your neck without any problems, this doesn't mean that the collar is right: that is not a regional style.

Rubinacci for example is from the same region but the difference is there, you can notice this difference.

I don't want to criticise your jacket, I don't know who made it, but (from what I'm seeing) I'm pointing out that the collar has been setted improperly (the lapels are way too long because of that - the starting point near the neck is too short: trust me, that is not the regional style).

"I have a long neck so I need a high collar. Low collars look terrible on me. They did a nice job with that collar, and indeed with all my collars.

The tailor was Solito."

 

This sounds like a new rule to me: usually we don't set collars so high because a person has a long neck. Low collars are bad either, there are right measurements for every person's body. You have to know how to proportionate these things. Proportions are the main point in making a great suit.

Some people think this collar setting is right, but you know, we have a very different method based on the old Domenico Caraceni and a very very long experience in these things.. for us these are just "patchings" when you don't know how to behave with some body's conformations.

Sorry.

M, Try Musella for a suit. I think he is going to NY to visit clients. His clothes look more refined than Solito and Steed, may or may not be your thing.

Please understand that I'm not trying to get you as one of my customer, but our aim is also to educate the personal style. If you are happy with it, then continue that way. 

By the way "drape" is in italian "taglio" or "linea" ;)

Attempting to make up for yesterday's fail:



better?

I think the jacket demands very sedate items around it. The square is too much and the tie pattern is muted but still, its a pattern and this would have benefited from a solid tie I think. Dark brown or grey solid wool tie would have worked here, and no square or something quieter

and while we're bashing unbel, I really dislike that shirt collar on you, you need to go a bit higher and longer

Very retro-looking + dunno if it is because you are craning your neck but it would seem you need a higher shirt collar. The arrangement is generally pleasant and I'd thumb it up in another thread but I am not sure it is in "good taste" to be so 70s referential in a 2012 outfit. PS has a nice colour.