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Mr. Ambrosi - where are you? why no respond?

marcodalondra

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Having spent the whole day going around from Sartorie to Camicerie and spent a great deal of time having espresso and discussing the Internet impact on Neapolitan tailoring, the funny things is that this Ambrosi is not even considered that good by most of them and the very best Pantalonaio, now 80 years old and still going, is the most expensive ever charging 250 Euro per construction only whilst the rest work around the 100 -150 euro mark, so the price charged to most of you seams to be plain robbery.

I have ordered an H&S Mohair/merino blend in light blue, 2 button SB suit and I am thinking to order one or two odd trousers , possibly a grey pinstriped and a beige one, hope to post soon some pictures
 

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Originally Posted by marcodalondra
Post from Naples:


Having spent the whole day going around from Sartorie to Camicerie and spent a great deal of time having espresso and discussing the Internet impact on Neapolitan tailoring, the funny things is that this Ambrosi is not even considered that good by most of them and the very best Pantalonaio, now 80 years old and still going, is the most expensive ever charging 250 Euro per construction only whilst the rest work around the 100 -150 euro mark, so the price charged to most of you seams to be plain robbery.

I have ordered an H&S Mohair/merino blend in light blue, 2 button SB suit and I am thinking to order one or two odd trousers , possibly a grey pinstriped and a beige one, hope to post soon some pictures


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Originally Posted by AvariceBespoke
Btw, all of my annoying posts/threads/e-mails worked

Objective achieved.


It's a shame that a thread on SF is necessary for Salvatore to complete his obligations, however, if it worked for Foo and AB, I'll do the same.

Salvatore, if you're reading this, I just want the pants I paid for.
 

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Originally Posted by marcodalondra
Post from Naples:


Having spent the whole day going around from Sartorie to Camicerie and spent a great deal of time having espresso and discussing the Internet impact on Neapolitan tailoring, the funny things is that this Ambrosi is not even considered that good by most of them and the very best Pantalonaio, now 80 years old and still going, is the most expensive ever charging 250 Euro per construction only whilst the rest work around the 100 -150 euro mark, so the price charged to most of you seams to be plain robbery.

I have ordered an H&S Mohair/merino blend in light blue, 2 button SB suit and I am thinking to order one or two odd trousers , possibly a grey pinstriped and a beige one, hope to post soon some pictures


Oh, you should have not revealed that secret.
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All those unsatisfied Ambrosi's clients will have to make seppuku now.

On a serious side, I liked how my pants from GV turned out. There is probably the same amount of handwork (maybe 6.75% less), but they are great. Why would you go with a pinstriped odd trousers?
 

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Originally Posted by marcodalondra
Post from Naples:


Having spent the whole day going around from Sartorie to Camicerie and spent a great deal of time having espresso and discussing the Internet impact on Neapolitan tailoring, the funny things is that this Ambrosi is not even considered that good by most of them and the very best Pantalonaio, now 80 years old and still going, is the most expensive ever charging 250 Euro per construction only whilst the rest work around the 100 -150 euro mark, so the price charged to most of you seams to be plain robbery.

I have ordered an H&S Mohair/merino blend in light blue, 2 button SB suit and I am thinking to order one or two odd trousers , possibly a grey pinstriped and a beige one, hope to post soon some pictures


keep an eye out in the local pizza parlours for a guy w/ bayonet-sided avaitor shades
 

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Originally Posted by banis
Oh, you should have not revealed that secret.
smile.gif
All those unsatisfied Ambrosi's clients will have to make seppuku now. On a serious side, I liked how my pants from GV turned out. There is probably the same amount of handwork (maybe 6.75% less), but they are great. Why would you go with a pinstriped odd trousers?

I thought that the euro/lira inflation had a greater impact on shirtmakers and trousermakers in Naples after reading those forums, as the prices in lire were much cheaper. It turns out that few people are charging tourist marks up..., with Gianni Volpe you can specify as much detailing as you like as I did with both my shirts order today from two different shirtmakers. I ll pm you about the third one that could not fit me in for the Muslim fitting before I leave... The grey pinstripe is for a mezzo tight project (stroller in American English)... I would eventually order a jacket of the same material to make it double use as a separate suit but wanted to get the pattern right on this coat where we are working on amending my old pattern..
 

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Originally Posted by marcodalondra
Post from Naples:


Having spent the whole day going around from Sartorie to Camicerie and spent a great deal of time having espresso and discussing the Internet impact on Neapolitan tailoring, the funny things is that this Ambrosi is not even considered that good by most of them and the very best Pantalonaio, now 80 years old and still going, is the most expensive ever charging 250 Euro per construction only whilst the rest work around the 100 -150 euro mark, so the price charged to most of you seams to be plain robbery.


That was exactly the impression that I got from the folks whom I spoke to in Napoli.
Not owning any Ambrosi trousers myself, however, I am not making any judgement here and would love to compare his work to the ones I got from other tailors.
 

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Originally Posted by blackdice
That was exactly the impression that I got from the folks whom I spoke to in Napoli.
Not owning any Ambrosi trousers myself, however, I am not making any judgement here and would love to compare his work to the ones I got from other tailors.


From my experience if you have a good relations and results with your current tailor and are fully satisfied with it, there is no need to go to anyone else. Difference will be so minor that it would probably not be efficient to jump from one place to another.
 

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Originally Posted by voxsartoria
I'm open to correction by the OP, but when AB says that, "all of my annoying posts/threads/e-mails worked. Objective achieved," I think that he means that they were successfully annoying.

I could be wrong, though.


- B


Also possible that the OP produced this thread as dispositive evidence of psychiatric fitness for a gender reassignment.
 

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Originally Posted by banis
From my experience if you have a good relations and results with your current tailor and are fully satisfied with it, there is no need to go to anyone else. Difference will be so minor that it would probably not be efficient to jump from one place to another.

But Ambrosi does the little button in the cuffs... that's worth the €100/month (or part thereof) that il maestro charges for the exquisite torture of making you wait while your fabric sits in a bin on top of your pattern.
 

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Originally Posted by AvariceBespoke
Btw, all of my annoying posts/threads/e-mails worked Objective achieved.
I was completely with you in the beginning but given your 'performance' since you started this, I too think you've achieved your objective. If your objective was to show what a dickhead you are.
 

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Originally Posted by hatguy
It's a shame that a thread on SF is necessary for Salvatore to complete his obligations, however, if it worked for Foo and AB, I'll do the same.

Salvatore, if you're reading this, I just want the pants I paid for.


You are doing it wrong, you need 7 more new threads. go.
 

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