The Despos Thread

Sanguis Mortuum · Aug 30, 2010

Originally Posted by Bull

Tuttofattoamano on "drape":

"Founded in 1906 by Frederick Scholte's undercutter, Per Anderson, the house has been fairly faithful to their house cut of a soft, draped coat. Depending on which sources you consult, this can mean all sorts of things. I admit that I am not a fan of what I have seen from them, namely overly wide, droopy shoulders and lumpy, messy chests, not to mention the backs and the sleeves which I think could be improved a lot."

Foof - don't mind him, though, he's just a tailor. You know, a guy who - um - does this **** for a living. Unlike you, who are a...wait, what are you again? A Rubinacci-owner. Ah. Carry on...

There's a big difference between 'it can mean all sorts of things' and 'it can mean whatever the hell you want it to'.

KObalto · Aug 30, 2010

Originally Posted by Usul

Is this to mean Foo>Bull ?

Please, University of Baltimore Law School here.

I'll see your Clinton and raise you a:

voxsartoria · Aug 30, 2010

I am learning a lot about Despos's custom tailoring in in this thread.

- B

TheFoo · Aug 30, 2010

Originally Posted by Bull

Tuttofattoamano on "drape": "Founded in 1906 by Frederick Scholte’s undercutter, Per Anderson, the house has been fairly faithful to their house cut of a soft, draped coat. Depending on which sources you consult, this can mean all sorts of things. I admit that I am not a fan of what I have seen from them, namely overly wide, droopy shoulders and lumpy, messy chests, not to mention the backs and the sleeves which I think could be improved a lot." Foof - don't mind him, though, he's just a tailor. You know, a guy who - um - does this **** for a living. Unlike you, who are a...wait, what are you again? A Rubinacci-owner. Ah. Carry on...
For an author to acknowledge that different sources mean different things by "drape" doesn't equate with the author himself not having a specific meaning, there being no correct meaning, or the different meanings not occupying a narrow space. Anyway, given that the author of the quotation above goes on to specifically suggest what he means, it should be enough to turn to that meaning. Under none of the meanings used in the ongoing debate over debate, including jeffreyd's, does this coat have "drape." You might want to note that Despos himself doesn't like drape. I'm also willing to bet a large sum that jefferyd himself would not call this coat a "drape" coat.

George · Aug 30, 2010

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

I am learning a lot about Despos's custom tailoring in in this thread. - B
Lawyers.

Despos · Aug 30, 2010

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TheFoo · Aug 30, 2010

Originally Posted by George

Lawyers.

Well, if someone wrongly thinks Despos does drape or that the coat in question is drape, it's learnin' 'bout Despo' to learn what drape is.

whnay. · Aug 30, 2010

Pictures of Despos work? Anyone? Anyone?

Mark from Plano · Aug 30, 2010

Originally Posted by Despos

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Fixed

Bull · Aug 30, 2010

Originally Posted by KObalto

Please, University of Baltimore Law School here.

I'll see your Clinton and raise you a:

I'm done. You, my friend, win the internets

voxsartoria · Aug 30, 2010

Originally Posted by George

Lawyers.

Warning...Despos Content...Warning!

"The earnest and affable Chris Despos (not yet out of his 30s), of Despos Custom Tailoring, in Dallas, comes to New York to spend his two-week vacation studying patternmaking with the great master tailor Henry Stewart."

- Professional Clothing Writer, G. Bruce Boyer, in Town & Country Magazine, November 1991

The NYT obit from 1993 about Stewart. More and more on Stewart.

- B

George · Aug 30, 2010

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Warning...Despos Content...Warning! "The earnest and affable Chris Despos (not yet out of his 30s), of Despos Custom Tailoring, in Dallas, comes to New York to spend his two-week vacation studying patternmaking with the great master tailor Henry Stewart." - Professional Clothing Writer, G. Bruce Boyer, in Town & Country Magazine, November 1991 The NYT obit from 1993 about Stewart. - B
So this was Mr Despos' Sensei. Made for Lee Marvin. I liked Marvin.

Cary Grant · Aug 30, 2010

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

I am learning a lot about Despos's custom tailoring in in this thread.

- B

Says the king of the epic thread derail.

voxsartoria · Aug 30, 2010

Originally Posted by Cary Grant

Says the king of the epic thread derail.

The key to a good derail is clarity of taste in what should be sent over the cliff, engine belching smoke and passengers screaming.

What was going on here wasn't that.

- B

Bull · Aug 30, 2010

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Under none of the meanings used in the ongoing debate over debate, including jeffreyd's, does this coat have "drape."

Prithee tell, Foo - among the "meanings used in the ongoing debate" - you know, the "drape debate" that rages amongst a select group of internets iGent nerds like yourself - who retains the magical power to bestow legitimacy upon certain definitions and not others? Drape is - to me - like pornogrpahy to Justice Potter Stewart: "I know it when I see it." Most, I think, would agree with my definition.

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