Unfunded Liabilities: a/k/a The Cloth Thread

[thenewguy]

I saw this suit on the show “Prodigal Son”. I like it and curious how the fabric looks without the color effects used on the show. Do any of you know who makes it?

 

[brax]

All my bespoke suits bar my DBs are one button...it’s chai style too!

Too late. I trademarked it. Ask Despos.

 

[brax]

For any watch aficionados out there, I just found the most baller suiting of all time in a Singapore tailor shop (really!). I’m taking orders at USD$750/m. No upcharge for misspelling.

 

[Simon A]

For any watch aficionados out there, I just found the most baller suiting of all time in a Singapore tailor shop (really!). I’m taking orders at USD$750/m. No upcharge for misspelling.
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...and it's all wool....and cashmere too!

 

[The Chai]

For any watch aficionados out there, I just found the most baller suiting of all time in a Singapore tailor shop (really!). I’m taking orders at USD$750/m. No upcharge for misspelling.
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I seen that fabric in a backwater Singapore tailoring somewhere...is wrong spelling worth more?

 

[patrickBOOTH]

I have seen some very strange names on the selvedge of fabrics in SEA. Nike is being a common one.

 

[brax]

I seen that fabric in a backwater Singapore tailoring somewhere...is wrong spelling worth more?

Of course. A Jenny postage stamp is worth very little but an Inverted Jenny costs more than most houses.

 

[Bromley]

I saw this suit on the show “Prodigal Son”. I like it and curious how the fabric looks without the color effects used on the show. Do any of you know who makes it?

Not sure what it is, but it looks similar to Zegna's Tofeo Linen (a w/s/l blend). It's not, though-- in your picture, the overcheck runs within the dense check. The overcheck on the Zegna cloth runs between the dense checks. But maybe something to look at if you can't find the original.

 

[thenewguy]

Not sure what it is, but it looks similar to Zegna's Tofeo Linen (a w/s/l blend). It's not, though-- in your picture, the overcheck runs within the dense check. The overcheck on the Zegna cloth runs between the dense checks. But maybe something to look at if you can't find the original.
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Thanks. That’s fairly close. Maybe someone will recognize it.

 

[lordsuperb]

Which one would you choose?

 

[The Chai]

The dark brown hopsack looks nice...

 

[circumspice]

The first looks most appropriate for sports coats. The second two look more like suiting. I'd worry that the 3rd resolves a little bit orange.

 

[The Chai]

Just received my vintage dormeuil tonik. I think this will definitely be my next unfunded liability. Maybe I’m indeed becoming a tonik fetishist but damn this fabric looks and feels way better in person. Definitely one of the best eBay blind buys I have ever made. Now I gotta decide single peak or double. Maybe I’m engaging in wishful thinking but the slubby texture and subtle stripes may let me get away with wearing it as an odd jacket (like seersucker?) or a summer dinner jacket. We will see...all I know is im definitely in love with the stuff now

 

[DavidLane]

Which one would you choose?


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Third is the most interesting, but would depend on what you are making. What are you planning to make?

-DL

 

[usctrojans31]

The herringbone. The third one looks really yellow on my screen.