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If you were making a MTM/Bespoke suit, what features/qualities would you require?

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What are some things,features, etc. you'd have on your suit?

I'd require:

3 piece
Ticket pocket
low button stance
2 button
medium/high gorge
high armholes
 

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Breast pocket in case I start using a breast wallet.
 

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Originally Posted by Tony Romo
What are some things,features, etc. you'd have on your suit?

I'd require:

3 piece
Ticket pocket
low button stance
2 button
medium/high gorge
high armholes


I would go for;

2 piece
ticket pocket would depend on the color and whether it was a solid or not.
3 button
side vents
single pleat pants and cuffs.
 

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This forum really pushes the high armhole, but I'm skeptical if everyone understands that a pattern only allows the armhole on suits to be moved so much. Even on a bespoke jacket where the make the pattern you can only raise an armhole so much before it becomes unwearable. While i'm not saying I like low armholes the difference is typically 1/4" higher possibly max 1/2" which is a difference but super noticeable?
 

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3 piece
low button stance
1 button
high armholes
Slanted pockets
Forward-pleated trousers (probably single pleats)
Adjustable Side tabs
 

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Originally Posted by CYstyle
While i'm not saying I like low armholes the difference is typically 1/4" higher possibly max 1/2" which is a difference but super noticeable?

Yes, if done correctly.
 

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single-breasted
2-button (or 3-roll-2)
low button stance
double-vented
notch lapels
high armholes
roped shoulders
4-button surgeon's cuffs
straight pockets with flaps
ticket pocket
flat-front pants without cuffs
side adjusters
 

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I always have:
double vents
side tabs on trousers
flat front pants with darts (these things are a god send for us big thighed/big asses guys)
full canvass

The rest really depends on what I'm having made, and my mood that day as I'm picking out details.
 

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