The Hand Sewn Buttonhole Thread

[Macs]

Do these count?

 

[mactire]

Lovely, who's the maker?

 

[Macs]

Lovely, who's the maker?

Thanks, the maker is Camiceria Piccolo, this one is a shirt made with a mix of cotton and cachemire, very soft and warm...

 

[username79]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-ERMENEG...iseason-Wool-2-Button-Jacket-46L/161210114453

 

[jefferyd]

^^Those were made by machine.

 

[green_machine]

I love this thread and don't want to see it die!

Liverano

Unknown Bespoke suit (handsewn buttonholes even on the pants)

Corneliani Sport Coat with working cuffs (very nice shape imo -not from corneliani)

 

[TimelessMan]

I thought some members might like the not so close up of the handmade Milanese buttonhole on the bespoke linen sport-coat I'm having made at the moment. You can click on the images to zoom.
I'll have some more image of the buttonholes, when it's finished in a few weeks, as well as a video showing how a Milanese buttonhole is made.



For this coat, we're also doing a unique fish-shaped buttonhole for the final hole on each sleeve. The image below is a draft example, before the final ones are sewn in:





The full post can be found here, for anyone interested in reading more: http://www.timelessman.com.au/bespoke/bijan-bespoke-linen-sport-coat-part-4-final-fitting/

Andrew.

 

[archetypal_yuppie]

It seems like the best looking hand-made buttonholes look the most like (good) machine made ones. It's a funny area.

 

[green_machine]

They are done a completely different way and don't look alike (especially Milanese). I don't think you can compare them. Handsewn button holes use a single thread on a precut hole that is knotted at every step.

 

[archetypal_yuppie]

I realize that the construction is different.

What I'm saying is that perfect handmade ones look, to a non-afficionado of buttonholes, much like machine made buttonholes. They're only notably handmade when they are badly (sloppily) done.

You have to be pretty deep into clothing construction to appreciate them.

 

[Stone]

Burgos

Mary Frittolini:

 

[Macs]

Truzzi

 

[VRaivio]

After the asola lucida buttonhole, I've always held Truzzi's holes the best-looking. Theirs is a rounded look though the individual stitches are fairly sparse.

 

[Macs]

Handsewn buttonhole, button and tack on a screen-printed linen bespoke shirt by Camiceria Piccolo

 

[UnnamedPlayer]

Oddly this jacket has hand sewn buttonholes but the buttons are non-functional