my visit to Napoli & Mina @ Napoli Su Misura

[CaymanS]



i even found some glue holding one in place.

First he outed SG for using polyester, now he's outing NSM for using fusible. Carl, if you keep this up, you're gonna need full-time security detail.

 

[poorsod]



First he outed SG for using polyester, now he's outing NSM for using fusible. Carl, if you keep this up, you're gonna need full-time security detail.

You must've missed the thread about how using fusible at certain parts of the coat are okay and virtually all tailors do it.

Found the thread.

http://www.styleforum.net/t/344724/tailor-pulling-my-leg

 

[Shirtmaven]



First he outed SG for using polyester, now he's outing NSM for using fusible. Carl, if you keep this up, you're gonna need full-time security detail.

it was just under the fold of the side seams.
and there was not a lot of it. just a little dab.
i was just surprised when i found it.

 

[Shirtmaven]



You must've missed the thread about how using fusible at certain parts of the coat are okay and virtually all tailors do it.

Found the thread.

http://www.styleforum.net/t/344724/tailor-pulling-my-leg

it wasn't a piece of fusing.... it was a dab of glue.. like from a glue gun!!!!!

something has to keep the huge seam allowance in place

either ED Morel or Alliswell were there at the time

 

[TheFoo]

Ruh-roh.

 

[poorsod]



it wasn't a piece of fusing.... it was a dab of glue.. like from a glue gun!!!!!

something has to keep the huge seam allowance in place

Read the thread. Glue is used at other spots too.

 

[Shirtmaven]



Read the thread. Glue is used at other spots too.

my second job in NYC was in a large clothing factory in Brooklyn. i saw a fusing machine, but i never saw a glue gun or a pot of glue.

I just don't like how those inside seams are finished. another tailor who is not mentioned on this forum, looked at the garment
and could not figure out was going on as well.
and he has been a tailor for over 50 years.

 

[TheFoo]



Read the thread. Glue is used at other spots too.

What? I think you are referring to the goo some tailors use in the process of cutting/stitching the buttonhole. I don't think it has anything to do with functional construction.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

I heard they glue on their buttons to give them more stretch and resilience.

 

[Shirtmaven]



What? I think you are referring to the goo some tailors use in the process of cutting/stitching the buttonhole. I don't think it has anything to do with functional construction.

It was holding a side seam down to the body of the jacket.
why? because there is so much fabric folded in those outlets.

 

[Knowledge is King]

I thought Carl's views on NSM were already well established... http://www.styleforum.net/t/277870/napoli-su-misura-i-dont-get-it

 

[Eustace Tilley]

Did they at least have the decency to use Neapolitan glue?

 

[dopey]



my second job in NYC was in a large clothing factory in Brooklyn. i saw a fusing machine, but i never saw a glue gun or a pot of glue.

I just don't like how those inside seams are finished. another tailor who is not mentioned on this forum, looked at the garment
and could not figure out was going on as well.
and he has been a tailor for over 50 years.

What do you think is going on? Did they invent stuff? i assume they use tailors they got from other shops in Naples, rather than train their own. I doubt Mina or Dino are coming up with ideas on how to construct stuff. Seriously . . . I wonder where the techniques are coming from. At some point, JeffreyD will do a dissection of a Solito and we will know some more. I wonder if anyone will donate a LH coat, but really, I would like to see the more obscure Italian makers. Basically, the regional guys no one has heard of. I wonder if there is a riot of tailoring vernaculars waiting to be discovered.

 

[Eustace Tilley]

Quote:
Given all the negative stuff posted on NSM lately, I'd like to quote an older post of mine from 18 months ago. Has nothing to do with the shoulder, but perhaps helps put NSM's quality and value proposition in perspective.

 

[Cantabrigian]



At some point, JeffreyD will do a dissection of a Solito and we will know some more. I wonder if anyone will donate a LH coat, but really, I would like to see the more obscure Italian makers.

Is it a donation or a loan? (As in I imagine he puts these things back together after he sees what's under the hood.)

I don't really like mine so could pretty easily live without it for a few months if someone knows how to reach him.