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Derek is correct that I was a client of Tom Mahon back in his English Cut days, and am having a brief dalliance with Steed for a bespoke DB dinner suit (interrupted by the pandemic), but I'm going to meet Tom on Redmayne's upcoming US tour for a sportcoat. I do like what Tom's cut for me, and I really liked what he's done in the traditional 80s/90s A&S style, but as Derek points out, it's unclear if he can still produce such garments since the tailoring (the sewing and construction) is as much responsible for that look as the cutting.
We'll see what he says, but a big part of why I'm going back is because I like Tom personally, and he appears to be the only travelling tailor who could produce that old A&S look, so I'm going to try to get some of that before he retires.
For MTM, I haven't seen the Steed stuff except in photos, and I've only seen (and tried on) Tom's prototype MTM when he was at EC, and was using Indian tailors. That MTM was remarkable in how much it resembled his bespoke line in both look and feel. If he managed to keep that in his Redmayne MTM, that would be amazing, but I haven't seen his Redmayne stuff.
We'll see what he says, but a big part of why I'm going back is because I like Tom personally, and he appears to be the only travelling tailor who could produce that old A&S look, so I'm going to try to get some of that before he retires.
For MTM, I haven't seen the Steed stuff except in photos, and I've only seen (and tried on) Tom's prototype MTM when he was at EC, and was using Indian tailors. That MTM was remarkable in how much it resembled his bespoke line in both look and feel. If he managed to keep that in his Redmayne MTM, that would be amazing, but I haven't seen his Redmayne stuff.