SPIER & MACKAY - Official Affiliate Thread

[Stylewords]

Spier RTW is closer to 8" these days, which is an absolute no-go for me.

I like their trousers and the pattern is mostly fine (don't know about reports they are narrower this year), but the opening is too narrow. The last pair I got I used what was available to get them taken out at the bottom to around 8.25.

 

[DonRaphael]

I like their trousers and the pattern is mostly fine (don't know about reports they are narrower this year), but the opening is too narrow. The last pair I got I used what was available to get them taken out at the bottom to around 8.25.

Same for me. If you take them out both on the inside and outside, you're able to push it even further to 8,5-8,75". Picking up two pairs from my tailor later today where I asked them to take the trousers out to 8,75" and lengthen the inseam another 0,5-0,75". We'll see how that works out.

 

[XxLogo]

Would you ask him/the team to update the daggum sizing charts lol?!

And also have someone actually on the forum regularly again?

 

[DonRaphael]

And also have someone actually on the forum regularly again?

Regularity is relative and a function of time. Once every second year is consistent and regular.

 

[ericgereghty]

Who are these people with bug butts and thighs, but tiny calves and dainty little feet? If they're making them bigger all round, they really need to widen the leg opening.

Sold!

 

[TheLawBeard]

Who are these people with bug butts and thighs, but tiny calves and dainty little feet? If they're making them bigger all round, they really need to widen the leg opening.

Me. Sorta but mostly.

 

[JHud]

How do you all feel about lining in suit jackets? I’m doing a MTO suit in a tropical fabric, and I’m wondering if anything beyond butterfly lining is necessary. I living in FL so humid, hot weather is the norm.

 

[JTrent82]

How do you all feel about lining in suit jackets? I’m doing a MTO suit in a tropical fabric, and I’m wondering if anything beyond butterfly lining is necessary. I living in FL so humid, hot weather is the norm.

Quarter lining is preferable on summer jackets imo. The less lining, the more airflow. It used to really bother me that they put quarter lining on their tweed jackets, and I guess it still does, but I've begun to realize it has other advantages. Namely it's much easier and cheaper to alter when the lining doesn't have to be opened and then sewn back in.

 

[St1X]

How do you all feel about lining in suit jackets? I’m doing a MTO suit in a tropical fabric, and I’m wondering if anything beyond butterfly lining is necessary. I living in FL so humid, hot weather is the norm.

Go completely unlined, except sleeves ofc

 

[XxLogo]

Regularity is relative and a function of time. Once every second year is consistent and regular.

Damn that’s where they get us, always the fine print!

 

[sargeinaz]

My jeans are 7.5-8inches at the hem. Trousers are probably the same now that I think about it. Never tried 8.25, but I’m like 5’8” so I don’t go too wide

 

[Andmoreagain]

Who are these people with bug butts and thighs, but tiny calves and dainty little feet? If they're making them bigger all round, they really need to widen the leg opening.

They know nobody trains their calves.

 

[BlueSteel]

Spier RTW is closer to 8" these days, which is an absolute no-go for me.

Almost all of mine are contemporary fit and come in at almost exactly 8.5" (not bought this season...past year or so). I like that proportion.

 

[Simon Chambers]

How do you all feel about lining in suit jackets? I’m doing a MTO suit in a tropical fabric, and I’m wondering if anything beyond butterfly lining is necessary. I living in FL so humid, hot weather is the norm.

It's more a question of how you feel. Given the climate where you live, I'd tend to go unlined personally. I have a fully unlined jacket from Bonobos and an unlined three piece suit from a local MTM shop here in Toronto. Both bought specifically for work in hot climates, which I visit regularly for work. If you prefer a lining and can handle it in the heat, then having a lining in is a possibility. But for me, I'd recommend unlined.

 

[dv0101]

Almost all of mine are contemporary fit and come in at almost exactly 8.5" (not bought this season...past year or so). I like that proportion.

What's interesting is that when I go to order an MTO suit, the hem measurement is capped at 16.1" (i.e. an 8" opening) for a size 31. So even if you're ordering MTO, you can't request a larger opening. I have other pairs of pants that I like that are a size 31 with similar hip and thigh measurements as the SM 31, but mine have a 9" hem size. I'd like to be able to order SM trousers with something like an 8.5 or 9" hem width.

Why don't they allow this on their MTOs?

But also -- could I simply order a much longer inseam with the 16.1" hem opening, then hem them to my proper inseam and expect that the opening will be wider since it's hemming it higher in the taper?