Spoils of Napoli

[Baron]

I don't think it makes you look particularly skinny. I like the silhouette quite a bit, and the lapels. Very nice.

 

[forex]

No,those trousers don't work for you,they make you look anorexic. The lapels are nice though.

 

[TC (Houston)]

Originally Posted by Baron

I don't think it makes you look particularly skinny. I like the silhouette quite a bit, and the lapels. Very nice.

+1. Has a bit more sporty and youthful vibe than what I've seen you in previously.

 

[A Y]

Originally Posted by TRINI

Looks good but makes you look lankier than normal.

+1. Perhaps if the pants were a bit more generous, it wouldn't look as lanky. The hip pocket placement looks low also.

--Andre

 

[someotherstyle]

Originally Posted by Manton

Mina did not say anything about the shoulders falling, though I assume they will; all my soft coats have to date. Her tailor did give the coat a major tug all the way around. I gather this is another Naples thing.

The only thing that keeps bugging me about this (and a some of the other stuff you have that I've seen), is that you either pose, or stand normally, with your shoulders rolled forward. If you look at the jacket here, the jacket "ripples", and folds over itself in the chest. I find it distracting and unflattering.

Again, I don't know if this is just how you stand when you take photos, or is your normal posture. Simply an observation.

-MK

 

[TRINI]

Originally Posted by someotherstyle

The only thing that keeps bugging me about this (and a some of the other stuff you have that I've seen), is that you either pose, or stand normally, with your shoulders rolled forward. If you look at the jacket here, the jacket "ripples", and folds over itself in the chest. I find it distracting and unflattering.

Again, I don't know if this is just how you stand when you take photos, or is your normal posture. Simply an observation.

-MK

That's the drape. (Not kidding)

 

[comrade]

Originally Posted by gdl203

That second picture is very flattering. Very nice silhouette, the trousers too - will look even better when the sleeve heads settle down.

Do sleeve heads actually "settle down" ? Sounds like the tight shoes
eventually fitting after months of painful wear. Rarely happens.

 

[comrade]

Originally Posted by Bull

Comparing the Swedish railways to the Blue Line here in Chicago (which I take to work every day) is like compring a Porsche Panamera to a Chevy Malibu. The Swedish railways - faults included - felt positively luxurious compared to the hellish trains we ride in Chicago.

That's what the Swedes get from their high taxes, and low defense spending.

 

[comrade]

Originally Posted by George

Hold on, there's some pretty shaky infrastructure in the States.

There were power cuts not that long ago in California as I recall.

It wasn't infra structure. It was grid mismanagement and fraud by the likes of Enron.
Where I live, which has a municipally owned utility, during the height of the problems
we had steady power and much lower rates.

 

[kolecho]

Originally Posted by Manton

Mina did not say anything about the shoulders falling, though I assume they will; all my soft coats have to date. Her tailor did give the coat a major tug all the way around. I gather this is another Naples thing.

I see a right pagoda shoulder and left droopy shoulder. Mina did not tug the right panels?

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by TC (Houston)

+1. Has a bit more sporty and youthful vibe than what I've seen you in previously.

What up, gramps?


- B

 

[Manton]

I have a dropped right shoulder, the coat is cut correctly to fit for that. The difference is not evened out with padding (I hate that). It's really not noticeable IRL unless you stare at my shoulders for a length of time. In a photo, it's instantly evident.

The shoulders are definitely not pagoda. As foo noted, they are ruler straight. Whether they will settle, we shall see. A&S style coats of mine have done so, but they also have started out with a rounder shoulder than this. IME, it takes at least a year of wear to start seeing a real difference so it will be a while before we know. Also, this cloth is pretty tough.

 

[Wes Bourne]

Originally Posted by Manton

I have a dropped right shoulder, the coat is cut correctly to fit for that.

Now that you mention it, is it possible that your A&S coat was not cut correctly to fit for that, hence the divot? (Fwiw, this appears to fit you very well, unlike your A&S.)

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by Wes Bourne

Now that you mention it, is it possible that your A&S coat was not cut correctly to fit for that, hence the divot? (Fwiw, this appears to fit you very well, unlike your A&S.)

I don't think so. I'd have to look at it again to be sure but typically divots are caused by something else.

 

[ohm]

Originally Posted by Manton

I have a dropped right shoulder, the coat is cut correctly to fit for that. The difference is not evened out with padding (I hate that). It's really not noticeable IRL unless you stare at my shoulders for a length of time. In a photo, it's instantly evident.

The shoulders are definitely not pagoda. As foo noted, they are ruler straight. Whether they will settle, we shall see. A&S style coats of mine have done so, but they also have started out with a rounder shoulder than this. IME, it takes at least a year of wear to start seeing a real difference so it will be a while before we know. Also, this cloth is pretty tough.

I like this a lot. It looks, for lack of a better word, very smart. It seems like there's a bit of swelling in the chest but I'm happy to take foo's word that there isn't much shaping there.