Unfunded Liabilities: a/k/a The Cloth Thread

[lordsuperb]

Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, not sure how often I have such events to go to, so the use may be limited. I had a black tie rig made a couple of years back and have only worn it once.



So I‘m not the only one who has been eyeing it! What are you planning to have made and for what sort of occasions?

Any suit worn outside of work will always be limited in its utility. But I still find joy in my mohair suit whenever I put it on.

 

[dan'l]

Any suit worn outside of work will always be limited in its utility. But I still find joy in my mohair suit whenever I put it on.

Fair point.

Do you happen to have a pic of your suit?

 

[lordsuperb]

Fair point.

Do you happen to have a pic of your suit?

 

[FlyingHorker]

Yes merchants sell the fabrics 3 times more than the mills. Please let me know that price you get.

I ended up placing an order for the 720grams fabric for 4m.

The cost of fabric+shipping(which was hefty) came out to about $95CAD/metre for me, so about $72USD/metre. That's with UPS air mail I think.

Edit: I went with Marling & Evans.

Cloth on the far right

 

[FlyingHorker]

@dieworkwear I remember you covered this, but I didn't understand it and/or don't remember.

Why on earth do companies like Fox charge 4-5x as much as someone like Magee or M&E? Something about buying directly from mills vs. merchants.

 

[yywwyy]

Three of my winter considerations! The vintage one on the right is super exciting for me.

 

[FlyingHorker]

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Three of my winter considerations! The vintage one on the right is super exciting for me.

the texture on the far right looks amazing

 

[dieworkwear]

@dieworkwear I remember you covered this, but I didn't understand it and/or don't remember.

Why on earth do companies like Fox charge 4-5x as much as someone like Magee or M&E? Something about buying directly from mills vs. merchants.

I don't know Fox's pricing structure, so can't comment.

 

[konstantis]

I ended up placing an order for the 720grams fabric for 4m.

The cost of fabric+shipping(which was hefty) came out to about $95CAD/metre for me, so about $72USD/metre. That's with UPS air mail I think.

I ended up placing an order for the 720grams fabric for 4m.

The cost of fabric+shipping(which was hefty) came out to about $95CAD/metre for me, so about $72USD/metre. That's with UPS air mail I think.

May i ask which mill finally ?

 

[FlyingHorker]

I don't know Fox's pricing structure, so can't comment.

All good man

May i ask whick mill finally ?

After all my indecision for a couple months, I went with Marling & Evans, I'll go and edit that in.

 

[konstantis]

You wont regret for your decision .

 

[konstantis]

All good man

After all my indecision for a couple months, I went with Marling & Evans, I'll go and edit that in.

Which pattern did you choose ?

 

[zr3rs]

Why on earth do companies like Fox charge 4-5x as much as someone like Magee or M&E? Something about buying directly from mills vs. merchants.

The big names like Fox or Drapers do not want to undercut their tailors even if these upcharge significantly. I know the real price that my tailor pays to Fox and even with his modest upcharge (which I am fine with) comes out significantly less than the web prices. And that is for cut lengths. For small mills that mostly produce for merchants or MTM or RTW companies (on a full roll basis), this is less of an issue, they also have a much smaller stock typically.

 

[FlyingHorker]

Which pattern did you choose ?

Far right

The big names like Fox or Drapers do not want to undercut their tailors even if these upcharge significantly. I know the real price that my tailor pays to Fox and even with his modest upcharge (which I am fine with) comes out significantly less than the web prices. And that is for cut lengths. For small mills that mostly produce for merchants or MTM or RTW companies (on a full roll basis), this is less of an issue, they also have a much smaller stock typically.

Ahhh ok, all of this makes complete sense. Thank you for the info.

 

[dan'l]

Far right

That's nice! I've been looking for a large-scale PoW for quite a while now. Do you have the cloth number and a pic of the swatch?