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Since there are no care tags, I assume you had these trousers custom made. Did you ask the maker how they recommend washing them??
With odd jackets, probably tan or fawn or taupe. Then either mid-brown, or olive cotton, green corduroy, and green flannel.
Depends what "bespoke" and "MTM" mean. Mostly, SF uses "bespoke coat" to mean "a coat cut from a pattern struck to your own measurements, with at least one fitting of the half-made coat." "MTM coat" usually means "a coat cut from a block pattern that has been altered to your measurements." Usually, MTM has no fitting--they send you the finished garment, and you can alter it if there are problems. There is some high-end MTM that does have a real half-way fitting. And there is traveling-tailor "bespoke" that strikes your own individual pattern but skips the fitting. Anyway, point is that your own pattern and one or more half-way fittings allow better fit. Doesn't mean it always happens: sometimes with MTM, you get a fitter who really knows how the block patterns can be adapted to you, and sometimes a bespoke cutter makes mistakes in striking or cutting, or his notion of fit doesn't jibe with yours, or he's just not that good at fitting, or his tailors make construction mistakes.
The length seems perfect though. I am really bummed out about this. Is there any point to try to go up a size or two? Someone told me I had been thinking about shoe sizing all wrong. That I should not worry about the length of the shoe and instead focus on the width of the shoe. Is there a size chart I could use from Loake? Just not sure where to go from here.
You should pay attention to length and width. Sizing up for compensate for a narrow shoe leads to the ball of the foot sitting back too far for the shoes’ design. Unfortunately I don’t know whether Loake offers a wide fit (“G” width in their system) for this particular model. If it’s just a little narrow, some people have had success with having the shoe stretched a bit. But I wouldn’t try to stretch the shoe more than a millimeter or two. If it’s clearly too narrow, return the shoes and see if you can find a shoe in a wider width for your feet.Long time lurker here, first post. Not sure if this is the right place to post this question. A my frist pair of Loake shoes just arrived, they are the Strand (size 8,5) and they are too narrow for me.
