Australian Members - Part II - if you read the first post, you'll get what this is all about.

[Reniliaz]

Hey gents. Had a suit jacket taken in from the back, and discovered these bumps just below the collar. These weren't present before the alteration. Big enough issue to take it back and ask for it to be fixed?

 

[Journeyman]

^Do you mean the horizontal creasing in the middle of the upper back, below the collar?

I think that those usually appear because the jacket is being pulled a bit too taut across the upper back.

It's a pretty easy fix - a good alterations person or tailor will detach the collar at the back, feed in a little back of the fabric at the back of the collar, and then re-attach the collar. If they weren't present before the alterations, then it's definitely worth pointing them out to whoever did the alterations and asking them to fix it.

 

[Contango]

Hey gents. Had a suit jacket taken in from the back, and discovered these bumps just below the collar. These weren't present before the alteration. Big enough issue to take it back and ask for it to be fixed?

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Yeah, I would. Probably nobody other than a StyFo iGent would notice, but if they bother you then get them fixed.

 

[Reniliaz]

The horizontal crease just below the collar.

Cheers guys, will probably go back and ask for it to be fixed.

 

[The Ernesto]

Would definitely get it sorted.

 

[The Ernesto]

Does anyone have one of those small hand held steamers? Are they worth it? Enough grunt to get the job done?

 

[California Dreamer]

Does anyone have one of those small hand held steamers? Are they worth it? Enough grunt to get the job done?

I bought a Kambrook Swiftstream a little while ago. I've tested it on a bamboo SC and a cotton polo top and am happy with the results. Ideally it would be cordless, so I could do the job even if there is no power point around, but it will do for what I need.

 

[The Ernesto]

I bought a Kambrook Swiftstream a little while ago. I've tested it on a bamboo SC and a cotton polo top and am happy with the results. Ideally it would be cordless, so I could do the job even if there is no power point around, but it will do for what I need.

Thanks CD.

 

[Topher22]

With weather heating up in Melbourne (And across the country) , how do we minimise the occurence of armpit sweat stains on business/dress shirts? I tend to wear undershirts, but I just sweat through them.

Is there a certain brand/type of shirt/undershirt that helps combat the wet armpit look?

 

[Contango]

With weather heating up in Melbourne (And across the country) , how do we minimise the occurence of armpit sweat stains on business/dress shirts? I tend to wear undershirts, but I just sweat through them.

Is there a certain brand/type of shirt/undershirt that helps combat the wet armpit look?

Switch to a deodorant that doesn’t use aluminium. Sure it won’t stop you sweating as much as an anti-perspirant, but you won’t get yellow stains on your white shirts and you won’t bleach the underarms of your coloured shirts white.

I like those from Anthony: Logistics for Men, L’Occitane, Taylor of Old Bond St (but not the Jermyn St, it doesn’t work) and Geo F Trumper.

For cheaper options you can buy at chemists and supermarkets, alum salt crystal deodorants also seem to work well but generally don’t have any scent. If you prefer a roll-on then Moo Goo.

No Pong is also quite good, although a different approach as it’s a little tin of a gritty paste. Works well and smells nice though. Good for travel.

 

[tobiasj]

Anyone still wear one of these lapel flowers from back in the day?

 

[Scuppers]

Anyone still wear one of these lapel flowers from back in the day?

When was that day?

 

[Contango]

When was that day?

Next week when the kids bring home the present they made at daycare.

 

[The Chai]

Anyone still wear one of these lapel flowers from back in the day?

I usually pick the wildflowers to wear with my jacket...I have always thought about getting a silk flower but never really saw the point of it

 

[Journeyman]

I have one (or two?) of the little clay flowers that Vanda make:
https://shop.vandafineclothing.com/collections/others/products/pair-of-orchid-lapel-pins

They're very well made but I never wear them much because a) I feel that they go best with a suit, rather than with an odd jacket and trousers, and I don't wear a suit much nowadays; and b) rightly or wrongly, they always felt delicate and I was worried about them being broken.