Wrinkled Lapel, Canvassed Suit

[w850i123]

Hi everyone,

I bought this brand-new suit:

http://www.albertming.com/products/3

It's a start-up, they made me a good offer and I felt like experimenting. Unfortunately...
As you see, its supposed to be a canvassed suit. The jacket needed some alterations and I brought it to a tailor, who returned the suit informing me of some wrinkles at the lapels. He said that he tried to press it 5 times (which should be ok, as far as I am informed, as they claim it to be a canvassed suit) but the wrinkles did not vanish. He said I might try another, more proficient presser, as this is not his area of expertise, but he doubts that this will fix it. The lapels look pretty much like the ones from this guy:

http://www.styleforum.net/t/362114/lapel-wrinkling-what-do

As far as I know, canvassed suits do not produce bubbles. Also, the jacket is brand new. So what's wrong? Can anybody help me out? Does it make sense to look for a talented person to press the suit? Or should I try to find someone to hand-iron it?
The tailor's hunch was that the canvas was not pre-shrunk and he advised me to never allow the suit to go wet, which effectively means that I cannot clean the suit. Is that, in any way realistic? Is the canvass usually pre-shrunk? I have a hard time figuring out whether I bought a crappy suit, whether the tailor messed up my suit or whether I just have to try and look for a very talented person to press the suit in the Bay Area.

Thanks in advance for any help you guys can provide. I will try to attach some pictures once I get home.

EDIT: Alright, so here is the picture. Pretty horrible.

 

[Carli]

Canvas is supposed to be pre shrunk before putting it in production or it will be a total mess.

 

[Despos]

From the looks o the lapel it looks like the facing has too much fullness. A tailor could open the facing and reapply. This would keep it from reoccurring.That would be expensive.

There are a few things to try.

If you cannot return the suit, I would dry clean it once. That sometimes helps.

I think what the tailor meant about getting the suit wet was to avoid steam or high humidity which can also cause this. Wouldn't be afraid to dry clean the jacket.

There may be edge tape or pic stitching that could be too tight but that would produce puckering on the edges but this looks more like the facing wasn't applied correctly.

Really, I would return the suit if possible. It doesn't look very well constructed.

 

[w850i123]

That's all very helpful, thanks a lot. I have taken the jacket to two other tailors today and apparently, the suit is only half-canvassed. One of the tailors assumes that those are fuse bubbles, the other thinks it might come from some weird alterations the original manufacturer has apparently applied to the collar, which in turn pulls on the lapels. Both, however, think that this problem cannot really be solved.

 

[a tailor]

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I think despos is right. Can you send it back?

 

[w850i123]

They claim to be out of business and are not responding, but obviously, their website is still up and running. I'll try my best.

 

[BSPF]

Their website said the jacket has a "floating canvas" - more knowledgeable heads may correct me, however "floating canvas" does not equate to full canvas through the entire jacket.

You may have a canvassed chest piece, but the lapels could well be fused.

 

[TomW]

There is no claim of a fully canvassed suit. In fact, they go to great pains not to say that. A floating chest piece is approximately 1/3 of the upper front of the jacket. The facings were either not fused correctly or the fusible is of such low quality that it has shrunk from heat/steam applied by the first alterations tailor, assuming that it didn't come out of the box that way. Basically, this is a lower than department store/Jos A Bank suit at 4 x the money. And they do claim a custom fit, yet even their models have horribly fitting suits on was a huge clue. Dispute with your credit card company ASAP and contact the Berkeley, CA DA and file a complaint. And be thankful you learned a lesson fairly cheaply, others have spent thousands with similar results.

 

[a tailor]

Try to get a refund.

 

[w850i123]

Will do, thanks for your suggestions. I wouldn't have guessed that one can get screwed so easily when buying a suit. Guess I will only rely on well-established, reputable companies from now on.