gennaro paone: former head tailor of rubinacci



lordsuperb said:

+1 i think one of the best threads for English garments is the david reeves thread. I wish some these well known bloggers would do a write up or try a structured coat. I think SF is too caught up on the soft cuts.

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They usually aren't interested unless you pay them or give them free stuff. Im also too busy and too cool to be bothered hanging out with them.



David Reeves said:

They usually aren't interested unless you pay them or give them free stuff. Im also too busy and too cool to be bothered hanging out with them.

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I don't think that's true. The only person I know who gets free suits is Simon at Permanent Style. And truthfully, I don't even know if that's true -- it's just often said that he does. Everyone else, as far as I know, pays full price for every thing they commission.



dieworkwear said:

I don't think that's true. The only person I know who gets free suits is Simon at Permanent Style. And truthfully, I don't even know if that's true -- it's just often said that he does. Everyone else, as far as I know, pays full price for every thing they commission.

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Well I can assure you I am not lying.

I won't disclose who I am talking about but conversations usually go like "oh David Reeves great! would love to do something! I would just like three months advertising and a free bespoke suit for the editorial". I don't want to carp on about it, Im not bitter about it and I don't have an axe to grind, just telling it like it is.

I have done a few interviews here and there and never paid for the privilege, thats not to say I never would, I am a pragmatic businessman and if I thought the gain outweighed the loss I would do it and I wouldn't have a problem with it.

With the other guys, I just don't take the time to court them, I don't go to all the parties and work the circuit. I wasn't being totally serious about being too cool to hang out, but I am crushed at work, I do 12 hour days 6 days a week as standard and at home I have 3 kids under 4 so I really just don't have the time for that side of the business.



David Reeves said:

Well I can assure you I am not lying.

I won't disclose who I am talking about but conversations usually go like "oh David Reeves great! would love to do something! I would just like three months advertising and a free bespoke suit for the editorial". I don't want to carp on about it, Im not bitter about it and I don't have an axe to grind, just telling it like it is.

I have done a few interviews here and there and never paid for the privilege, thats not to say I never would, I am a pragmatic businessman and if I thought the gain outweighed the loss I would do it and I wouldn't have a problem with it.

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Surprised to hear the advertising bit.



dieworkwear said:

Surprised to hear the advertising bit.

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The advertising for writeup quid pro quo has be a staple of journalism for eons.



Tried and True said:

The advertising for writeup quid pro quo has be a staple of journalism for eons.

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I'm not surprised either.

Is there a way to designate threads with custom titles? This is like Ye Olde Style Forvm.



Manton said:

Is there a way to designate threads with custom titles? This is like Ye Olde Style Forvm.

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Would you say that it is hip with the downtown hotties?

What is the stance on blogs just being a tunnel for affiliate links? Is that totally commonplace, or am I incredibly naive?



itsstillmatt said:

Would you say that it is hip with the downtown hotties?

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Yes I would, Kent.

dopey said:

If the train has a bathroom, you can post from there.

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Does this imply bathroom fit pics? Here's hoping!!!

dieworkwear said:

Surprised to hear the advertising bit.

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It's pretty common practice. We don't have it written into any of our packages, but yeah, editorial in exchange for . or as part of, an advertising deal is pretty standard, whether formalized or not. This is separate from "sponsored content", of course.



LA Guy said:

It's pretty common practice.  We don't have it written into any of our packages, but yeah, editorial in exchange for . or as part of, an advertising deal is pretty standard, whether formalized or not.  This is separate from "sponsored content", of course.

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I think it's just the way things are but I wasn't talking about SF. Of course I pay my dues as an affiliate but one of the reasons I do is because I never felt pressured by Fok/SF into doing it. I was actually a member for a number of years before becoming an affiliate and I felt it was a sound move and also right to give something back.



David Reeves said:

I think it's just the way things are but I wasn't talking about SF. Of course I pay my dues as an affiliate but one of the reasons I do is because I never felt pressured by Fok/SF into doing it. I was actually a member for a number of years before becoming an affiliate and I felt it was a sound move and also right to give something back.

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My post was poorly phrased. What I meant to say was that we don't make editorial for advertising deals - it would be problematic for our platform - but that it is something common in the industry.

We do do interviews and features of our affiliates because we have access to them.



sprout2 said:

What is the stance on blogs just being a tunnel for affiliate links? Is that totally commonplace, or am I incredibly naive?

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This is true only of the real bottom of the heap, content farm blogs. I mean, a lot of blogs do this, but as. A primary purpose, no.