BBC: The Perfect Suit

kakaman · Sep 23, 2012

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Fascinating documentary on suits from BBC. Very insightful, but one question I had was why it seems like English suits feature wider shoulders than recommended on SF?

MZhammer · Sep 23, 2012

Looks good I'll have to watch

kakaman · Sep 23, 2012

Jeez in Part 4, Paul Smith looks like a mess. White t shirt under his dress shirt? SFers would give him a 3/10 for his ensemble.

cptjeff · Sep 23, 2012

kakaman said:
Fascinating documentary on suits from BBC. Very insightful, but one question I had was why it seems like English suits feature wider shoulders than recommended on SF?

Stylistic choice. SF groupthink favors a minimal shoulder, the traditional english look doesn't. There's more than one way to cut a suit.

VinnyMac · Sep 23, 2012

For my BBC, I wouldn't dare use wool. Latex is the only option.

add911_11 · Sep 23, 2012

I think the English cut looks much better than the unstructured cut favored in the forum.

When it is done correctly, it makes people look solemn, clean and smart.

Elegantly Wasted · Sep 23, 2012

add911_11 said:
I think the English cut looks much better than the unstructured cut favored in the forum.
When it is done correctly, it makes people look solemn, clean and smart.

That's because you like solemn looking people.

chogall · Sep 23, 2012

Elegantly Wasted said:
That's because you like solemn looking people.

different cut/silhouette for different purposes.

add911_11 · Sep 24, 2012

Elegantly Wasted said:
That's because you like solemn looking people.

I am sure everyone does, who likes lazy grumpy man?

Easy Fannies is a different matter.

gegarrenton · Sep 24, 2012

add911_11 said:
I am sure everyone does, who likes lazy grumpy man?
Easy Fannies is a different matter.

Lol.

mmkn · Sep 24, 2012

I liked Sir Paul Smith's explanation of a good suit the best:

"It does the job . . . makes you feel elegant, important, sexy, tall . . . A good suit is like when you close the car door, and it's a nice car, it's got a sound about it, or if you got a knife and fork in hand and it's got a good weight about it . . . a good suit has that solidity and importance about it that equals craftsmanship . . ."

- M

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