SPIER & MACKAY - Official Affiliate Thread

[Ezio]

cigar with the denim sondrios ought to look sick.

 

[SJR3]

Which jacket fits me better? 38R Slim or 40R Slim? Both require equivalent amounts of tailoring (38 = collar roll, sleeves / 40 = take in body, sleeves)

Don't pay attention to the pants - need contemporary

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Lol, you're still trying to figure this out? I recall you posting many months ago about which size worked better for you.

Both the 38R and 40R appear to work okay for you in robo-pose and with the jackets unbuttoned. However, when buttoned, or when actually wearing and moving about, you'll probably want the extra room the 40 offers. The 38 looks tight across the upper back just standing there with it unbuttoned.

I know you said to ignore the pants, but unless the contemporary drapes significantly cleaner on the backside, I'd pass on S&M suits/pants altogether if I were you. Although the suit in your photos might be from before the recent changes to front/back rise which is supposed to address the messy rear, not sure.

 

[tricky]

Those of you that need to make your jackets a bit slimmer do you typically have the back center seam taken in or the sides?

I've had different tailors do it differently with some swearing against the center back but I can't find anything definitive on this.

 

[marker2037]

Ok brains trust, what trousers with the cream jacket?

Cigar is already sold-out in 40L.

I have trousers to match all the jackets except the cream, which is fine as I don’t really want to make up a suit.

Navy, blue, light brown, cigar maybe.

Which jacket fits me better? 38R Slim or 40R Slim? Both require equivalent amounts of tailoring (38 = collar roll, sleeves / 40 = take in body, sleeves)

Don't pay attention to the pants - need contemporary

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Button your jacket first.

But just try a 38R contemporary instead since you need those trousers anyway (perhaps size up in the trousers though as those are very tight).

 

[FlyingHorker]

Lol, you're still trying to figure this out? I recall you posting many months ago about which size worked better for you.

Both the 38R and 40R appear to work okay for you in robo-pose and with the jackets unbuttoned. However, when buttoned, or when actually wearing and moving about, you'll probably want the extra room the 40 offers. The 38 looks tight across the upper back just standing there with it unbuttoned.

I know you said to ignore the pants, but unless the contemporary drapes significantly cleaner on the backside, I'd pass on S&M suits/pants altogether if I were you. Although the suit in your photos might be from before the recent changes to front/back rise which is supposed to address the messy rear, not sure.

You sure? I feel like 40R in contemporary may work, and going up a size in pants in contemporary fit.

 

[Eli Curt]

Which jacket fits me better? 38R Slim or 40R Slim? Both require equivalent amounts of tailoring (38 = collar roll, sleeves / 40 = take in body, sleeves)

Don't pay attention to the pants - need contemporary

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I'd try 38 Contemp in your case.

 

[Riva]

Those of you that need to make your jackets a bit slimmer do you typically have the back center seam taken in or the sides?

I've had different tailors do it differently with some swearing against the center back but I can't find anything definitive on this.

Letting out 2 SM Slim cut jackets right now through the center back. If you do it from the sides it's probably worse for the windowpane or any other linear pattern.

 

[Riva]

Which jacket fits me better? 38R Slim or 40R Slim? Both require equivalent amounts of tailoring (38 = collar roll, sleeves / 40 = take in body, sleeves)

Don't pay attention to the pants - need contemporary

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38. 40 looks dated.

 

[tricky]

Letting out 2 SM Slim cut jackets right now through the center back. If you do it from the sides it's probably worse for the windowpane or any other linear pattern.

Good to know. Most of my tailors have done center back including the S&M in-house tailor. But lots of online blogs etc seem to say not to to. Personally I've been happy with centre back alterations.

 

[jtorres94]

I have a cream linen suit made from another shop. Pretty versatile as separates and I reach for the jacket a lot throughout summer. Honestly haven't worn it much as a whole suit but I plan to change that on my trip to France and Italy this year.

I wouldn't pass up on it. Nicely priced

 

[Ahree]

Which jacket fits me better? 38R Slim or 40R Slim? Both require equivalent amounts of tailoring (38 = collar roll, sleeves / 40 = take in body, sleeves)

Don't pay attention to the pants - need contemporary

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38

 

[Eli Curt]

Re: Seersucker, from the gentleman's gazzette, for those of you who think you're just too rich for this suit - think again!

Despite such prominent proponents such as Cannon, the seersucker suit was long considered to be a poor man’s suit. Starting in the late 1930’s, smart Princeton students and Hollywood actors were spotted in seersucker suits, and LIFE magazine deemed it acceptable to wear seersucker in the northern part of the US. Subsequently, it was sometimes seen in posh resorts in California and the Bahamas, which certainly helped to promote its now debonair pedigree.

During WWII, the Duke of Windsor was ordered to the Bahamas, where he would not be the target of kidnapping amidst the conflict, and the famous clotheshorse learned to appreciate the seersucker suit. Subsequently, it did not take long before the association of seersucker with poverty was transformed into panache and elegance. Writers would proudly wear it in beach settings, and dapper men had discovered their new go-to summer suit. The columnist Damon Runyon even attested that wearing seersucker was “a badge of affluence.”

 

[FlyingHorker]

I'd rather have some bold textured seersucker shirts.

 

[Alpha King]

I wish the cigar trousers were released with the jacket. I was holding out for the jacket, but now the trousers are basically sold out in contemporary. I guess you snooze, you lose, huh?

 

[GeorgeC]

There needs to be more 40L. Seersucker suit gone in that size just minutes after it went online....