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Originally Posted by 12345Michael54321 


(I'll add parenthetically that feet can - and often do - change in size and shape over the years. Yet most men figure that if their shoe size was, say, a 10D when they "stopped growing" at age 17, it's still a 10D now, when they're 20 years older. Many men go decades without having their shoe size measured on a Brannock device. I'm not saying that all men act this way, just that lots do. And I can tell you from personal experience that even a single letter difference in shoe width can be the difference between comfortable feet, and sore, aching feet. And that this is especially true with dress shoes - for various reasons, sneakers, moccasins, "casual shoes," etc., are often more forgiving of such things. I wonder whether this isn't one reason why so many men claim to find dress shoes uncomfortable.)
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Michael

+1

I spent 15 years of my adult life wearing and buying size 8.5, because that's what I wore when my I "stopped growing" in high school. It took the development of a Morton's neuroma in my left foot to get me into a Brannock device. I'm a size 9.5D in my left foot now (9D in the right), and the ill-fitting shoes I'd worn over the past fifteen years gave me a nice little long-term foot problem. Now SF is helping me build a decent shoe wardrobe in shoes that actually fit.

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Originally Posted by aravenel 


I've got a nice Rowenta one. Make sure to get the Made in Germany ones. Cost around $90 I believe? I definitely think you should buy quality here if you spend any decent amount of time ironing. I do all of my ironing, mostly because I am OCD about how I want my shirts pressed, and realized very quickly that buying a decent iron made my life much easier.
Irons are a lot like cookwear--you want something heavy. A light iron won't hold enough heat to do an effective job. You also want it to be able to get sufficiently hot, and more importantly, to be able to produce lots of steam for a long time. If it only makes a couple of puffs before it has to reheat, that's no good.

I've been in the military for 15 years now and I can tell you I iron more than most people!  I have used $800 professional irons and $300 wireless Japanese models that pack up to look like a pink toaster, but for the money you can't beat a good German Rowenta. 

I had a Chinese-made Rowenta that died after about 1 year- I should have bought the German-made one the first time.  So I bought the better made in Germany iron and after a year it has been fantastic.  One nice thing- I sent the old broken iron back and Rowenta sent me a brand new one.

Hi people!

Hope everyone had a good Xmas and New years!

I bought a Alexander Mcqueen McQ casual shirt today that I been wanting for ages but one size bigger. Usually I am size small but some items can be a little too small for me so I thought I might as well try one size bigger as it did say its Italian size so its inbetween Small and Medium. 

Here is the shirt I bought: http://images.sereneorder.com/images/products/zoom/1303920029-86154700.jpg

The sides are shorter and the hem seems to curve into longer towards the middle.

Just got 3 questions for you people.

1. Is this meant to be worn tucked in or out? If out then is it too long if it reaches middle of my thighs? Its about inch longer then my Desigual shirt.

2. If its too long, can it be made shorter by a inch without ruing it?

3. Does the rest of it look ok apart from length?

Here is a really bad quality webcam picture of me wearing it, can hardly see it so I apologize in advance.

http://imgur.com/PVENh

Thank You!

would i melt in this shirt under a suit for an outdoor wedding?  it'll be in the caribbean in a couple months.

http://www.brooksbrothers.com/All-Cotton-Extra-Slim-Fit-Micro-Herringbone-Luxury-Dress-Shirt/ME00916,default,pd.html?dwvar_ME00916_Color=WHIT&contentpos=129

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Originally Posted by cptjeff 


The shirt would be fine. Great, actually- looks like a pretty fine cotton. Will you melt with a suit on? Depends on the suit and your tolerance for heat. There's always linen and seersucker.

thank you.  i already have a suit, i think i'll be ok, i'm just getting the shirt sight unseen.  just wanted to make sure it wasn't one of those super thick shirts, as they don't have it in stock by my house.

Two quick questions regarding a PRL navy unstructured linen blazer I just bought.

- Can I wear this year round, given winter daytime temps generally are above 50 here in norcal?

- How much is a tailor able to alter on an unstructured jacket?

When I see a label such as this in an alleged sport coat:

Does the 7 indicate the drop thus in turn indicating an orphaned suit coat? If not, what does it mean?

Thanks.