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Can anybody please recommend a good place to get alterations made in Melbourne; preferably conservative business dress or eastern suburbs?
 

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Thank you for all your comments. I agree that the media has a habit of sensationalizing nose of these incidents. Also I wouldn't be surprised if the Indians who were targeted were involved in dubious dealing or doing stupid things which might have resulted in violence.

Recently 17 Indians were sentenced to death in the UAE for killing a Pakistani in a gang war or something. The trial was a sham but it shows that the image of Indians being engaged in only lily white doings abroad is ridiculous.

My asking of the question was also influenced to some extent by a Aussie member Simon Templar who had a particular problem with Indians.

Originally Posted by JohnsNotHere
Absolute bollocks. Aussies are some of the friendliest people on the planet.. you'll have a great time

Originally Posted by Sydguy
Ditto all that - Indians are most welcome, you will not see/feel anything but love!


Originally Posted by Journeyman
As others have said, you don't need to worry.

There have been a few, very unfortunate incidents.
However, I think that they have been blown far out of proportion by the media.
Furthermore, any incidents that have taken place have (to the best of my memory) been down in Melbourne, not up in North Qld.

If you head out to the Whitsundays, I highly recommend Hayman Island. Great resort and great restaurants.


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Why restrict yourself to Cairns and environs - I don't like Queensland much and anyway haven't you got better beaches in India?

Welcome and Good luck.


Better beaches maybe but no infrastructure. The Himalayas are probably more magnificent than the Alps but there are hardly an places to ski. There would be probably cable cars in the Himalayas while there would be 20 around Innsbruck.

Originally Posted by meister
Pretty accurate summation except for the ridiculous republic = maturity comment.

Originally Posted by TheWraith
+1

Originally Posted by laphroaig
There has been violence against Indian students in Sydney and Melbourne. Look through Australian newspapers if you want examples. There are many reasons for this but in general we have a history of always hating the latest growing ethnic group in the country.

But you've got virtually zero chance of being treated badly in the Whitsundays or Cairns.


Ok, now I am thinking of adding Sydney to the itinerary. So it will be around 5 nights in Cairns and 5 nights in Sydney.

How would you say the environment is in Sydney.
 

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aj_del: just follow the same common sense you would in any country - avoid unlit dodgy areas late at night. most of those attacks were opportunistic because the poor students had to start work at their jobs at midnight and rented in a crap area.

just dont mention Tandulker and Bradman in the same sentence and you will be ok
 

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by environment do you mean nature? its on a beatifull harbour and has some nice beaches but a few hours outside of sydney is the blue mountains which (whilst not the himilayas) are a truly australian natural treasure.
 

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Originally Posted by aj_del
My asking of the question was also influenced to some extent by a Aussie member Simon Templar who had a particular problem with Indians.
And there is your problem - he is the textbook definition of an idiot, a xenophobe, and very likely a white supremacist of sorts as well.

I swear, at times I honestly feel we should implement a citizenship test of sorts at age 18 for all and punt all those who fail badly off the continent. Or have as a mandatory penalty for welfare bludging shipment off to NZ. Permanently.
 

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Originally Posted by Diavolo
It baffles me why you guys consider bricks and mortar stores which have nothing of quality to offer. Herringbone is okay and, if you like it fine, but at $1200 or something retail compared to Caruso at ehaberdasher for $600 odd, there should be an easy choice. Caruso is 10 times the suit a Herringbone is. You may have to wait and be patient for stock but you can email Mike and ask about what's coming in. Even at sale price Herringbone at $500 is not a good deal compared with the Carusos. Off-shore made to measure will inevitably lead to grief.
You can buy a Kiton bone linen jacket at ehaber for under $1000 for goodness sake, something that Harrolds would charge $4500 for.
Once you know what fits you check the buying and selling forum as well. Men's Corner on Ebay has brilliant Stile Latino suits (made by an off-shoot of Attolini) for $899. They are better than Corneliani etc by far.


I have to agree with Apropos here for the most part. Sure internet stores have a place in todays retail world and I buy almost all of my dress shoes and ties off the net after doing my own trial and error but the fact of the matter is, without bricks and mortar stores these internet stores simply would not exist.

To take your Kiton example above, Kiton did not make this jacket with the intention of selling it in an internet store at deep discount. They made it to sell in a high end boutique like Harrolds (which i'd never buy at btw) and it has only ended up at Ehaberdasher because said boutique failed to sell it and it is now a season old and sold off cheaply to cover costs. This is just an example of course, but a company like kiton would never manufacture lines such as this to sell at these prices on the internet and as such, your argument fails because the internet stores rely heavily on stores not selling through products, invariably because people such as yourselves come in and waste the sales assistant time trying things on you will never buy off them and they remain unsold.

And yes some sales assistants have no idea (most actually) but your disrespect to them is baffling, because one day you will need one of them to tell you where something is in a store or check out the back for a size not on display and you will be left there with no one to help you. I say this as someone who used to be one only 5 years ago and who has witnessed this scenario time and time again. They should be treated with no less respect than someone who works in an office, or perhaps even more. They work weekends, on their feet all day, horrible pay, which is why I do work in an office now.

I think for suits, and speaking as someone who is very well versed in fitting them on people, they are one thing that should not be bought on the net, they should always be tried on. There are so many variables such as sleeve length, jacket length, shoulder width, fullness in the waist/hips on the jacket and rise length, waist size (real waist size not what the tag says), fullness in the legs and so and and so forth, not to mention the experience of being able to see and handle the fabric, look at the details etc in person and be able to walk out the door with your purchase.
 

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Originally Posted by aj_del
My asking of the question was also influenced to some extent by a Aussie member Simon Templar who had a particular problem with Indians.
Originally Posted by apropos
And there is your problem - he is the textbook definition of an idiot, a xenophobe, and very likely a white supremacist of sorts as well. I swear, at times I honestly feel we should implement a citizenship test of sorts at age 18 for all and punt all those who fail badly off the continent. Or have as a mandatory penalty for welfare bludging shipment off to NZ. Permanently.
+1. Templar's comments in another thread were absolutely ludicrous. There's nothing wrong with being proud of certain facets of one's culture but when you start to think that your culture is superior to all others and that the superiority of your culture gives you the right to kill and control people from other cultures, you really become an idiot. Thankfully, people like Templar are a very small minority here in Australia and, regrettably, you will find some people like that in pretty much every country in the world.
 

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Originally Posted by Charlie's Wardrobe
I think for suits, and speaking as someone who is very well versed in fitting them on people, they are one thing that should not be bought on the net, they should always be tried on. There are so many variables such as sleeve length, jacket length, shoulder width, fullness in the waist/hips on the jacket and rise length, waist size (real waist size not what the tag says), fullness in the legs and so and and so forth, not to mention the experience of being able to see and handle the fabric, look at the details etc in person and be able to walk out the door with your purchase.
Thank you for that. His ridiculous assertion that (for tailored clothing) store stock = online stock and thus you can try in store and buy online aside (i.e. think about how many lines Oxxford has?), his dumbing down of suit purchasing to nothing more than a set of measurements which can be easily checked with an online retailer breaks right out of the realm of incredulity and into... stupidity, perhaps. A shirt, maybe. A suit? No way. Given the authority with which he spouts his dogma here and in WAYWRN - I, for one, would love to see how his 'Attolinis, Kitons, Carusos which [he has] gotten for a tenth of retail' fit him. Think for a moment of the myriad difference in cut/fit these 3 brands have (not to mention the various product lines within them) - but they all fit him beautifully? They all measure out the same way? But we know we never will - for it is easy to talk a good game from a position of authority on the internet, not so easy to back it up with real life evidence.
 

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Originally Posted by apropos
I swear, at times I honestly feel we should implement a citizenship test of sorts at age 18 for all and punt all those who fail badly off the continent.

Thank you Adolf!

Or have as a mandatory penalty for welfare bludging shipment off to NZ. Permanently.
What? Send them all back to NZ??
 

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Originally Posted by apropos
Thank you for that.

His ridiculous assertion that (for tailored clothing) store stock = online stock and thus you can try in store and buy online aside (i.e. think about how many lines Oxxford has?), his dumbing down of suit purchasing to nothing more than a set of measurements which can be easily checked with an online retailer breaks right out of the realm of incredulity and into... stupidity, perhaps. A shirt, maybe. A suit? No way.

Given the authority with which he spouts his dogma here and in WAYWRN - I, for one, would love to see how his 'Attolinis, Kitons, Carusos which [he has] gotten for a tenth of retail' fit him. Think for a moment of the myriad difference in cut/fit these 3 brands have (not to mention the various product lines within them) - but they all fit him beautifully? They all measure out the same way?

But we know we never will - for it is easy to talk a good game from a position of authority on the internet, not so easy to back it up with real life evidence.


This is a pretty good call out - as you say the proof is in the pudding...
 

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Originally Posted by Prince of Paisley
Thank you Adolf!
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I should have clarified that statement was targeted at a small subsection of the population, namely all those who tattoo the southern cross, Aussie flag, or Eureka stockade flag on themselves, or sport '**** off we're full' bumper stickers. I find it plenty ironic that these folk, who so often: - rail against the evil immigrants sponging off hardworking aussies are themselves likely to be the same folk that utilise public amenities (from personal experience, think hospital A&Es on a Friday night) and services (welfare), and simultaneously contribute the least in taxes, - are happy to point out how (insert recent arrivals) are 'un-Australian', but cannot recall when Australia was founded, name the ship(s) that first landed, identify Gallipolli (or Turkey) on a map, or even define what 'Australian' behaviour is, for that matter. I'm sure that most of you know precisely the relevant folk I've just described.
 

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Originally Posted by apropos
And there is your problem - he is the textbook definition of an idiot, a xenophobe, and very likely a white supremacist of sorts as well.

I swear, at times I honestly feel we should implement a citizenship test of sorts at age 18 for all and punt all those who fail badly off the continent. Or have as a mandatory penalty for welfare bludging shipment off to NZ. Permanently.


NZ has enough idiots thank you very much. Mind you we did ship Russell Crowe to you guys
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JNH, how are the C&J wearing in?

In the last month I've gone a bit overboard buying a black pair of loake almost-wholecuts, brown loake suede wingtips, grenson suede chukka's and am eyeing off a pair of brown suede grenson rose collection monks, so needless to say no more shoes, but I will check em out while suit shopping on Thursday down at Maquarie Place.

In the Herringbone catalogue/site they have long sleeve polo's with button cuffs featured, anyone check these out by any chance or know the pricing? They look great and could be a good golf/casual friday with sportscoat item. One thing that does annoy me with the H/Bone site is there is no prices anymore...
 
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