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  1. zalb916

    The Official-ish DC Thread

    Cool. Neither me nor the OP were.
  3. zalb916

    The Official-ish DC Thread

    Ha! You’ve never met someone with a chainstitch machine hemming denim. They ain’t tailors. Find your length, cut, sew. Most of the dudes hemming fancy denim are just sales associates.
  4. zalb916

    The Official-ish DC Thread

    Nowhere locally. Ship it somewhere.
  5. zalb916

    The Home Ownership Thread

    This is a foyer. That is an exterior door on the left and (I'm guessing) a door to a coat closet in the back. A console table and mirror next to the entrance are quite functional. The chair and ottoman are also very functional for taking on/off shoes. I don't care for the style, but this seems...
  6. zalb916

    The Official-ish DC Thread

    2Amys is a 20 minute bus ride on the 96 from Adams Morgan. It’s a 10-minute Uber. It’s a 15-minute bike ride. This isn’t hyperbole. I’m looking at Google Maps.
  7. zalb916

    The Official-ish DC Thread

    A) Go to 2Amys. It's a D.C. institution. Lots of great side dishes. B) A local alternative for you is Etto. Some of the same ownership and also does lots of great side dishes. I'll put in my personal plug for Etto, because it was started by two of my good friends, Tad and Dave. They also...
  8. zalb916

    Orslow

    Short answer: yes. Long answer: Roping happens when a sewn hem creates tension in the fabric. This can happen with any type of stitch, not just a chain stitch. Chain stitching generally creates a lot of tension, so roping is usually much more visible and prominent when chain stitching is used...
  9. zalb916

    Site Topics - Part II

    I’ve been a member here since 2006, and I still visit regularly. But I’m really close to giving up based on the ads. I pay my monthly dues like a good boy, but the ads are fuckin’ awful. Almost worse than the idiotic censoring of cursing. The site is generally unreadable on mobile either through...
  10. zalb916

    The Official-ish DC Thread

    Some of the stuff was of good quality, just not necessarily to the taste of this forum. A little too flashy for StyleForum. For instance, Ravazzolo makes pretty good quality stuff, but it never really had much popularity on here. I think they sold Borrelli, which is nice stuff and used to be...
  11. zalb916

    The Official-ish DC Thread

    I have no personal knowledge of this store, but Eduardo DePandi has been a mainstay of D.C.-area men's clothing for decades. He owned Bruno Cipriani, which was in the White Flint Mall for nearly 30 years. It closed probably a decade ago. It didn't carry many Style Forum approved brands, but it...
  12. zalb916

    The Official-ish DC Thread

    As Ambulance Chaser noted, it may have been Hetam, not Aram. I have never gone to Aram's business. I used to take my shoes to Sky Valet, so whoever did the work there in the aughts and teens is what I'm referring to. They put flush toe taps on 5-10 pairs of my shoes. Pretty simple job. No...
  13. zalb916

    The Official-ish DC Thread

    I guess I have no idea who did it. Perhaps I assumed, wrongly, that there was one dude who did it.
  14. zalb916

    The Home Ownership Thread

    I'm sorry, but I have to call BS. Most people in this thread know that "the best moments of life" are spent on this website, probably using the mobile site on the can.
  15. zalb916

    The Official-ish DC Thread

    I used Aram numerous times, albeit numerous years ago when he was at Sky Valet. I've used Bedo's once. It was more recently. I'll echo that Bedo's is considerably more expensive. I also experienced that the work was quite slow. However, I thought it was much cleaner than Aram. Bedo's work looked...
  16. zalb916

    Cool furniture, design objects and desiderata

    Dude, you not so subtly let us know how great of a parent you were for successfully teaching your oldest to be careful around fragile furniture. You gratuitously took it a step further by calling out the bad parents who can’t even attempt this simple parenting skill that you had mastered. You...
  17. zalb916

    Cool furniture, design objects and desiderata

    Man, I knew I was stealing that advice from somewhere. Teasing aside, I appreciate that you don’t let your kids greatly impact how you furnish your home, that you teach your kids how to respect nice stuff, and that you’ve learned to realize kids, no matter how much you try to parent, are...
  18. zalb916

    Cool furniture, design objects and desiderata

    I realize this advice may be too late for you, but I hope it helps some other young parent. With regard to nice furnishings, it’s not particularly hard to teach a small child basic carefulness and how to perceive fragility and danger. You just need to make the effort. I notice a lot of parents...
  19. zalb916

    Cool furniture, design objects and desiderata

    Those are the Hay About A Stool 32.
  20. zalb916

    Orslow

    I’ve mentioned before on this thread that I have not found the fit to be the same across 107s. In my experience, the fabric and wash affect the sizing. I really like this brand, but I’ve never found any consistency with fit and sizing.
  21. zalb916

    Show us how you roll in Engineered Garments

    Any chance you got the FW22 Andover pants and can comment on the sizing? I'm looking at the 8W cords and was hoping for any insight on the fit.
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