banksmiranda
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I know we had a thread on this some time back, but I would like to know how you would rank the makers who do private-label work. Â By private-label, I mean those who do clothing completely under another company's name (for example, Saint Andrews making RLPL suits), and not those who only do it for certain stores, for example, "Oxxford Clothes for Neiman-Marcus" or "Kiton for Bergdorf-Goodman." Â I've listed some here, but feel free to add makers, and please let me know if any of these I've listed do not do private-label work. I imagine that these makers have different lines of differing quality. Â Let's rank these manufacturers according to their best lines. Â Buttonholes must be sewn by hand. Â One more thing: I am not only a fan of non-fused lapels, but more specifically I like the pad stitching to be done by hand as I think it lends a cleaner look and really does result in a better roll than when the pad stitching is done by machine. Â Which of these makers do pad stitching by hand? Â I only know how some of them do it. Â I believe that Cheshire and D'Avenza do the pad stitching by machine. Â I think that Saint Andrews and maybe Lou Myles do the pad stitching by hand. Adrian Jules Balfour/Bilancia Belvest Canali Cantarelli Castangia Cerruti Cheshire Clothing Ciccarelli Cifonelli Coppley Corneliani d'Avenza Giliberto Isaia Lou Myles Martin Greenfield Saint Andrews Samuelsohn Southwick