Advice on how to make up the latest LL gunclub, please

[radicaldog]

For the record, it ended up as follows: two button, soft roll, high gorge, ticket pocket, two vents, single button cuff. I'm quite pleased, even though I regret asking for completely unpadded and non-extended shoulders: they just don't work for my silhouette, and they give the coat a somewhat eggy shape. The tailor said it'll be possible to change the shoulders (slight extension, minimal wadding). I'll think about it next time I'm in Italy.

Thanks, all, for your suggestions.

 

[alliswell]

Pics?

 

[radicaldog]

Originally Posted by letmebefell

Pics?

Very selfish on my part, but I'm trying not to succumb to that level of SF-ism. Apols.

 

[dopey]

With a cloth like that, Dege once refused to make it for me with straight pockets. They said I didn't have to have a ticket pocket, "but a cloth like that takes hacking pockets." Well, refused is probably a strong word, but they had a very definite preference.

 

[radicaldog]

Originally Posted by dopey

With a cloth like that, Dege once refused to make it for me with straight pockets. They said I didn't have to have a ticket pocket, "but a cloth like that takes hacking pockets." Well, refused is probably a strong word, but they had a very definite preference.

My tailor recommended hacking pockets, but I went with straight ones. He was strongly opposed to patch pockets though, as he said the heavy cloth would make them look bulky. He was probably right.

 

[Gruto]

Originally Posted by aportnoy

I got triple patch on mine.


I chose the same. The cloth is heavy and sturdy but it can take patch pockets, I think.

 

[aportnoy]

Originally Posted by Gruto

I chose the same. The cloth is heavy and sturdy but it can take patch pockets, I think.

Agreed. Many have also been tailored without back seams, which is a nice detail.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by aportnoy

Agreed. Many have also been tailored without back seams, which is a nice detail.

Three patch in front, one piece in back. No front cut or dart on mine, which makes for exact visible pattern matching on the front even with the patches.

- B

 

[aportnoy]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Three patch in front, one piece in back. No front cut or dart on mine, which makes for exact visible pattern matching on the front even with the patches. - B
Sweet B, Raph cut mine the exact same way.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by aportnoy

Sweet B, Raph cut mine the exact same way.

- B

 

[Gruto]

I've seen that coat before. It's excellent, it's mean.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by Gruto

I've seen that coat before. It's excellent, it's mean.

Thanks, brah.

- B

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Vox, Hopefully you have a back up bolt of that cloth in case it ever wears out?

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

Vox,

Hopefully you have a back up bolt of that cloth in case it ever wears out?

This is the coat that I'm grabbing if I hear the police at the door and I have to Starsky and Hutch it over chain link fences and barbed wire.

When they finally catch me and club me down for my sartorial crimes, I will bleed proud in Club cloth.

- B

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

This is the coat that I'm grabbing if I hear the police at the door and I have to Starsky and Hutch it over chain link fences and barbed wire. When they finally catch me and club me down for my sartorial crimes, I will bleed proud in Club cloth. - B
If you're lucky, they'll throw you in the same cell as Herb Tarlick and no one will notice you.