King of the Roped Shoulder

[TTO]



^ Gross.

Looks like my girlfriend's suits.

I readily admit this sort of thing is not for everyone, but I'm glad it's still made to such a high standard for those who are looking for it!
Each to their own!
(I tend to relate this sort of thing to historic military and formal wear, rather than the modern women's wear based on those masculine looks!)
-TTO

 

[Superfluous]



I think that a soft, lightly padded shoulder should have a soft expression all around; the rope is more suited to a structured, insellata shape, like Sexton's work. Again, there is the danger here of conflating amount of padding with shoulder expression.

What is insellata shape?

 

[TheTukker]

Jeffery D's (I assume it's his):

 

[comrade]



^ Gross.

To me it's hideous.

 

[Sator]

Insellata means "saddle" in Italian. I am told the Italians also call it a donkey's shoulder. The English word is "concave shoulder".

It is traditionally regarded as a mark of fine tailoring, although it actually goes in and out of fashion. For example it was fashionable in the 1920s, and the 1970s.

 

[Sator]



Looks like my girlfriend's suits.

So do these shoulders which go under a different name amongst the iGentry:

At least padding is something that originates in men's tailoring. But along with military styled epaulettes these are sometimes imported into ladies' tailoring to give a deliberately masculine look.

 

[Nicola]



Insellata means "saddle" in Italian. .

No sella is saddle. Insellata I guess is closer to sway back.

 

[Sator]

A dictionary gives me the translation of insellata as "saddle back". In any case, I'm just telling you what I have been taught my an Italian tailor. The concave curve of a saddle is where the name derives from.

 

[Nicola]

Ya saddle back. Sway back. The term is often used for animals.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

I like both roped and non-roped shoulders. The "girlfriend's suits" comment was true, but I like it all nonetheless.

 

[taxgenius]



I actually really like it

Looks too much to me.

 

[comrade]



So do these shoulders which go under a different name amongst the iGentry:

At least padding is something that originates in men's tailoring. But along with military styled epaulettes these are sometimes imported into ladies' tailoring to give a deliberately masculine look.

This is an example of "leg o' mutton sleeves"

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=mutt...tbnw=96&start=30&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:29,s:30

 

[Jasonmambaman]

What kinds of shoulders are there?
Roped, Neapolitan, "rounded"? any more?

 

[grahamBrowne]

To me the first examples aren't really that roped they just have some sleeve head in them rather than the softer shoulder. It's a perticular English style that many people adapt some good examples of tailors are
Edward sexton'
Maurice Sedwell
David's @ Gieves and
Chittleborough and Morgan are what I would consider roped sleeves.
I don't think it's good for every day wear but when it's done right they look amazing