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post #31 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:20pm
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I'm thinking about a Bias-stripe DB like the one RSS posted a while back.
I have something similar, also in a double breasted. My version is from the Holland and Sherry Moresque (?) book which is much softer and modern but it is the same salt and pepper diagonal stripe idea. Quite smart
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post #32 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:22pm
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We posted at the same time. Your answer was superior since it required homework.- B

Or simply too much time in the past trying to decide what makes a tailor a "Savile Row" tailor?

I assume, however, that the seeds of this were sown during Thomas' time at Anderson & Sheppard.

Of course, your answer was undoubtedly more helpful.
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post #33 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:25pm
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Roolzie.

Roolzies are so boring without severe, crippling penalties.

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I have one in llama, but it's so conspicuous and so warm I haven't worn it in years. After your analogy, I suspect I never will.

Llama? Jinx.

Let's be sure that if we do wear it, we consult in advance in case we are in the same city at the same time, and a sudden wind doesn't cause us to collide and stick together like velcro.

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As did Chat-Bite.

Le seul endroit pour garder un mouchoir, naturellement.


- B
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post #34 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:26pm
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Of course, your answer was undoubtedly more helpful.

That's precisely what makes my answer inferior in the context of this thread.


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post #35 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:26pm
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The question was "where?" As I said, Warwick Hall, Cumbria.

Oh come on, we can do better!

Let's see...

Cloth: probably English, but of course the wool came from Australian sheep.
Buttons: Horn; I have no idea. Do these come from buffalo, ram?
Thread: Cotton? (Egypt) Silk? Who produces silk, China?
Canvas: Horsehair?...you get the picture

(It's like that classic Milton Friedman bit with the pencil)
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post #36 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:26pm
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I could see that immediately in the blowup. I understand the mechanics of that type of cuff. It seems to me that having the bottom button forward of the sleeve from the other three would be unnecesary if handled more carefully, but it's not my coat. If you like it, more power to you.
It's only the flash of the camera that brings this cuff out. If he had aligned the buttons and stripes perfectly, you wouldnt see the cuff at all. He wanted the cuff to be slightly noticeable.
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I only recall seeing Corvato in the flesh twice and the examples looked a bit "old man" to me. I don't know if that is typical. It is just a subjective reaction. They did look very nicely made, however.
I assume you mean the clothes? He makes expensive clothes and he makes mostly for very serious understated people. Frankly his suits are a very modified updated Brooks Brothers sack suits which seem to equate somewhat with Rome's Caraceni style. I dont know that they look old man, they look excellent and several of his customers are rather surprising celebrities who wouldnt wear something...dowdy?
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I miss those days. - B
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you
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post #37 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:26pm
The women of England marvel at my chest hair.
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post #38 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:28pm
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The women of England marvel at my chest hair.

"Kiss me, poodles."


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post #39 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:32pm
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The women of England marvel at my chest hair.

Rjmanbearpig has even more chest hair. Grrrrr...
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post #40 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:32pm
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I never liked curves on turnbacks and wouldn't order them that way. Ces't la vie.
Your instincts serve you well because if this version has any tradition, it is to appeal to those with ready to wear reflexes.
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post #41 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:34pm
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Rjmanbearpig has even more chest hair. Grrrrr...

If so, I cannot see you wearing that bearcat for me than four minutes even fully nude underneath.




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post #42 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:36pm
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If so, I cannot see you wearing that bearcat for me than four minutes even fully nude underneath.
You're starting to really creep me out in this thread.
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post #43 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:39pm
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You're starting to really creep me out in this thread.

I'm an overachiever.


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post #44 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:42pm
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I sometimes wear a cords tuxedo with satin lapels and turnback cuffs. Not sure what the rules have to say about that aside from "NO!!". For what it's worth they're shaped the traditional way.

I saw an RLPL ad recently for a black DB shawl 4x1 jacket with (traditional) turnback cuffs and silk facings. It was cut pretty short, too.

--Andre
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post #45 of 519
10/22/08 at 3:43pm
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Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff View Post
It was adopted by Brooks Brothers exactly how you see it pictured above as the best version of the turnback cuff for the suit sleeve.

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Frankly his suits are a very modified updated Brooks Brothers sack suits which seem to equate somewhat with Rome's Caraceni style.

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Your instincts serve you well because if this version has any tradition, it is to appeal to those with ready to wear reflexes.




- B
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