Bespoke delivery in a few days: what could go wrong?

[radicaldog]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

It works well with a tan tweed.

I'm going to say donegal suit.

 

[Mork]

Originally Posted by Manton

Seriously, what is wrong with blue suit, blue lining? Stripey sleeves of course.

OK, so I was planning to pop my SF posting cherry next week when I my first-ever bespoke suit is finished, but now I need to ask: why do suits have stripey sleeves? I hadn't even noticed this until I was choosing linings for my suit and my tailor asked whether I wanted stripey sleeves or the same blue lining as the body. I chose not to have the stripes.

Am I ruined?

 

[LabelKing]

Inner breast pocket measurements too narrow for my dress wallet.

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Most men, moreover, become plumper and softer starting around your age. If it isn't happening to you, great...but just keep it in mind.
And what age might this happen? I want to make certain I take precautions to avoid this plumping and softening.

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by radicaldog

This is horribly true. I'll be 30 this year and my bespoke stuff made in 2007 and 2008 doesn't fit quite as well as it did then.
I'm 60+ ... and I can easily wear what I had made when I was in my late 20s. That said I could afford to loose five pounds right about now.

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by RSS

And what age might this happen? I want to make certain I take precautions to avoid this plumping and softening.

Doesn't happen to everyone.

Some men start plump and soft from their early youth.

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by Mork

Am I ruined?
You have to ask?

Now to be serious ... I have some coats with sleeve linings that are stipes on white ... others are lined to match the primary lining ... and still others are lined in white. In fact Richard Anderson has never made my sleeves lined with stripes. His sleeves are simply lined in white ... no matter what color the primary lining.

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Doesn't happen to everyone.
I shall chalk this up to my French & French-Swiss ancestry.

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by Mork

Am I ruined?

for sure

 

[radicaldog]

Originally Posted by RSS

I'm 60+ ... and I can easily wear what I had made when I was in my late 20s. That said I could afford to loose five pounds right about now.

Congratulations. I'm not really talking about major fit issues. But I do notice slight differences. I just hope my body will settle pretty much where it is now.

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by radicaldog

Congratulations. I'm not really talking about major fit issues. But I do notice slight differences. I just hope my body will settle pretty much where it is now.
On the shoe front ... all did not stay the same. When considering my past bespoke shoe purchases ... this has been very sad. Most no longer fit.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by RSS

On the shoe front ... all did not stay the same. When considering my past bespoke shoe purchases ... this has been very sad. Most no longer fit.

Maybe the valet did not take out the shoe trees?

- B

 

[Kuro]

surpised this wasn't posted

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Maybe the valet did not take out the shoe trees?
Tomorrow morning I'll have a talk with Bentley.

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by RSS

On the shoe front ... all did not stay the same. When considering my past bespoke shoe purchases ... this has been very sad. Most no longer fit.

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