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Fitting for a charcoal suit. Fabric is much darker in person. Looks very light in this photo. Had a sleeve but was too tight.
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Final fitting for this overcoat. She thought the shoulders were a little too extended, raised the buttoning point one cm, took the back in a bit, raised the belt in the back, View attachment 1472666 View attachment 1472667 View attachment 1472668 View attachment 1472669 View attachment 1472670 pulled the collar a little tighter and has to angle the breast pocket down a bit. Ended up too straight after the other changes.

FWIW, I think polo coats look better with a slightly dropped buttoning point. It makes the style look more louche and casual. Some examples



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When you set the buttoning point closer at the natural waist, it ends up looking more like a regular double-breasted overcoat in tan, rather than the trad-y British/ American style of a polo coat.

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FWIW, I think polo coats look better with a slightly dropped buttoning point. It makes the style look more louche and casual. Some examples



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When you set the buttoning point closer at the natural waist, it ends up looking more like a regular double-breasted overcoat in tan, rather than the trad-y British/ American style of a polo coat.

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Yeah, I wrote raised on accident. She lowered the buttoning point because she was worried the top buttons would be too high. Until looking at your pics just now, I never paid attention to actually how low the buttons are on those. Changes the whole feel of the coat.
 

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FWIW, I think polo coats look better with a slightly dropped buttoning point. It makes the style look more louche and casual. Some examples



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When you set the buttoning point closer at the natural waist, it ends up looking more like a regular double-breasted overcoat in tan, rather than the trad-y British/ American style of a polo coat.

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This is the picture I gave her when we started a year and a half ago. A pic from the tailor who made me a blue overcoat years ago. Like you said, I just ordered a double breasted overcoat in tan. Luckily for me, she seems to have turned it into a polo coat. As well as the lower buttons, she asked if she could change the lapel from the one in the pic I gave her to one more like the pics you posted.
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FWIW, I think polo coats look better with a slightly dropped buttoning point. It makes the style look more louche and casual. Some examples



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When you set the buttoning point closer at the natural waist, it ends up looking more like a regular double-breasted overcoat in tan, rather than the trad-y British/ American style of a polo coat.

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Almost looks like a British Warm:
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This is the picture I gave her when we started a year and a half ago. A pic from the tailor who made me a blue overcoat years ago. Like you said, I just ordered a double breasted overcoat in tan. Luckily for me, she seems to have turned it into a polo coat. As well as the lower buttons, she asked if she could change the lapel from the one in the pic I gave her to one more like the pics you posted. View attachment 1473341

One other thing to consider, if you haven't already.

A polo coat sleeves can be made with a lapped seam. I've heard this described as a "cut sleeve," although I don't know if that's a technical term or some kind of regionalism. Polo coats are traditionally made with a turnback cuff. But a lapped seam/ cut sleeve refers to how there are two seams on the sleeves, one of them lapped.
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The bulky seam results in what I think is a more casual looking coat. Like this

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Compare that to a smoother sleeve made without a lapped seam. Like this


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I personally prefer a lapped seam, as I think it makes the coat look more casual and "polo-y." Ralph Lauren also uses a lapped seam and I'm a big fan of his designs.

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If you get a lapped seam, however, you can't put buttons on the cuff, if that was in your original plan. But I like how the style comes together like this:


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I know some visual details can often make an outfit look more casual and interesting, but I think that lapped seam genuinely takes away from the overall aesthetic and looks messy.

Swelled edges I think offer a better way of doing that.
 

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Judging by that, he probably keeps his pornography in a file labeled, "polo coats," to throw people off.
 

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when she finds a folder on your computer titled "p0rn" and finds out it's shoe Appreciation

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Client stopped by recently and said "My wife thinks I'm having an affair instead of visiting the tailor because she doesn't think anyone can look at cloth samples for 3-4 hours at a time".
 

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Client stopped by recently and said "My wife thinks I'm having an affair instead of visiting the tailor because she doesn't think anyone can look at cloth samples for 3-4 hours at a time".
Probably took the books up the street to the Sparrow and was slowed down by the dim light and choice of rums.
 

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