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[othertravel]

He's not talking about the edges. Look at the center of the tie near the bottom and notice how the patterns which are clearly supposed to be straight lines are actually drifting diagonally to the right when you observe it. It appears they did not line up pattern correctly when they cut the piece of silk.

I'm not seeing this. Is it in both ties above?

 

[taxgenius]

I'm not seeing this. Is it in both ties above?

look at any of their ties with a repeating design and look at the bottom of the tie.

 

[taxgenius]

And now compare that to this tie. See how the bottom diamond is centered?

 

[double00]

^ the bias still drifts , i've never ever worried about the bottom of my tie having a centered print ...

@othertravel is the zegna couture ( the burgundy ) a plaid sharkskin ? hm .

 

[taxgenius]

^ the bias still drifts , i've never ever worried about the bottom of my tie having a centered print ...

@othertravel is the zegna couture ( the burgundy ) a plaid sharkskin ? hm .

But if it’s handmade, why wouldn’t they at least try to align it?

 

[double00]

But if it’s handmade, why wouldn’t they at least try to align it?

this is a reasonable question but , like , only if it matters . i've never really considered this tbh ... i had to look and my hermes heavy twill doesn't co-terminate the tip and print .

i guess i've never considered the tip of a tie as an important moment unto itself ?

 

[garigo]

And now compare that to this tie. See how the bottom diamond is centered?

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Who makes this tie by the way?

 

[othertravel]

And now compare that to this tie. See how the bottom diamond is centered?

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I see. Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[taxgenius]

I see. Thanks for pointing that out.

You will notice that truly hand made ties, like Vanda or Sam Hober (both forum affiliates) do this perfectly, which makes me suspicious of artisans who claim their ties are hand made but can’t seem to get this right. I suspect they are machine made and use some hand work somewhere.

 

[imatlas]

He's not talking about the edges. Look at the center of the tie near the bottom and notice how the patterns which are clearly supposed to be straight lines are actually drifting diagonally to the right when you observe it. It appears they did not line up pattern correctly when they cut the piece of silk.

Y u no like wabi sabi?

 

[papado]

Y u no like wabi sabi?

Didn't mean to come off so serious--was just pointing out where the issue was.

I feel like a whole mismatched pattern is more than just 'imperfect'--like a run/pull in fabric here or there, or a missed stitch, or a slight error somewhere is one thing to appreciate and accept [look at reddit threads and comments about shoe 'welt joins' where they act like it's the end of the world if it isn't 100% clean], but sloppiness overall/throughout is a diff thing in my view.

 

[garigo]

As a followup, I found this video by @dapperclassic with a review of Brunati Como. It's quite detailed, and from what I can tell they seem pretty nice quality!

 

[double00]

^ honestly i wouldn't even think twice about something like this , what say you

 

[smittycl]

Time to order that expensive Italian stuff you've been sitting on.

The euro and the US dollar are at parity for the first time in 20 years

For the first time in 20 years, the exchange rate between the euro and the US dollar has reached parity -- meaning the two currencies are worth the same.

www.cnn.com

 

[ValidusLA]

Time to order that expensive Italian stuff you've been sitting on.

The euro and the US dollar are at parity for the first time in 20 years

For the first time in 20 years, the exchange rate between the euro and the US dollar has reached parity -- meaning the two currencies are worth the same.

www.cnn.com

We need a list of ecom dealers than sell to US in euros sans VAT.
Vass, Shibumi, Michael Jondral come to mind.