poorsod
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Vox,
I think it is the SF "group think" / aesthetic that drives business, not the other way around. I am much more influenced by what people are talking about, "the buzz" and when I see how they wear it. It is easier for me to like what a regular person is wearing than a model - a model will look good no matter what they wear.
E.g.
1) For the longest time I thought knit ties were crap until I saw how well PG/EGW was wearing them, and now I have many.
2) Recently I bought a length of the Simonnot-Godard chambray because I was curious about what you guys were waxing poetic.
3) G&G benefited from the huge buzz generated when they were starting up. I remember reading a quote from Tony that it would have otherwise taken them 10 years to build up their business.
4) I have EG Cappelli thanks to Manton's reports and the Soporific Tie Thread.
etc.
Now, I'm not buying stuff simply because other people are buying it . Rather they give me a lead as to what I might like to try. I can't judge a piece of clothing until I've used it for a while. So I buy one, see if I like it before buying more.
Whoopee posted this Chan a few years ago and I had Chan make it for me.
YMMV because it is not easy to for me to figure out what looks good just by the swatch. Edmorel and Eustace Tilley have been warming me up on the gunclub check. Now I have one in the works via NSM. I have the airforce blue Minnis flannel on my list thanks to Slewfoot.
That said, I do think highly of opinions tailors such as Despos. Recently I got matching trousers for a mohair jacket because Despos thinks that mohair is formal cloth and is best as a suit. Now I have a mohair BlazerSuit (TM). Shattuck (old henry) over at LL also seems quite insightful, particularly about the handling characteristics of particular cloth as he has to shape them. Manton's experience with different fabric books seems encyclopedic. Manton happens to be opinionated which is helpful when having to make decisions.
For me, most of my thinking is done before going to my tailor appointment.
I think it is the SF "group think" / aesthetic that drives business, not the other way around. I am much more influenced by what people are talking about, "the buzz" and when I see how they wear it. It is easier for me to like what a regular person is wearing than a model - a model will look good no matter what they wear.
E.g.
1) For the longest time I thought knit ties were crap until I saw how well PG/EGW was wearing them, and now I have many.
2) Recently I bought a length of the Simonnot-Godard chambray because I was curious about what you guys were waxing poetic.
3) G&G benefited from the huge buzz generated when they were starting up. I remember reading a quote from Tony that it would have otherwise taken them 10 years to build up their business.
4) I have EG Cappelli thanks to Manton's reports and the Soporific Tie Thread.
etc.
Now, I'm not buying stuff simply because other people are buying it . Rather they give me a lead as to what I might like to try. I can't judge a piece of clothing until I've used it for a while. So I buy one, see if I like it before buying more.
Honestly I fail to see how looking at photos of clothing made by tailors in Naples (or Steed) can possibly be applied to RTW or MTM decision making. I am a bespoke customer and I can't think of a single time I've ever said to myself (or my tailor) "let's go for what Mariano or Mina did" for whomever nor would I expect someone to do likewise with what Raphael or Despos has made for me.
Whoopee posted this Chan a few years ago and I had Chan make it for me.
YMMV because it is not easy to for me to figure out what looks good just by the swatch. Edmorel and Eustace Tilley have been warming me up on the gunclub check. Now I have one in the works via NSM. I have the airforce blue Minnis flannel on my list thanks to Slewfoot.
That said, I do think highly of opinions tailors such as Despos. Recently I got matching trousers for a mohair jacket because Despos thinks that mohair is formal cloth and is best as a suit. Now I have a mohair BlazerSuit (TM). Shattuck (old henry) over at LL also seems quite insightful, particularly about the handling characteristics of particular cloth as he has to shape them. Manton's experience with different fabric books seems encyclopedic. Manton happens to be opinionated which is helpful when having to make decisions.
For me, most of my thinking is done before going to my tailor appointment.