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Matt S 
Not all bespoke tailors can do such a natural shoulder. A padded shoulder is much easier to make. Finding a tailor who does a shoulder like that for the price of Polo MTM isn't going to be easy. A cheaper alternative might be H Freeman MTM. I believe they make something very similar for half the price.
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Originally Posted by
comrade Enlighten me, please. At least at the two Polo Shops I have checked in the Bay Area, there are no
current models without shoulder padding. Not so a season or two ago.
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Originally Posted by
Matt S It's the Polo I, Polo II, Polo III (haven't seen in a few years) and Polo IV models that have no shoulder padding.
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Originally Posted by
comrade No padding is a relative concept. What I've seen in I and II this season
doesn't fit me well, aside from the shoulders being a bit less natural than
a year or two go, as I said before. The same happened to Isaia Base 2 over
the last couple of years.
comrade - wtf are you talking about? No padding is a relative concept? You just said there "are no current models without shoulder padding" then said the current models have a more natural shoulder than a couple years ago, well which is it?
All classic Ralph Lauren Polo model suits (besides trendy named one's) have basically ZERO padding in the shoulder (please see Oldog/Oldtrix posts in WAYWT). Ralph is famous for this specific detail. You might be thinking of Black Label or Purple Label or I don't know what. Maybe check somewhere other than Palo Alto? Matt S. is absolutely right that this is the reason someone would go to RL for made to measure. Most tailors don't do soft construction or unpaded shoulders, especially in this price range.
). I think Ercoles would be able to do it at a good price actually, but I don't live in New York.
