Luciano Barbera suit?

[zalb916]

I obviously can't comment on your specific suit. However, every suit that I have handled in person with that tag has been fused. People can be confused about fully canvassed vs. half canvassed. And I could also be wrong about your particular suit. If you like your suit and the price you paid, and it fits, then you should be happy.

 

[noVA99]

Originally Posted by zbromer

I have seen three different Luciano Barbera lines. The Club, the Collezione Sartoriale, and whatever line I believe this suit is from. I think some have been calling it the mainline. I see this line quite often on discount at Filene's for about $1,000 minus whatever suit discount they have going on at the time, which usually brings it down to about $750. They are fused from what I've experienced, and nowhere close to the quality of the Collezione Sartoriale suits. Of course, I could be wrong, having not actually seen this particular suit in person, but this is what I assume is the case with your suit.

I have seen Barbera suits at Filene's as well. I couldn't find any tag that spelled out what line they were from. I assume the Barbera suits sold at Filene's are all fused? The suit is 'stiff', it doesnt drape like my Canali does so I assume this is a dead giveaway for a fuse suit?? I tried the 'pinch method', seeing if I could feel any canvas between the fabric bit I didnt feel any...or maybe it was too thin of a canvas to feel it.....any advice on Filene Barbera suits?

 

[wind88]

I believe this suit is from bluefly. I finally got a chance to try the suit on last night and it fits and drapes amazingly. The fabric is super soft and it is indeed fully canvassed.

 

[noVA99]

the suit I tried on was nice, the fabric and all, it just felt a little 'stiff' compared to my Canali suits...so don't know if this is an indication of it being fused or just the way the suit is.

 

[wind88]

Hmm, that's quite interesting. zbromer said the same thing about all LB he saw at Filene's being fused. I'm not sure why this is but stiff is the last word I would use to describe this suit. Then I could be wrong because I don't own any Canali suits so I cant compare. However, this particular LB suit is from bluefly and according to another SFer that have bought a similar suit from bluefly also said his suit was fully canvassed as well.

 

[leon12]

That suit is the exact one that I bought from bluefly.. they had 1 42R and a few 46R's. It's fully canvassed with a lot of nice details, certainly not stiff. It was a good buy at the bluefly price..

 

[noVA99]

I googled about this and looked through older posts and it seems LB stopped offering their fused suit line, a.k.a. club line, a few years ago. Can anyone confirm that all LB suits at Filene's are fully canvassed?