Sartorial temptations never taken

[yachtie]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

I have something similar, also in a double breasted. My version is from the Holland and Sherry Moresque (?) book which is much softer and modern but it is the same salt and pepper diagonal stripe idea. Quite smart

I was looking in the Dormueil book. I'll check H&S.

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Those Brit rascals...they only do it for The Suitably Wardrobed Elite. BTW, why do you think the buttonholes are spaced regularly? Absence of afterthought? Presence of thought? - B
Ah so mahon did this for Will, eh? Didint Mahon work for A&S? That's the bastion of the swoop back Flusser style of turn back cuff, isnt it? Funny, Mahon mustve either invented this brand new version on his own or chosen one he thought was superior from a selection of different cuff shapes.

 

[medwards]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

Ah so mahon did this for Will, eh? Didint Mahon work for A&S?

Kindly pay attention. You may want to review post #32 in this thread. There will be a quiz next Monday.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

Ah so mahon did this for Will, eh?

Didint Mahon work for A&S? That's the bastion of the swoop back Flusser style of turn back cuff, isnt it?

Funny, Mahon mustve either invented this brand new version on his own or chosen one he thought was superior from a selection of different cuff shapes.

Right. So, by your logic, a french cuff with square corners is fundamentally different than one with rounded corners -- not at all the same thing -- despite all the more important elements they share.

Fail.

The degree of swoop is, to be sure, not the same but note the salient similiarties:

1) It DOES curve at the edge, near the sleeve vent, whereas yours does not.

2) No buttons are cut through, unlike yours.

3) It does not appear to be a seperate piece of cloth pasted on as an afterthought.

 

[voxsartoria]

Maybe it's the camera angle.



- B

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Maybe it's the camera angle. - B
More likely a desperate guy who doesnt know anything about tailoring trying to save face.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

More likely a desperate guy who doesnt know anything about tailoring trying to save face.

Who? Me? I thought you never referenced me, ever?

As to the description, I agree that it fits you to a "T". Once again.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

More likely a desperate guy who doesnt know anything about tailoring trying to save face.

You're not narrowing things down.


- B

 

[Manton]

Let me ask you this, big guy. It looks like your sleeve cuff is closed, a ring, a locked circle. Is it?

That is, with the cuff in place, can you open all the buttons on the sleeve, open it up and roll the sleeve back at the vent? It sure does not look as though you can.

That is a fundamentally different beast than the Flusser/A&S/Mahon configuration.

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

You're not narrowing things down. - B
You are suggesting that Nino Corvato doesnt know anything about tailoring?

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

You are suggesting that Nino Corvato doesnt know anything about tailoring?

No, Ace. Just you.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

You are suggesting that Nino Corvato doesnt know anything about tailoring?

Not at all. That would be ridiculous.

I have read that in addition to being one of the great craftsman of tailoring (and one of the few remaining in America, sadly), he is very responsive to customer request. He might even make things that defy good taste to please his customer. Or so I have read.

I think that you explain this clearly in the fifth paragraph.

I have no doubts he turns out handsome product for the right client, although again, the two times have have met someone in his work, the style of it seem somewhat dated. But it could very well have the men in the suits, since they were bland legal functionaries. And maybe they were just wearing old suits and were suffering the decline that catches up to us all.


- B

 

[Concordia]

Originally Posted by Manton

1) It DOES curve at the edge, near the sleeve vent, whereas yours does not.

Not obvious at first glance, but true 'nuff if you bother to enlarge the photo.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

And maybe they were just wearing old suits and were suffering the decline that catches up to us all.

This is why I'm embracing the crazy early on. By the time I'm an old man, my stuff should be absolutely bonkers.

 

[LabelKing]

I tend to think turnbacks look better on simple minimalist suits like those from the '60s.