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It's a very contemporary/seasonal looking cloth. I don't know how it will look like in five years time.
 

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Last Pastena order in WBill linen. Pleased with the result. The handwork is amazing. Antonio did an excellent job.

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This is an incredible looking suit, which I guess is partially down to the fact that your figure is great and probably easy to tailor for. However, I will never understand why bespoke guys seem to want all those buttons on the trousers. What is the purpose of that? I also might have gone with a single pleat, but that’s just my taste. Overall an incredible piece.
 

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This is an incredible looking suit, which I guess is partially down to the fact that your figure is great and probably easy to tailor for. However, I will never understand why bespoke guys seem to want all those buttons on the trousers. What is the purpose of that? I also might have gone with a single pleat, but that’s just my taste. Overall an incredible piece.

You're right about buttoning overdose. It's just a matter of bespoke conventions and neapolitan baroque tradition (surely not a diogenic approach). I'll tend over simplicity for the next suit order.
 
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This is an incredible looking suit, which I guess is partially down to the fact that your figure is great and probably easy to tailor for. However, I will never understand why bespoke guys seem to want all those buttons on the trousers. What is the purpose of that? I also might have gone with a single pleat, but that’s just my taste. Overall an incredible piece.

I find the button proliferation drapes better. My tailor (Neapolitan) mentioned that I'm one of only a few of their American clients who goes with buttons vs. a zipper at the crotch. So I guess part of it is just what people are used to.
 

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I find the button proliferation drapes better. My tailor (Neapolitan) mentioned that I'm one of only a few of their American clients who goes with buttons vs. a zipper at the crotch. So I guess part of it is just what people are used to.

I think he's referring to the double button waistband that has become popular with online tailoring enthusiasts.
 

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I think he's referring to the double button waistband that has become popular with online tailoring enthusiasts.

From the context, it sounds like he’s talking about button fly / zipper fly.
 

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