SPIER & MACKAY - Official Affiliate Thread

[vriche]

I placed an order for a shirt on Friday. I know it's only been a couple days but I kinda need them soon. How long does it take for an order to ship out usually?

 

[Burzan]

I placed an order for a shirt on Friday. I know it's only been a couple days but I kinda need them soon. How long does it take for an order to ship out usually?

Processing only happens on business days so it's likely zero days have actually passed depending on when your order was placed. That being said processing time is stated as 1-5 business days on the site, depending on volume (and we just had the VBC fresco order frenzy). I would suspect your order would ship out by the end of the week.

 

[vriche]

Processing only happens on business days so it's likely zero days have actually passed depending on when your order was placed. That being said processing time is stated as 1-5 business days on the site, depending on volume (and we just had the VBC fresco order frenzy). I would suspect your order would ship out by the end of the week.

Cool, I’ll wait patiently for the shipping info.

 

[7_rocket]

Most probably not doing the shawl cardigans. Wool prices have gone bonkers and for us to get a competitive price we would have to run a few thousand units. The big boys can afford to. We won't be anywhere near competitive unless we cut it with Acrylic, Nylon or Cotton.

Fair enough. Your cardigans are a staple in my Fall/Winter wardrobe, though I'd assume many would be opposed to buying it with a blend of some sort?

 

[FlyingHorker]

Most probably not doing the shawl cardigans. Wool prices have gone bonkers and for us to get a competitive price we would have to run a few thousand units. The big boys can afford to. We won't be anywhere near competitive unless we cut it with Acrylic, Nylon or Cotton.

ah, that's a shame.

thanks for letting us know though

 

[up1911fan]

Will linen shirts be coming?

 

[FlyingHorker]

Fair enough. Your cardigans are a staple in my Fall/Winter wardrobe, though I'd assume many would be opposed to buying it with a blend of some sort?

I'd buy a cotton/wool blend.

 

[bigwilly]

What would that entail?

Just tell the tailor to square the shoulders and back collar roll. Fairly easy and routine for any good tailor.
This will eliminate the unevenness and wavy in the upper back.

 

[mossrockss]

Do you guys see any other noticeable issues, i.e. from the front?

Looks great to me.

I have the same issue. You could also have the tailor add padding to the right shoulder to lift it.

I also have a lower right shoulder and unstructured jackets are difficult for me as such.
A good tailor and shoulder padding will eliminate that.

Looking at the pic of the back you will also need a collar roll to take away the wavy/unevenness in the upper back area.

does that actually work, not in the look right sense but in how you feel sense, I would imagine one shoulder with pad while one without is going to take a while to get used to.

I'd advise against doing this. It feels and looks dumb. Not worth it. I did it on a linen jacket once and it ruined the light, carefree feeling of the jacket, so I stopped wearing it. Until I ripped the pads out myself.
Let the waist out a bit and that will help the issues in the back a little probably.
You will literally never notice the issues in the back because you will never be standing in that pose, ever, in real life. And if you for some reason are, the quality of the fabric (I'm assuming, having never handled it IRL) will make it look normal/natural/intended.
BTW the color and texture looks really really good and is tempting me.

 

[Ezio]

I'm curious to see how S&M will ultimately do a double-breasted suit. I think Rick had mentioned that they're thinking about it. I was at Indochino with a friend of mine over the weekend and they have a few double breasted models on display, it actually looked a lot better than I thought. Wonder how S&M's rendition would be. The models I saw were pretty slim-fit on thin manequins, I still get the feeling on a broader guy it would be almost too much, but I've been wrong before.

 

[sobecane]

Anyone interested in my Size 36 Melton Top Coat in Navy before I list on ebay?

It is new with tags and too small for me.

thanks!

 

[konix]

I'm curious to see how S&M will ultimately do a double-breasted suit. I think Rick had mentioned that they're thinking about it. I was at Indochino with a friend of mine over the weekend and they have a few double breasted models on display, it actually looked a lot better than I thought. Wonder how S&M's rendition would be. The models I saw were pretty slim-fit on thin manequins, I still get the feeling on a broader guy it would be almost too much, but I've been wrong before.

Rick mentioned a while back that the DB’s will be MTM program only but don’t quote me on that.

They have DB mock ups in the Toronto store and Tim (@induere_to ) had a beautiful one made up in a guabello fabric.

 

[kammerer66]

What do you guys think about roped shoulders?

This is from @mossrockss instagram. I like the look. I wonder if Rick can do something like this as an experiment.

 

[spiermackay]

Rick mentioned a while back that the DB’s will be MTM program only but don’t quote me on that.

They have DB mock ups in the Toronto store and Tim (@induere_to ) had a beautiful one made up in a guabello fabric.

This will be MTO only for now.

 

[spiermackay]

What do you guys think about roped shoulders?

This is from @mossrockss instagram. I like the look. I wonder if Rick can do something like this as an experiment.

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We can do this in custom. That looks like it's Con Rollo.