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Nelton

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Slow start to the year but forcing myself to appear productive…!

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I wore one of those with a gray flannel suit from Rogers Peet for my Bar Mitzvah during the
Ivy heyday. I got a tan one later in College.
 

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You really do have an eye for pattern mixing. If I owned either that sweater, or similar trousers, I’d play it safe, never mixing, but this is so good.

New flannel suit day for the first dress up of the year. Left some length for fabric shrinkage. Grabbed the least wrinkled shirt I found in a rush so there are better collars in the closet. View attachment 2312531 View attachment 2312533 View attachment 2312535 View attachment 2312537
Good looking suit,

But what does this mean?

Left some length for fabric shrinkage.

Are you expecting wool flannel to shrink? Are you talking about the trouser length?

I think 1) wool flannel won’t shrink and 2) trousers could be shortened a cm or two
 

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Good looking suit,

But what does this mean?

Left some length for fabric shrinkage.

Are you expecting wool flannel to shrink? Are you talking about the trouser length?

I think 1) wool flannel won’t shrink and 2) trousers could be shortened a cm or two
This is what my tailor said to me about dry cleaning. I have never had a suit in this fabric before so I had zero experience to argue. I am always in a debates with them about breaks with me leaning to little or no break so that the trousers drape properly. I wonder if they said this to push my closer to their preferences.

I do agree it needs to be shorter regardless.
 

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