vincerich
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Gents,
In recent weeks, I've seen 36S, 36R, 38S, and 36L get all the love. OK. We get it. Slender, handsome young forvm gents have trouble finding OTR suits that fit.
But have you ever thought about what's it's like being 68S? Humpty Dumpty ain't got **** on guys like us. We're wider than we are tall. At 5'7", 460 pounds, finding anything "proportionate" is a nightmare. Pockets in odd places, lapels that are outrageously thin - a debacle on top of a debacle. Utter fail.
I found one black suit - fused - at CASUAL MALE in rural Wisconsin - and I must wear it everywhere. It's so dark that the pocket placement is barely discernable anyway. But it's beginning to fray, and I need something more.
I flew to Italy. Met with the dashing father and son combo that is Rubinacci - I thought to myself, "Hell, they made Foof look presentable in his 4'6" glory - couldn't they do the same for me?" Nay, they said that their seamstresses would revolt if they had to pattern-match the Glen Urquhart Check Scabal Super 120s I selected (this is to say nothing of the fact that they would have had to charge me double because of the extra length of cloth required for the DB I planned-out). They pointed me to a nice Holland & Sherry with a soft hand - their "Funeral Black" - and said that it would suit my frame best. I sulked and departed...defeated.
Help? Anyone? Are there no 68S's out there who can help a brother out?
Respectfully,
Bull
First bold section: Describes me to a "T"
Second " ": Nice burn.