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Yesterday I visited my tailor, thinking about ordering a new summer suit. I am looking for something "basic" and quite "formal", to bring with me as the only suit on, for example, a one-week business trip, useful for business meetings during the day and dinner with clients in the evening.
I was thinking in navy.
My tailor showed me a very nice cloth, navy and featuring some small squares, like some kind of extremely subtle Prince-of-Wales, but looking quite solid even at a fairly small distance. That is, solid but not really solid.
The cloth was by Loro Piana, 100% wool, seemed to be very fine. It was called something like "Tasmanian Super130s" (Loro Piana ref. 390011, 250 gr.). (Quite expensive for my standards, by the way).
My concern is: maybe this cloth is so fine that it will wear out soon? I intend this suit to be used frequently, to be the "basic" business suit in my wardrobe, that is, to be used at least once a week and, sometimes, when travelling, on a daily basis.
What do you think?
(I also saw another nice cloth by Loro Piana, also "Tasmanian" wool but with 10% silk; my tailer advised me not to go for it, as it would be less resistent and/or more prone to wrinkle, I don't remember which)
(By the way, as I raised the issue of "resistance", he said that he had some cloths that included poly**ter, but I refused to consider them in fear of being banned from SF)
I was thinking in navy.
My tailor showed me a very nice cloth, navy and featuring some small squares, like some kind of extremely subtle Prince-of-Wales, but looking quite solid even at a fairly small distance. That is, solid but not really solid.
The cloth was by Loro Piana, 100% wool, seemed to be very fine. It was called something like "Tasmanian Super130s" (Loro Piana ref. 390011, 250 gr.). (Quite expensive for my standards, by the way).
My concern is: maybe this cloth is so fine that it will wear out soon? I intend this suit to be used frequently, to be the "basic" business suit in my wardrobe, that is, to be used at least once a week and, sometimes, when travelling, on a daily basis.
What do you think?
(I also saw another nice cloth by Loro Piana, also "Tasmanian" wool but with 10% silk; my tailer advised me not to go for it, as it would be less resistent and/or more prone to wrinkle, I don't remember which)
(By the way, as I raised the issue of "resistance", he said that he had some cloths that included poly**ter, but I refused to consider them in fear of being banned from SF)