Kiton- what is really inside, lots of pics.

Brad · Jul 2, 2007

Originally Posted by Artisan Fan

If the man has an agenda it matters if we are trying to get to the truth. He clearly has an agenda if you read his replies.

If he has an agenda, all you have to do is ignore it. Nobody is saying Kiton makes a poor suit. The man just took some photos of a coat he owned. To paraphrase Rasheed Wallace, "the ball don't lie."

Manton · Jul 2, 2007

I have not discerned an agenda beyond proving beyond a reasonable doubt that many key stitches of Kiton clothing are done by machine.

GQgeek · Jul 2, 2007

Originally Posted by RJman

Ed, your avatar isn't fooling anybody.

aportnoy · Jul 2, 2007

Originally Posted by Manton

I have not discerned an agenda beyond proving beyond a reasonable doubt that many key stitches of Kiton clothing are done by machine.

The truth will set you free.

Edward Appleby · Jul 2, 2007

I don't understand why people defend clothing companies as though they were helpless people. Kiton is not the last tailor remaining at a Savile Row establishment founded in 1700 or a one-man shoemaking operation. It's a large, multinational corporation founded in the '60s that has about as much to do with "artisans" as Nambe or Waterford does.

Also, insinuating that people who question the "Gospel" of some Italian marketing firm are just jealous because they can't afford it smacks of either nouveau-riche insecurity or, more likely, a desperate need to believe that every penny spent on a $5,000 jacket is manifest in the piece itself and not (partially) wasted on a name.

lasbar · Jul 2, 2007

Is it turning into a real Kitongate this affair?
I can feel some forum impeachment coming up very soon!!!!!!!!
Where's Labelking?

Manton · Jul 2, 2007

Originally Posted by lasbar

Where's Labelking?

And he would add ... what?

DocHolliday · Jul 2, 2007

Originally Posted by Edward Appleby

Also, insinuating that people who question the "Gospel" of some Italian marketing firm are just jealous because they can't afford it smacks of either nouveau-riche insecurity or, more likely, a desperate need to believe that every penny spent on a $5,000 jacket is manifest in the piece itself and not (partially) wasted on a name.

Can we tie this in with the bickering over Alex's shirts? Then we could make SF implode.

Manton · Jul 2, 2007

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Can we tie this in with the bickering over Alex's shirts? Then we could make SF implode.

Kabbaz wearing a black Kiton suit singing "Proud Mary"?

Edward Appleby · Jul 2, 2007

Originally Posted by Manton

Kabbaz wearing a black Kiton suit singing "Proud Mary"?

On video, projected behind a tiger/edmorel meaty thigh contest.

DocHolliday · Jul 2, 2007

Originally Posted by Edward Appleby

On video, projected behind a tiger/edmorel meaty thigh contest.

Truly, we are in the last days of Rome. Does this make Manton our Caligula?

Manton · Jul 2, 2007

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Truly, we are in the last days of Rome. Does this make Manton our Caligula?

Hell no! The last days of Rome came much later than that. I am Septimus Severus.

DocHolliday · Jul 2, 2007

Originally Posted by Manton

Hell no! The last days of Rome came much later than that. I am Septimus Severus.

Perhaps I was too focused on the meaty thighs.

While we're assuming identities, I'd like to be Alaric I. Think of the wardrobe I could loot.

aportnoy · Jul 2, 2007

So, we are all agreed that Kiton is far from a true handmade garment and, as a company that now has bought into its own press clippings, that they do little to set the record straight.

If you want to see the real thing, well, at least, now you know where not to go.

edmorel · Jul 2, 2007

Originally Posted by Edward Appleby

On video, projected behind a tiger/edmorel meaty thigh contest.

And throw in the Iraq war, sourcing Vass shoes directly from Germany and anything mafoofan disagrees with.

For the record, I really don't give a **** who handsews and who uses Asian ******* or who uses pre-industrial machines. I like what I like and if Oxxford or whoever the tailor du jour is make the most hand intensive garment, I'd still be wearing an OTR Borrelli or Isaia. I've seen some bespoke jobs here that I would not wear for free. I don't understand the hard on for Kiton/Borrelli's manufacturing claims, heritage claims etc.

Rolex claims it takes a year to make one of their watches, lets start an endless thread discussing that.

If I've offended any purchasers of my goods, ignore everything I said

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