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    The Thread to Display Your 1940s Suits

    Is that an american suit? If so, the lapels could have been pressed flat by some lazy dry-cleaner - you can restore the original roll pretty easily though.
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    Shoulder Width Question

    While I agree that shoulder alterations are costly, they may be worth the price in some circumstances. It is important to make sure that the tailor you are giving the job to has familiarity with making coats, definitely not a job for the dry-cleaner's alterationst. I agree with Patrick in...
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    Anyone thought of getting their Vintage Gear altered offshore ?

    I'm strongly skeptical about the possibility of having a coat completely dissected and recut 4 sizes smaller. It is not going to look good, at any rate. And I don't think it would ever be possible for such a thing to fit again decently. The fronts are cut and the presence of the dart makes...
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    My First Experience at a Tailor--Not good!

    What is most ridiculous about those outfits is that some infamous designers claim that shorter trousers "enchance the silhouette" and "are more practical". When I lived in Roma, I took the underground every day and I saw every kind of sartorial obscenity. There was a guy, in his 30s, always...
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    My first vintage suit

    You can still find suits like these in the vintage market. The difference from, say, 4 years ago, is that now they either 1) are sold by resellers at astronomic prices, or 2) are in nearly unwearable conditions, or 3) appear in some rare private auctions which are wildly gang-banged by the...
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    Shoulder Width Question

    From the picture it is not easy to see, but I would say that these shoulders already look rather extended (correct me if I'm wrong, I'm much relying on the slight curve in your right shoulder). Going further might cause the dreaded "drooping effect" on both sides, which is something I'd stand...
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    Show off the sports coats.

    MondoFW, it that comforts you, I have your same problem, although in my case this is probably due to me being very picky on what I buy. Sizing does not help at all, as everything I find looks way big. I guess collectors and resellers have already put their hands on every 36 size in regular length!
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    Priok & Wulsten Suit Jacket

    Another point that suggests the Stroller version: the overlap (the distance fron the edge to the buttons on the front) is quite wide and this is a commond characteristic of formal wear from early age.
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    Show us their suits

    Beautiful lapels. Such shape is impossible to find nowadays and it is really difficult to get tailors understand it!
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    My First Experience at a Tailor--Not good!

    I didn't say it is impossible, I said that in order to obtain a wearable item, you need to keep proportions in mind or expect to recut the trousers completely. As you said, turning a pair of baggy trousers into something tamer requires that someone very skilled dismantle the whole thing and does...
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    My First Experience at a Tailor--Not good!

    I have to disagree with the user who said that trousers' legs can be altered as much as you like. The key is to mantain proportions with the original cut, otherwise it will always look like a bodge-up in the worst cases, or the alteration will be apparent (which is not so better actually). In...
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    Linen

    Yes, definitely not for business wear, in my view. About casual wearing, I think it all depends on personal style and preferences. I still don't see it too look right on me. Plus, I am not sure that every type of linen is so good for summer. I have been to many weddings during the hot Italian...
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    Linen

    It looks like I'm the only one but I'm really not so fond of linen. I really can't make me to like the rumpled look that inevitably carries. I have had some linen shirts and the response has always been negative (I passed all to my brother). I'm really not into the "effortless attire".
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    Pet Peeves with Vintage?

    I agree with you that the heavy interlinings can cause some discomfort over time. I had a very heavy suit with strong canvassing and I found that sometimes my back tended to be pulled down. I believe that with such heavy canvassing perfection of fit is essential to avoid that the material rests...
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    1940's glen check sports jacket - small size

    For sale here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232781783471 Feel free to ask questions here!
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    Pet Peeves with Vintage?

    Probably this is due to you being young (and there is nothing wrong with that!) but the look that you say to be usual today in the reality it is not so seen as a staple around business world. Also, you have to remember that the slimmer silhouette is a recent trend and, like every trend, it will...
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    Pet Peeves with Vintage?

    I don't know if GHT meant exactly this but that's my interpretation: suits are still tailored with the same system (if we exclude canvassing versus fusing, but with today's fusing technology it really makes little difference) but if you find a garment of your size to be ill-fitting it is because...
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    Pet Peeves with Vintage?

    Nobody should settle for mediocrity, at any rate. Then, the idea of good and mediocre changes from person to person but if your clothes are timeless and well fitting to your body frame, everybody is going to look positively at you, no matter how bad and cheap is their wardrobe. Being picky...
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    What are you wearing today??

    A bit chillier than last days, today, so I put a heavier suit (hoping the temperature won't rise too much). It's charcoal gray, made to measure. Shirt is white with double cuffs, tie is a gray-black-bronze melange. I'm wearing gold tone chain cufflinks (not seen).
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    Business Casual Clothing?

    I have several reserves on both the appropriateness of "business casual" as a meaningful expression and whether it is wise letting a designer/stylist dress you. I would never accept someone deciding on my behalf what type of clothing I should like or not, I find it an offense to intelligence...

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