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Eli Curt

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Can't pull off the Green Tweed in contemporary 40s if anyone wants it. Also going to list my guncheck in contemporary40r from last year. I'll Grail/eBay them tomorrow if nobody here wants dibs.
I would see a pic of last year's.
 

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Just woke up in Taipei... saw the cream flannel and copped right away. Hopefully my order for slim 30 went through.
 

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Got my first S&M suit (Navy Blue Solid) in today:

- The 38S Contemporary fits great. The jacket is slightly bigger in the waist than the 38S SS Havana. Pants fit perfectly.
- I feel like I could've swung for the 38S Slim, but the 38S Slim pants would be too tight.
- Can the suit sleeves be shortened from the bottom? I noticed the stitching on the buttons. I want to avoid the expensive costs of shortening sleeves from the shoulder.
 

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Got my first S&M suit (Navy Blue Solid) in today:

- The 38S Contemporary fits great. The jacket is slightly bigger in the waist than the 38S SS Havana. Pants fit perfectly.
- I feel like I could've swung for the 38S Slim, but the 38S Slim pants would be too tight.
- Can the suit sleeves be shortened from the bottom? I noticed the stitching on the buttons. I want to avoid the expensive costs of shortening sleeves from the shoulder.

Yes they can. I have 11 jackets from Spier and all had the sleeves shortened a half inch.
 

gianm

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Cream flannel sold out already. Is there a way to buy items without sitting on the site hitting F5 all day? I seem to have missed every major drop this season.
 

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Picked up my chalkstripe today, probably my favourite SM suit to date. Also picked up a sample light brown sharkskin suit and the rust polo coat. I also tried on the cream flannels, great pant, not see through. I didn't buy because it doesn't suit my current wardrobe but those that did will love them.

Chalkstripe
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Brown Sharkskin
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And my VBC houndstooth from last year
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Got my bright navy Guabello in. Awkward hands, but nonetheless:
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This is a great shade- definitely dark enough for more formal occasions, “bright” isn’t necessarily an accurate descriptor imho. The 130’s Guabello fabric is awesome fwiw.

The jacket does seem to fit similar to my Neo cut suits, to follow up on that conversation. The only thing is that the waist of the pants seem to fit a touch more narrow- like, 1/8”. Not enough that it doesn’t fit though, just something I noticed.
 

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Picked up my chalkstripe today, probably my favourite SM suit to date. Also picked up a sample light brown sharkskin suit and the rust polo coat. I also tried on the cream flannels, great pant, not see through. I didn't buy because it doesn't suit my current wardrobe but those that did will love them.

Chalkstripe
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Brown Sharkskin
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And my VBC houndstooth from last year
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Chalkstripe looks incredible. Awaiting mine. You bought the contemporary or slim?
 

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If anyone picked up the cream flannel in 32 contemporary and they don’t work out for you, let me know. I’ll purchase them from you.
 

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Got my first S&M suit (Navy Blue Solid) in today:

- The 38S Contemporary fits great. The jacket is slightly bigger in the waist than the 38S SS Havana. Pants fit perfectly.
- I feel like I could've swung for the 38S Slim, but the 38S Slim pants would be too tight.
- Can the suit sleeves be shortened from the bottom? I noticed the stitching on the buttons. I want to avoid the expensive costs of shortening sleeves from the shoulder.
They have that fake stitching on the buttons still? I thought they’d stopped with that nonsense.
 

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