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  1. alchimiste

    Shopping in Denver

    I am in Denver for the week. Where can I find clothes, shoes, etc.? Mathieu
  2. alchimiste

    My shoulder and my suit

    I'm not sure if we have the same problem, but here are my two cents. I have relatively square shoulders and thus most OTR jackets have some collar rolls on me. It's not a slope problem. My shoulder pitches forward, so that there is a gap between sleeve and lapel.
  3. alchimiste

    My shoulder and my suit

    One of my shoulders is somewhat forward, so that there is a hollow space over my collar bone. The sneaky jacket takes advantage of this: the fabric does not go smoothly from armscye to lapel, it kind of collapses in due to lack of support. Is there a way to fix this (shoulder padding, canvas, etc.)?
  4. alchimiste

    Dress Shoes...How Would You Rank These?

    Oddly enough, while I've always worn 12-C in Aldens, the used pair of AE's I have are 11 1/2 - D and fit OK. That's not surprising. Oftentimes, narrower and extra 1/2 size compensate. So you may wear regular width shoes a half size smaller. The basic question is: would you really spend US$350 on...
  5. alchimiste

    Dress Shoes...How Would You Rank These?

    are you serious? european brands aren't known for their width selection. C is not overly narrow. So some brands basic width may do fine. That's within the error bar.
  6. alchimiste

    Dress Shoes...How Would You Rank These?

    the dollar versus the British pound sterling is even weaker than dollar versus Euro... And the American shoe versus the British shoe is even weaker the dollar versus the British pound sterling.
  7. alchimiste

    "Certainly not brown shoes or you'd get fired"

    I'm going to wear brown shoes in London next week. Then they will show you back to your farm, sir.
  8. alchimiste

    Orange Trousers: Part Deux

    I think the jacket in the picture is too dressy. I agree. This is a suit with odd pants.
  9. alchimiste

    Dress Shoes...How Would You Rank These?

    1. "My shoe size in American shoes is 12-C which may present complications in the European shoes." Why? 2. Why exclude C&J and other English shoes? 3. Vass would be $400 per shoe in Hungary. Even more in the U.S.
  10. alchimiste

    Beer

    jmswentworth, I understand your problem. In order to avoid this I sometimes invite people to come to my place instead of going to a bar. This way I am sure that I'll find something drinkable.
  11. alchimiste

    Geeks anonymous

    You are an "how many?" geek.
  12. alchimiste

    HOW MANY

    What is left? How many socks?
  13. alchimiste

    Forum move - emails coming

    Me too. Looks like we have to wait for the official switch to the new forum.
  14. alchimiste

    Soft leather, trees and wrinkles

    Yes. Maybe.
  15. alchimiste

    Soft leather, trees and wrinkles

    I don't. I mean wrinkling on a small length scale, not creases at flex point. Take a rubber band, pull on it a bit and add a coat of wax or paint of whatever, then let go. The coating will crack or buckle. This is about what happens to my shoes.
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