Encathol Epistemia
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I took delivery of a very dark green three-piece suit in wool and cashmere by John Di Pietro on Saturday and wore it for a relaxing time at a local cigar bar, to a theater engagement then to a very excellent dinner at Le Virtù. This suit feels very cozy as well as quite thick and warm, but feels surprisingly light. I actually paid a deposit in September to reserve the cloth, but work on it didn't begin until December.
These were taken with a digital camera sitting on a pair of cigar boxes on a cardboard box on a barstool using a three-picture burst timer function and are a little unkind to their subject.. (I'm no... Robert Maplethorpe? He was a famous, photographer, right? Yeah, no need to check) I always get the most dreadful wrinkles on the thighs of my trousers at what is the 'vertex' of the right angle formed when I sit.
This is the suit as seen from the front; this is actually a fairly natural posture for me. The necktie is a grenadine fina in navy blue from Sam Hober; note the besom, rather than welted breasted pocket and 'cloverleaf', not notch, lapels.
This is what it looks like from the side. Remember when I said that I was fat, well, I submit this as evidence.
Cue "Funeral March of a Marionette!"
The only distinguishing feature from the this rear view is the half-belt on the back.
Here I display the lining and double-breasted, shawl lapel waistcoat, as well as that I neglected to button its top button, however that seems the emphasize the buttonhole included to run my watch fob through, or at least that's enough of a rationalization for me to not try to take pictures again. (Pointless note: None of my pocket watches work right now, so I didn't actually wear one yesterday; watchmakers seem almost harder to find than tailors, especially one's whom you can trust with centenarian timepieces)
As they aren't visible in any pictures, the trousers have plain ends with no cuffs. (I was wearing slippers anyway, so it's just as well that they aren't visible)
Mr. Di Pietro is also making two double-breasted waistcoats to match some trousers that he made for me last year, which I wear on weekends and after work.
They will have four buttons, a buttonhole for my watch fob, and four pockets, but no lapel. (The one at right looks worse than it should as I had hastily placed it on the mannequin for this picture)
These were taken with a digital camera sitting on a pair of cigar boxes on a cardboard box on a barstool using a three-picture burst timer function and are a little unkind to their subject.. (I'm no... Robert Maplethorpe? He was a famous, photographer, right? Yeah, no need to check) I always get the most dreadful wrinkles on the thighs of my trousers at what is the 'vertex' of the right angle formed when I sit.
This is the suit as seen from the front; this is actually a fairly natural posture for me. The necktie is a grenadine fina in navy blue from Sam Hober; note the besom, rather than welted breasted pocket and 'cloverleaf', not notch, lapels.
This is what it looks like from the side. Remember when I said that I was fat, well, I submit this as evidence.
Cue "Funeral March of a Marionette!"
The only distinguishing feature from the this rear view is the half-belt on the back.
Here I display the lining and double-breasted, shawl lapel waistcoat, as well as that I neglected to button its top button, however that seems the emphasize the buttonhole included to run my watch fob through, or at least that's enough of a rationalization for me to not try to take pictures again. (Pointless note: None of my pocket watches work right now, so I didn't actually wear one yesterday; watchmakers seem almost harder to find than tailors, especially one's whom you can trust with centenarian timepieces)
As they aren't visible in any pictures, the trousers have plain ends with no cuffs. (I was wearing slippers anyway, so it's just as well that they aren't visible)
Mr. Di Pietro is also making two double-breasted waistcoats to match some trousers that he made for me last year, which I wear on weekends and after work.
They will have four buttons, a buttonhole for my watch fob, and four pockets, but no lapel. (The one at right looks worse than it should as I had hastily placed it on the mannequin for this picture)
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