Tangfastic
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In a new thread worthy coincidence, I have just received an e-bay purchase of a nice flannel jacket right during the unfolding of that thread with the divots. The jacket is lovely, and fits well in the chest and length, but has incredible shoulder divots. I think it's from the 1980s, I am slim with slightly (normally) sloping shoulders, I expect most size 38 OTR jackets to fit reasonably well. The e-bay jacket was cheap and I'll probably drop it off to a charity shop. But the timing has made me think.
I have only had a divot problem with two jackets I have ever tried on - a cheap h&m cord blazer and a better constructed Jil Sander one. Anyway, I must have tried on / owned dozens of jackets and only come across divoting twice until my latest e-bay purchase.
Have I been remarkably lucky in avoiding divoting in the past?
Can anything aside from going bespoke (beyond my small-timer means) be done to cure a divoting jacket?
Is divoting always due to shoulder padding?
Can I ever buy a jacket I haven't tried on again in confidence?
Thanks to SF I have become happy to spend up to 30% of the retail price on really quite expensive jackets, but now my whole jacket related world has been thrown into doubt and confusion.
I have only had a divot problem with two jackets I have ever tried on - a cheap h&m cord blazer and a better constructed Jil Sander one. Anyway, I must have tried on / owned dozens of jackets and only come across divoting twice until my latest e-bay purchase.
Have I been remarkably lucky in avoiding divoting in the past?
Can anything aside from going bespoke (beyond my small-timer means) be done to cure a divoting jacket?
Is divoting always due to shoulder padding?
Can I ever buy a jacket I haven't tried on again in confidence?
Thanks to SF I have become happy to spend up to 30% of the retail price on really quite expensive jackets, but now my whole jacket related world has been thrown into doubt and confusion.