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    Suit Supply MTM vs Harry Rosen MTM vs Spier & Mackay MTM

    Ok, then there is just a discrepancy of terminology. Which is surely to be addressed to me as I'm not English native. Usually one calls MTM a service in which the customer is measured or tries on a ready made garment, the details are sent to the lab and then the customer comes back to try on...
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    Suit Supply MTM vs Harry Rosen MTM vs Spier & Mackay MTM

    What's your problem? I am not superimposing anything, you asked for advice and I replied, along with other people. If you ask for advice but you are not ready to listen, maybe then I would ask YOU to stop wasting people's time. Emailing companies about such things is pure silly. Were I a...
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    Suit Supply MTM vs Harry Rosen MTM vs Spier & Mackay MTM

    As long as you are happy with fit and style of your purchase, everything is okay. But I want to stress again that this thing of having an unique, personal, non-predetermined pattern is more of what you say - a selling point - unless you choose a true bespoke service (maybe you have, I don't...
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    Suit Supply MTM vs Harry Rosen MTM vs Spier & Mackay MTM

    I'm not surprised tailors tend to suggest adapting to the general trend. It is not a new phenomenon and after all getting measured by someone that can give you active suggestions on styling and fit is not bad. The problem with Suit Supply is that the person that measures you is not a tailor...
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    Suit Supply MTM vs Harry Rosen MTM vs Spier & Mackay MTM

    I don't live in Canada, so I don't have a direct experience with some places you mention. However, I have handled and worn garments made by these houses or by their manifacturers. I strongly suggest to leave Indochino where it is - I have yet to see a suit which was cut to the actual size...
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    Show off the sports coats.

    This jacket has the typical look of late 70s garments, that is a rather tame appearance but with those distinctive traits that make it immediately recognizable as 70s and not 80s (high button stance, narrow shoulders, fitted waist with flared skirt). In my opinion it looks very dated and I...
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    Interview Suit

    Mondofw, I'm not considering double breasted cuts as eccentric, on the contrary I believe that double breasted is one of the most dashing silhouettes in menswear. The "eccentric features" are to be referred to both cloth and styling. Black with pinstripes is not the classic, timeless cloth you...
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    Show off the sports coats.

    Even better. Dunhill made in Italy garments were made by Zegna and Caruso - the latter one produces amongst the best quality OTR garments in the world.
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    Show off the sports coats.

    I add up to the positive comments you have heard of Davide Cenci. Things from that era were extremely good quality, that jacket could well be fully canvassed since tailoring for Davide Cenci was made by Saint Andrews or Belvest (among others) at high standards. There should be lots of handwork...
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    Interview Suit

    In short, no. With that I mean that a double breasted suit with details perceived as "eccentric" by most people is not going to make a good first impression in most job interviews. Rare exceptions apply, for instance if you are applying for a creative job or if you are interviewing for a...
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    Show off the sports coats.

    Yes, sorry about that, I misunderstood. You were talking about corduroy and peak lapels. Well, nowadays peak lapels are considered more formal than notch lapels (and I tend to agree at least in part) but this was not necessarily true in the past. In Golden era there were tweed jackets with...
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    Show off the sports coats.

    There was a brief trend in late 90s/early 2000s for single breasted peak lapel style. Mostly found in Italian designer brands. I have a grey pinstripe suit by Versace in that style and from that era - nicely and generously proportioned lapel, not the kind of castrated abortions we have seen in...
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    Bring me baggy trousers!

    GHT, I absolutely second your point of view about high rise and wide cut trousers. A close cut is not naturally meant to be flattering for a stout figure, designers like that or not. The whole story that "slim clothes make you slim" is a completely bogus argument which makes no sense as if you...
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    h-e-l-p. Palm beach linen suit..

    Agreed - but you'll also agree with me that the opportunities of wearing a suit properly in casual situations are sadly very limited!
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    h-e-l-p. Palm beach linen suit..

    I have never been in the US so I really can't comment on that, but I know that suits are widely worn throughout UK and most part of Europe. A suit is still considered the almost only appropriate attire in most British offices, so you see that it is not a matter of seeing suits as stuffy or...
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    h-e-l-p. Palm beach linen suit..

    Sorry, I was referring to general belt back suits (typical of early 30s) and, on the other hand, to rare cuts from early ages to give examples of garments that deserve a high selling price because of their uniqueness (but not because of the intended wear).
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    h-e-l-p. Palm beach linen suit..

    I guess it depends on the place you live. In Europe (particularly in the UK), wearing a very light-coloured suit "regularly" would be considered highly inappropriate - if with regularly we take office wear and informal attire for dineer. If you pair this with the fact that most PB suit we see in...
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    h-e-l-p. Palm beach linen suit..

    I agree with you, 1on1: paying such a load of money for a plain cut summer suit in a difficult colour and with bad stains would be like throwing away your money. I know I'm repeating myself but I think overpriced white/cream vintage suits should be left in the hands of the sellers - I think it's...
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    The Thread to Display Your 1930s Suits

    You may try but I would lower my expectations. I hear that quite often, unfortunately. Nowadays thrift shops carry loads of casual wear garbage and womens wear. Suits are rather sparse, a bit better with tweed jackets. But amongst the tailoring stuff they have a good 99% is 80s or 90s, at...
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    The Thread to Display Your 1940s Suits

    You can follow this guide: http://anaffordablewardrobe.blogspot.com/2010/01/hard-press-re-fitting-32-roll.html It is not difficult, you only need to be careful avoiding stretching the fabric. You only need to push down and steam through the ironing cloth, you shouldn't drag the iron. If you...

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