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I have some old bespoke shirts from 20+ years ago but my neck has grown fatter and I can't do up the top button anymore. Some of the cuffs are also fraying. I lost contact with the original shirtmaker many years ago, his phone is not connected and he is no longer at his old address. If I can find a new bespoke shirtmaker, is it possible for the collars to be replaced in order to accommodate my now-fatter neck and can the fraying cuffs be replaced (provided I can find fabric that matches the body of the shirt, or otherwise, a fabric which contrasts with the body of the shirt in a pleasing way)?
Museum calf is what John Lobb calls a type of pre-burnished leather, originally Ilcea's Radica (though they're out of business just as the stuff was growing really popular, so I don't know what's up). The leather has a mottled finish applied at the tannery before it's made into shoes.What is museum calf? Also when assessing shoe leathers is there much/any difference between leathers advertised as being from different regions like having a choice between English a French calf for example?
I don't know bespoke shoes that well, but the last doesn't have to be any more "foot shaped" than a RTW one. Obviously, your instep height affects that measurement, but the toe shape has as much room for variation as it does on RTW.Thanks guys. Next question.
If getting a bespoke shoe involves having a personal last made up, does that mean my foot shape will have a marked affect on the shoes' aesthetics? So, for example it seems that whole cuts especially in unique colours seem to vary so dramatically that they tend to be either things of exquisite beauty or complete eyesores. Therefore is it a huge risk to try and commission one cos I might just not have 'the right feet' for it?
Hope that makes sense
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Are these colors in agreement with each other?
What style of trousers did Chet Baker and Miles Davis wear?
i think so
Pleats (one or two) or darted front (simple flat does not work as nicely as darts with this cut), full leg. 10" or more diameter bottoms, around 11" or 12" diameter at the knee. Rise going right up to the bottom of your ribcage.