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A couple percents of stretch for heavy cottons = godsend. Really makes the trousers far more comfortable to wear and perform better with regards to knee bagging/stretching. That's fine (and even wanted) for jeans to start shaping and bagging in places with wear, but it can be unsightly for a more tailored garment. There's a reason for those fabrics to feature prominently in the bespoke/MTM cotton bunches from the best mills. Same goes with jackets, btw. I know some people will always want a 100% cotton, but the ones with a couple % stretch are simply more comfortable. Cotton often has no give compared to wool, so we would fit someone on a wool try-on jacket, and they would find the resulting cotton/cord jacket to fit tighter across the back. Same measurements, tighter feel. A 100% heavy moleskin suit is a nightmare to wear, unless it's cut with a lot more ease than one's normal pattern.
Yeah, you're right about that. My jeans are 98/2 cotton/elastane. It does make a difference.
 

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Camoshita duffle
Inglese shirt
TSS turtle
Farnese belt
Beams plus cardigan
Rota pants
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I'm seriously considering just starting to crop most of the shirts and shirt-jackets I bought recently from NMWA (for reference, I'm 1.73m, not tall by any means but also not short enough to wear short sizes).
Particularly, I love PF camp shirts and got several of them, but I'm increasingly feeling they're too long to wear untucked for my taste, and summer camp shirts are basically the only shirts I would rather not tuck. I usually end up either tucking them (a bit roomy for that despite me sizing down to S, very vintage style) or wearing untucked with the last button undone, but that seems like a temporary and unsatisfying solution really.

I also just got the DoppiaA ripstop shirt jacket in a beautiful deep navy, and my first thought was to return it because it's just too long for a lightweight overshirt, almost tailored jacket length. Yet it has no hip pockets, which I find frustrating in something so long, and being an overshirt, no shape to it, so I don't think it works in this length. You could in a pinch tuck it as it's not overly thick, but I think it's really a stretch. Should I just have it cropped to the last button and use is as a lightweight jacket?
The cloth choice is positively surprising, I mean, ripstop with elastane feels like a weird combo and indeed I wasn't sure about that upon ordering, but as far as it feels on hand, it's pretty cool. It's super crisp as you'd expect from ripstop, but then somewhat stretchy, but only somewhat because the ripstop adds rigidity I assume.

On a related note, I am somewhat mysteriously (irrationally?) fascinated by An irrational element pieces, although (or because?) their designs are sometimes hard to properly figure out, while I love their cloth choices. Like, how are you supposed to wear the vintage popover shirts? The very long tails (actual tails, not just length unlike the DoppiaA) suggest you should tuck them, but the roomy cut and sometimes fabric (wool-poly pile???) sometimes goes completely in the opposite direction. I haven't bought any because I don't think I'd end up wearing them.
I did just get the linen artist shirt though, and I fear it doesn't really work for me. It really is much thicker than you'd imagine (as the description does say), it's basically jacket-weight, and very roomy in the body (this after already sizing down to S from my EU M). Yet it's short sleeved, and again very long. Except this is actually incorrectly tagged in the website size comparer, they claim it's a cropped shirt basically, about -11cm its actual length.

As a slight criticism, I have to say that I find the sizing advice (specifically in words) given on the website to be very unreliable. In many cases, TTS appears to mean "+1 whole size compared to european sizes" - but not always, e.g. most italian brands are described TTS while they actually fit TTS in the european sense. Asian brands I haven't cracked yet, it seems almost random.
Thankfully, Virtusize helps a lot there, and it generally has allowed me to get the right size, except ofc in the rare occasion where it straight up lies.
 
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I'm seriously considering just starting to crop most of the shirts and shirt-jackets I bought recently from NMWA (for reference, I'm 1.73m, not tall by any means but also not short enough to wear short sizes).
Particularly, I love PF camp shirts and got several of them, but I'm increasingly feeling they're too long to wear untucked for my taste, and summer camp shirts are basically the only shirts I would rather not tuck. I usually end up either tucking them (a bit roomy for that despite me sizing down to S, very vintage style) or wearing untucked with the last button undone, but that seems like a temporary and unsatisfying solution really.

I also just got the DoppiaA ripstop shirt jacket in a beautiful deep navy, and my first thought was to return it because it's just too long for a lightweight overshirt, almost tailored jacket length. Yet it has no hip pockets, which I find frustrating in something so long, and being an overshirt, no shape to it, so I don't think it works in this length. You could in a pinch tuck it as it's not overly thick, but I think it's really a stretch. Should I just have it cropped to the last button and use is as a lightweight jacket?
The cloth choice is positively surprising, I mean, ripstop with elastane feels like a weird combo and indeed I wasn't sure about that upon ordering, but as far as it feels on hand, it's pretty cool. It's super crisp as you'd expect from ripstop, but then somewhat stretchy, but only somewhat because the ripstop adds rigidity I assume.

On a related note, I am somewhat mysteriously (irrationally?) fascinated by An irrational element pieces, although (or because?) their designs are sometimes hard to properly figure out, while I love their cloth choices. Like, how are you supposed to wear the vintage popover shirts? The very long tails (actual tails, not just length unlike the DoppiaA) suggest you should tuck them, but the roomy cut and sometimes fabric (wool-poly pile???) sometimes goes completely in the opposite direction. I haven't bought any because I don't think I'd end up wearing them.
I did just get the linen artist shirt though, and I fear it doesn't really work for me. It really is much thicker than you'd imagine (as the description does say), it's basically jacket-weight, and very roomy in the body (this after already sizing down to S from my EU M). Yet it's short sleeved, and again very long. Except this is actually incorrectly tagged in the website size comparer, they claim it's a cropped shirt basically, about -11cm its actual length.

As a slight criticism, I have to say that I find the sizing advice (specifically in words) given on the website to be very unreliable. In many cases, TTS appears to mean "+1 whole size compared to european sizes" - but not always, e.g. most italian brands are described TTS while they actually fit TTS in the european sense. Asian brands I haven't cracked yet, it seems almost random.
Thankfully, Virtusize helps a lot there, and it generally has allowed me to get the right size, except ofc in the rare occasion where it straight up lies.
Interesting cause I find the PF shirts on the short side but I do have a long torso.
Doppia has been fine for me but don’t buy them much at all.
Japanese sizes I find that tops typically run big and bottoms run really small.
All that being said measurement charts and such are most helpful.
I don’t honestly bother reading the size descriptions like tts or oversized.
 

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I find the drop videos the most useful in terms of getting an idea of the fit, even if I don't see an on body fit I get a better idea of how the garment is relatively proportioned. I rarely use early access because I always want to see the drop on video first, although some things end up sell out too fast.
 

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I find the drop videos the most useful in terms of getting an idea of the fit, even if I don't see an on body fit I get a better idea of how the garment is relatively proportioned. I rarely use early access because I always want to see the drop on video first, although some things end up sell out too fast.
That does help too. I usually rock with what sizes Ludwig fancies.
 

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The manhattan/westside and Brooklyn would have the highest rise that we offer. It's a proper high rise, we exclude the waistband from the measurement fwiw, so with it included it's prob closer to 13".
Out of curiosity, is there a reason behind excluding waistband from rise measurements? I've seen some other retailers do this but I assume different makers have different waistband widths.
 

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I'm seriously considering just starting to crop most of the shirts and shirt-jackets I bought recently from NMWA (for reference, I'm 1.73m, not tall by any means but also not short enough to wear short sizes).
Particularly, I love PF camp shirts and got several of them, but I'm increasingly feeling they're too long to wear untucked for my taste, and summer camp shirts are basically the only shirts I would rather not tuck. I usually end up either tucking them (a bit roomy for that despite me sizing down to S, very vintage style) or wearing untucked with the last button undone, but that seems like a temporary and unsatisfying solution really.

I also just got the DoppiaA ripstop shirt jacket in a beautiful deep navy, and my first thought was to return it because it's just too long for a lightweight overshirt, almost tailored jacket length. Yet it has no hip pockets, which I find frustrating in something so long, and being an overshirt, no shape to it, so I don't think it works in this length. You could in a pinch tuck it as it's not overly thick, but I think it's really a stretch. Should I just have it cropped to the last button and use is as a lightweight jacket?
The cloth choice is positively surprising, I mean, ripstop with elastane feels like a weird combo and indeed I wasn't sure about that upon ordering, but as far as it feels on hand, it's pretty cool. It's super crisp as you'd expect from ripstop, but then somewhat stretchy, but only somewhat because the ripstop adds rigidity I assume.

On a related note, I am somewhat mysteriously (irrationally?) fascinated by An irrational element pieces, although (or because?) their designs are sometimes hard to properly figure out, while I love their cloth choices. Like, how are you supposed to wear the vintage popover shirts? The very long tails (actual tails, not just length unlike the DoppiaA) suggest you should tuck them, but the roomy cut and sometimes fabric (wool-poly pile???) sometimes goes completely in the opposite direction. I haven't bought any because I don't think I'd end up wearing them.
I did just get the linen artist shirt though, and I fear it doesn't really work for me. It really is much thicker than you'd imagine (as the description does say), it's basically jacket-weight, and very roomy in the body (this after already sizing down to S from my EU M). Yet it's short sleeved, and again very long. Except this is actually incorrectly tagged in the website size comparer, they claim it's a cropped shirt basically, about -11cm its actual length.

As a slight criticism, I have to say that I find the sizing advice (specifically in words) given on the website to be very unreliable. In many cases, TTS appears to mean "+1 whole size compared to european sizes" - but not always, e.g. most italian brands are described TTS while they actually fit TTS in the european sense. Asian brands I haven't cracked yet, it seems almost random.
Thankfully, Virtusize helps a lot there, and it generally has allowed me to get the right size, except ofc in the rare occasion where it straight up lies.
If you go ahead with this (I think you should post some pics first because it's possible the proportions only look wrong to you), I'd recommend you ask your alterations person to shorten them without cutting any material away (ie. if the hem is 1" currently, have them fold and re-sew it so that it's now a 2" hem). Two reasons: A) you might change your mind about your fit preferences and B) you'll have a much harder time re-selling anything that you've altered, especially if it can't be undone.

Just some casual beseeching from a tall fella that can never buy used pants.
 

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@gdl203 any chance we may see cashmere versions of the Meriyasu knitwear later this year? Particularly interested in the basketweave one.
I think it’s unlikely from what I’ve seen of their previous yarn selection. Also, they tend to use the very best merino and wool yarns, so I’d imagine they would use high quality cashmere yarns if they were to make those, which means something as yarn-heavy as the basketweave would end up costing well over $1k retail.
 

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As a slight criticism, I have to say that I find the sizing advice (specifically in words) given on the website to be very unreliable. In many cases, TTS appears to mean "+1 whole size compared to european sizes" - but not always, e.g. most italian brands are described TTS while they actually fit TTS in the european sense. Asian brands I haven't cracked yet, it seems almost random.

I’m a bit confused by this statement. I don’t know how to read it. We’re based in the US and all of the sizing advice we write is based on how our sizes fit on us. So when we say a XL is true to size, it refers to a US traditional XL fit.

The limitations of trying all the pieces ourselves and giving sizing feedback is that all three of us are on the larger side (L-XL tops and bottoms, although Kenshawn is more of M bottom and I think Ludwin is trending that way too). So, because grading is not universal, it’s very possible that we find our size to fit a certain way (TTS or small) and that a Small or M would not fit that description. Because grading.
 

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Y’all do more than practically anyone else especially for a small boutique. Most don’t even have size charts or they’re super generic and aren’t brand specific.
So hopefully people realize how much y’all go above and beyond in this aspect.
Judging tts or not, actual measurements, videos, virtusize.
Not to criticize OP for giving feedback but hope we all realize how good we have it with you and team.
 

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