Roping + Soft Shoulder

[mrbateman]

Hey,

I am beginning to have a summer sport coat made on Saturday and want to have a garment made with natural, soft shoulders and yet a bit of roping. Do you think a shoulder without padding but with a small amount of roping would look weird?

Many thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Ich_Dien]

In my opinion it does look a little off, yes.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Those pictures above are technically not roping. That is just an extremely large sleevehead attached to a much larger armhole. Roping actually looks and feels like a rope is going through the sleevehead. The silhuoette of a raised sleevehead in itself is not the same thing.

I have seen it before and it looks good when it is in check. I wouldn't do a Tom Ford rope, but a light rope does look good.

Below is NewYorkRanger's soft shoulder with a bit of a rope and I think it looks great:

 

[Kuro]

VoilÃ

(can't wait for mine...)

 

[w.o.e.is.me.]

I love what the guys from Sciamat do with their shoulders...but its not for everyone.

 

[TheFoo]

I had roped sleeveheads on my old Oxxford jackets, which had natural shoulders. Nothing inherently wrong with that combination. I imagine though that it depends very much on your own shoulder line.

 

[voxsartoria]

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[Kuro]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

OP, I remain curious whether you go by "Mr" or "Master."


- B

 

[razl]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

OP, I remain curious whether you go by "Mr" or "Master."


- B

Whoa!!! Who let the Vox out?

 

[w.o.e.is.me.]

Originally Posted by Kuro

 

[CruzAzul]

Originally Posted by Ich_Dien

In my opinion it does look a little off, yes.

"A little off" is being charitable. This looks like ass.

 

[voxsartoria]

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[JamesX]

Reminds me of this

 

[Ich_Dien]

Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH

Those pictures above are technically not roping.

What are you on about lad the first instance is definitely roped?

 

[mrbateman]

Thanks, everyone, for the advice so far. I am fairly athletic and have big shoulders. I find that when I wear suits with significant shoulder padding I end up looking stocky. So I want a minimally padded or soft shoulder but I do like the way roping looks to add a bit of an upward angle at the shoulder cap. Then the shoulder ends up looking like a ski jump which in my mind is very aesthetically pleasing - haha. I was going for this look below. This jacket does have a bit of roping, no?