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I think Vass might be a great shoe for me, a noob whose 'stable' is 2 pairs of AE derbies from which I'd like to step up. I'm not in love with the coloring of Carmina's brown shoes as they appear on webpages and the shoes that call to me the most would be the EG Chelseas which are very expensive. Vass without shipping, duty or brokerage (and at 15% off via jokb) might be the right play for me as people on this forum seem to love them. So ... Cool!
 
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Those are some sweet, sweet pairs.

By the way, anyone know anything about this shop: http://thmade.com/

Found them on the webs, and the website looks pretty cool. Not heard of them before, so I guess they are new?
 
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Those are some sweet, sweet pairs.

By the way, anyone know anything about this shop: http://thmade.com/

Found them on the webs, and the website looks pretty cool. Not heard of them before, so I guess their new?

I've worked with Tom before and he's a standup guy. I've seen some of his suits as well and they are pretty nice, not familiar with the pricing though.
 

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I think Vass might be a great shoe for me, a noob whose 'stable' is 2 pairs of AE derbies from which I'd like to step up. I'm not in love with the coloring of Carmina's brown shoes as they appear on webpages and the shoes that call to me the most would be the EG Chelseas which are very expensive. Vass without shipping, duty or brokerage (and at 15% off via jokb) might be the right play for me as people on this forum seem to love them. So ... Cool!
If you're the right size Bill, give jok a shout. I believe he's received a few pairs and his inventory looks to be growing each time I visit.
 

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If you're the right size Bill, give jok a shout. I believe he's received a few pairs and his inventory looks to be growing each time I visit.

Yep, am looking forward to trying on a pair of Brown Vass Captoes which he has available in what I expect to be my size. I could see Vass filling a nice gap (at least price wise) in the GTA between Leatherfoot's Carmina and John Lobb/GG/etc.
 
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Ideally I'd pay not more than $300-400. But I tried that with some tailors in Thailand (Rajwonse and Lucky & Oscar) and wasn't impressed,and same for the travelling tailors. Initially I thought they were great, but then I started buying more and realized the quality of construction and fabric really was not very good. And they didn't last at all. I'll admit it took me years to figure that out though.
 
So I realized you have to pay for quality, so now I generally hope to get something around the $1k price range. I'm happy to pay up to $2k for a really good suit, if it's a nice fabric from Ariston or something, and generally okay to pull the trigger on anything up to $1.5k.
 
I'd obviously like to keep it as closer to $1k as possible, because by my rough calculations, that gets me double the number of suits as paying $2k. Generally, I'm okay as long as it fits good, is well made and I like the fabric. So it's cool if its $1.5k - especially if the shop seems responsive and would take care of me if anything goes wrong. I think there are enough options out there now, thankfully, that this price range opens me up to enough good options in the MTM. Just need to find it.

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Bulloch Tailors is having a spring liquidation event now, link is here. Pricing is $1695.00 or $1595.00 for two or more. This is only for in stock fabrics. There were some decent suitings (colour-wise) left when I checked in today. No pretentious high pressure sales tactics. The sale is because his lease is up and he doesn't want to take all the fabric with him. Tentative future plans is to hold two events a year to take future orders.

It's a two man operation with Stan and the cutter Italo (sp?). Interior of the shop is here.

They also have the Ariston swatch book. What's so great about this mill? I overheard another customer mentioned that he loved it but I have never heard of it before.
 

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Looks pretty good, this will be worth a check-out. Thanks @Odd I/O .

Ariston has been around for a while I believe, but it's gotten a lot more popular in recent years. I think it's been bought out, or financed by, an American PE shop and they are marketing and distributing it a lot harder. It's just another option, and they generally have some nice windowpane/ glenplaid patterns - close to what you might get for Isaia. Seen some really nice winter weight wool/cashmere blends from them. Nothing you couldn't necessarily get from Holland & Sherry, but it's a good option. Price point is up there though.
 

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Interesting. Only comment I have is that while I am a fan of the double to single or 'haf' sole on dress shoes, for a tall boot - especially a tall derby boot - I actually prefer a full double sole. Seem sto balance out the visual mass of the tall boot better. IMO, natch. Were you thinking of a derby or oxford for the tall boot?
 

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I have to guess you don't work Bay St. ish. Because if you did, you would know who Tom James is. Not because you should, but because they would have called you. And called you. And called you. And then maybe, in a moment of weakness, you would have said alright, I'll give it a try and bought something. And then you would have regretted it...


I rebuffed someone from this outfit last week. Glad I did, by the sounds of things.
 

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Looks pretty good, this will be worth a check-out. Thanks @Odd I/O
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Ariston has been around for a while I believe, but it's gotten a lot more popular in recent years. I think it's been bought out, or financed by, an American PE shop and they are marketing and distributing it a lot harder. It's just another option, and they generally have some nice windowpane/ glenplaid patterns - close to what you might get for Isaia. Seen some really nice winter weight wool/cashmere blends from them. Nothing you couldn't necessarily get from Holland & Sherry, but it's a good option. Price point is up there though.


I'm surprised that no one's mentioned Samuelsohn, either through Harry's or another shop. High quality garments all the way.

Advantage of getting it through Harry's is that if you're not happy with the end result, you can get a refund.

And you're supporting domestic manufacturing!
 

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^^^ What he said. I have several Samuelsohn suits and sport coats, both off the rack and MTM. Very happy with them indeed.


Hey Roger,

Can you detail your mtm experience? How accurate were the measurements when they brought the finished product in store to try on?

If I can't unload my gift card, I might just go all out and get a suit made in their 'H' fabrics.
 
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That a good idea, the current tall boot I have, the theresianer light suede in U last, has a double to single configuration and IMO it doesn't look bad. For an F last boot, I agree that a full double sole, makes the boot look more complete. Since it's a dressier boot, I'm thinking of doing an oxford model.

This is great, keep the ideas coming and when I have a solid idea of what people like, I'll post some pictures.
 

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Hey Roger,

Can you detail your mtm experience? How accurate were the measurements when they brought the finished product in store to try on?

If I can't unload my gift card, I might just go all out and get a suit made in their 'H' fabrics.


Fit was very good as delivered, but dont confuse MTM with bespoke - a bit of tweaking has always been needed (usually a touch of waist suppression for me) and the trousers are unhemmed. I did mine through Robert Jones.
 

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