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  1. ortolan

    Looking for Advice Re: Problems with Made-to-Measure Suit

    Thanks to CharlestonBows, Sator and Nicola for your extremely helpful responses. Next time, I'll ask to try on a stock suit and to see and understand the particular modifications. My situation with the current suit now seems clear. If it fits, then no harm no foul; I got a good suit for a good...
  3. ortolan

    testa fabric quality w.w chan

    hello, i m in shanghai right now and i would like toknow that the promotion of W.W Chan, buy 2 shirts get 1 free with their testa fabrics is a reasonable promotion or not. One shirt is 100 euros (150 dollars). So for 200 euros (about 300 dollars) you can get 3 shirts made by testa fabrics. The...
  4. ortolan

    Alligator belt review

    I just received my new alligator belt in the mail. It is not a name-brand nor a store purchase. Rather, I ordered it online. The price was quite reasonable and I took a chance. It is made in the USA! Overall impression was FAVORABLE. [...] -Another detailed shot of the stitching. RLPL at top...
  5. ortolan

    40th Birthday Idea

    my wife got me, 10 years ago (as an engagment present) a tiffany belt buckle. I have in with me prety much most days (unless I am wearing braces). not very much money, a little bit of luxury, and easy to use every day. I highly recomend it. oh, yeah, and engravable. The belt buckle sounds...
  6. ortolan

    40th Birthday Idea

    Hello, my birthday was last week. I ignored it. He is my suggestion: A hiking stick: http://www.austrostock.at/img/wander...esterreich.jpg This present is unique and tells a story: Your live will change and the best you will get is some hiking!!! The present is not expensive and can easly...
  7. ortolan

    40th Birthday Idea

    Not much to go on but travel. I'm not sure on your budget, but with that theme, off the top of my head: 1) Inflatable travel pillow $5 2) Motion alarm for luggage $20 3) Portable binoculars for sports, wildlife, opera, $30-$50 (Olympus) 4) Noise cancelling headset $100 (Audio Technica) 5) iPod...
  8. ortolan

    How much do you buy at full retail?

    Almost all my purchases are at full retail - mostly MTM and bespoke. If you buy your clothes on sale, you will look like a gentleman who buys clothes on sale. (Not my quote, but from a VP of sales I used to know). --ortolan
  9. ortolan

    Sleeve length (yes...again...)

    I use the red line. This thread should be a poll! Definitely should be a poll. For myself, when buttoned, I prefer it to be a bit short of the green line. The red line is too snug for my watch hand and too dependent on watch worn (and also shrinkage, your MTM or bespoke tailor's...
  10. ortolan

    Fancy Restaurant Attire

    Yeah, I believe a large part is due to the fact that many of the diners there are international travelers staying in the hotel whom are more accustomed to formal dining. And the food was fantastic -- too bad Siegel will be leaving, but hopefully it'll make the new Myth even better. I recall the...
  11. ortolan

    Cego Ocbd 2.0

    ^^^ I can't speak for Manton, but I like the cuffs on my OCBDs to be a bit looser since they're casual shirts. Like that shirt. And that larger left cuff might be sized for a manly watch. I prefer most dimensions looser on my casual shirts than my dress shirts (except the cuffs, don't like...
  12. ortolan

    A. Lange & Söhne

    So, just wondering, are you people all millionaires, or are you just even more reckless with respect to watches than I am with suits? Just wondering. Spending money on good watches isn't always reckless. I am confident I can sell my Lange 1815 used for 10% more than I paid for it new! On the...
  13. ortolan

    Recommend me a corkscrew

    I have the exact same one. My wife gave it to me as a present some years ago. An excellent corkscrew! I echo many of the sentiments above about the Chateau Laguiole corkscrew. It is of a different quality than most other waiter's corkscrews. Just the heft of it makes it feel like a block of...
  14. ortolan

    If you have nice clothes, do you need a nice car?

    Anyone have a ferrari laying around that we can disect? No, but I hear Holstein has a Lamborghini Gallardo. Sweet car. I don't care about what people think and their false modesty; I wanna ride in his Gallardo. --ortolan
  15. ortolan

    Patek, Yellow Gold, Rose Gold or White Gold. Help in choosing the color.

    I recently purchased a Journe in PG and it seems timeless (: Which one did you get? Somehow I like the look of WG Patek and PT Journe. Before I offend anyone, I should mention both are excellent choices. Journe is highly fashionable these days. Way back when, a WIS friend lamented piteously...
  16. ortolan

    If you have nice clothes, do you need a nice car?

    I hear they have machines that just make it look like handstitching. Mmmm.... I think baseball stitching for leather automotive interiors looks nice. Saw a custom leather truck interior done that way. The Audi TT has it and here is one site that offers it as well...
  17. ortolan

    Patek, Yellow Gold, Rose Gold or White Gold. Help in choosing the color.

    I guess I won't worry about meeting someone that points out and accuses me of going "cheaper" with the YG when they happen to notice my Patek. That was a joke folks...LOL. I must apologize if my statement came as an accusation... I didn't mean it as such. Pateks are expensive relative to other...
  18. ortolan

    If you have nice clothes, do you need a nice car?

    Dandy or not, it's tacky to buy that which you don't genuinely need or enjoy for the sake of presenting a particular image. A guy who buys a Ferrari or Lamborghini merely to 'match' his nice suit, when he'd probably kill himself trying to really drive it or has no meaningful appreciation for the...
  19. ortolan

    If you have nice clothes, do you need a nice car?

    I am always nauseated when a car is presented as a fashion accessory or status symbol. It's a machine. Some machines are better built than others, some look better, some are more reliable. But to size up someone's standing in society by their material possessions is shallow, tacky, and puerile...
  20. ortolan

    If you have nice clothes, do you need a nice car?

    I'm a consumerist. If you have nice clothes, why not a nice car... of course fitting local fashion, financial, and garage constraints. As people point out, some regions of the world have the amish/mennonite notion of conspicuous humility. As much as I puzzle about that conspicuous humility...
  21. ortolan

    Patek, Yellow Gold, Rose Gold or White Gold. Help in choosing the color.

    Good advise there My choice wiould be WG or Platinum Agree. For a single watch you can wear casual or dressed up, my first choice would be WG/Platinum. It is a more versatile color, and perhaps fits a younger profile, as another poster points out. Unfortunately WG/PT commands a premium for...
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