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This post is about cutting (British cut Vs Italian cut)
We are all different. We don’t need to argue British cut or Italian cut better, we pick whatever we prefer.
This is not my jacket. I asked the sifu of British cut who made this one, it has got all the Italian options, why this is not an Italian suit. He said customers can always ask for different options of Italian style. He cuts the fabrics with his old school set skills of British cutting, this is British cut. He said it’s not appropriate to judge the cutting on the wooden model. Tailor shops make the suits tailor made according to the size of their wooden models, they can show perfect fit suits. Most baotou has got one or no wooden model to hold all clothing, we can’t see perfect fitting with that.
I asked him the difference between British cut and Italian cut. He has over 5 decades of tailor experience and he explained the followings based on his old school traditional tailoring:
What makes a suit outstanding? One of the main factors is the cutting.
In the old days, British cutting was higher grade than Italian cutting. Italian cutting has been improving in recent years. Cutting is very much depending on the sifu skills and experiences.
British cut is most focusing on the cutting that fits the body and the curve of the body. They have their traditional old school skill set, this is different from Italian cut (this is depending on the sifu experiences). I don’t know all the terms.
Italian cut is less focusing on the curve than British cut. They pay more attention on the style and options. Italian suits have better workmanship than British suits.
He said the new fashion trend has been changed. Not everyone follows the old school. I don’t want to challenge whatever this is. I cannot even tell the tailor terms. He is based on his old school traditional tailoring experiences to say the above, we might see different definitions in modern days.
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It’s not appropriate to judge the cutting on the wooden model. The model size is different.
Yates vintage fabric, made in England. This is my suit made by the sifu of British cut:
Scabal Capri, made in England. This is my suit made by the sifu of Italian cut:
I found both are perfect. The difference is I look better with British cut than Italian cut. The Italian suit has a little better workmanship than the British suit.
Blind test in August 2022:
I was wearing my British suit to pick up my Italian suit. After I accepted the Italian suit, the Italian tailor was looking at my British suit, and said it's perfect fitting. I didn’t tell who made this. He checked around and said almost the same grade of workmanship, the difference is he made better Milanese buttonhole.
I was wearing my other British suit a few years ago, and checked with other sifu in Mirador if they can make the same cutting, because I was looking for more sifu that can make my suits. I didn’t tell who made my suit. Most of them have looked around my British suit, they said they can’t do the same good cutting, or for much higher price.
We are all different. We don’t need to argue British cut or Italian cut better, we pick whatever we prefer.
This is not my jacket. I asked the sifu of British cut who made this one, it has got all the Italian options, why this is not an Italian suit. He said customers can always ask for different options of Italian style. He cuts the fabrics with his old school set skills of British cutting, this is British cut. He said it’s not appropriate to judge the cutting on the wooden model. Tailor shops make the suits tailor made according to the size of their wooden models, they can show perfect fit suits. Most baotou has got one or no wooden model to hold all clothing, we can’t see perfect fitting with that.
I asked him the difference between British cut and Italian cut. He has over 5 decades of tailor experience and he explained the followings based on his old school traditional tailoring:
What makes a suit outstanding? One of the main factors is the cutting.
In the old days, British cutting was higher grade than Italian cutting. Italian cutting has been improving in recent years. Cutting is very much depending on the sifu skills and experiences.
British cut is most focusing on the cutting that fits the body and the curve of the body. They have their traditional old school skill set, this is different from Italian cut (this is depending on the sifu experiences). I don’t know all the terms.
Italian cut is less focusing on the curve than British cut. They pay more attention on the style and options. Italian suits have better workmanship than British suits.
He said the new fashion trend has been changed. Not everyone follows the old school. I don’t want to challenge whatever this is. I cannot even tell the tailor terms. He is based on his old school traditional tailoring experiences to say the above, we might see different definitions in modern days.
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It’s not appropriate to judge the cutting on the wooden model. The model size is different.
Yates vintage fabric, made in England. This is my suit made by the sifu of British cut:
Scabal Capri, made in England. This is my suit made by the sifu of Italian cut:
I found both are perfect. The difference is I look better with British cut than Italian cut. The Italian suit has a little better workmanship than the British suit.
Blind test in August 2022:
I was wearing my British suit to pick up my Italian suit. After I accepted the Italian suit, the Italian tailor was looking at my British suit, and said it's perfect fitting. I didn’t tell who made this. He checked around and said almost the same grade of workmanship, the difference is he made better Milanese buttonhole.
I was wearing my other British suit a few years ago, and checked with other sifu in Mirador if they can make the same cutting, because I was looking for more sifu that can make my suits. I didn’t tell who made my suit. Most of them have looked around my British suit, they said they can’t do the same good cutting, or for much higher price.
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