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  1. Qirrel

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    It is a tightly woven but soft flannel-ish wool at about 15 oz.
  2. Qirrel

    Detachable Collar Shirts... from TM Lewin?

    Frustratingly, some store clerks nowadays have got the same idea you had in 1986. I was at New & Lingwood last summer to buy a collar, and the man tried to sell me a size 15 collar for my 14.5 neck. I walked out with a 14.5 collar and found that it fit perfectly when I put it on back at the hotel.
  3. Qirrel

    "Hugo"

    What is the deal with French workwear, anyways? I thought there was more than one country in Europe?
  4. Qirrel

    Detachable Collar Shirts... from TM Lewin?

    Even so, a lot of people seem to disagree on that point. They seem to think that calculating the ease the collar needs to go over the neckband is best left to the customer. I have tried saying that, by the same logic, a size 40 suit should fit a 36" chest, but to no avail.
  5. Qirrel

    "Aviator" shirts

    Didn't see this thread before. Interesting. The shirts look very much like early examples of shirts with buttons all the way down the front ("coat" shirt, as opposed to the ones you pull over your head). They were made so that the fronts overlapped and buttoned way to the sides, kind of like a...
  7. Qirrel

    1926 Seersucker Suit

    I've also heard that some were made without any interlining or lining at all, to make them washable.
  8. Qirrel

    Seabiscuit Costumes by John David Ridge

    It is not a problem for the major studios to have a tailor make reproductions. The fact remains that finding vintage is easy, and much cheaper than the alternative. When they eventually run out of vintage, they will have to turn to reproductions, either made by their own costume department, or...
  9. Qirrel

    Montgomery Wards 1939 catalog scans

    Oh no, I'm sure no one on this board, and especially not me, would have any interest in this at all. :D
  10. Qirrel

    The Thread to Display Your 1930s Suits

    The stitches have come loose. Notice the **** (blueish) that should be covered by these stitches.
  11. Qirrel

    Worth the tailor or for sale?

    If you do that alteration, your jacket is going to end up with a chest like a coat from the mid 19th century. As the jacket is far (and i mean far) too big for you, the only real option is a recut, which requires knowledge of patterns and cutting, and is very expensive. I noticed it has a...
  13. Qirrel

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    Here you go: Square construction lines from A. Scale = 1/2 chest. A-2 = 1/2 scale. A-3 = Waist length. 3-4 = 9" always. A-5 = Length of coat. 6-3 = 1 1/4" always for normal figure. 4-7 = 1/2". 8 is located by running backseam through point 7 from 6; and nine is located by...
  14. Qirrel

    Your complete 4-part country solution...

    Please excuse me while I go drool.
  15. Qirrel

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    It will be finished square, as you see it now. I'll post a picture of the draft and the instructions later today.
  16. Qirrel

    Formal Wear Primer

    They think that the detachable collar is somehow magically able to take more starch than an attached one. The benefits of detachable collars don't really matter when you have one shirt, which you wear once or twice before laundering it yourself.
  17. Qirrel

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    Pockets finished, canvas basted in, and lapels padded:
  19. Qirrel

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    Yup. There is a small sketch of how it should look like when you are finished, and accompanying instructions for what measurements or proportions of measurements to use and where to apply them. I might be interested in some scans from your magazines. What are the magazines you have called...
  20. Qirrel

    Post '30s belt-back jackets and suits

    Are those bound buttonholes? Not sure if I like the look of those or not.
  21. Qirrel

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    It is a vintage pattern, or rather, vintage pattern drafting instructions.
  22. Qirrel

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    Making the canvas for the coat above.
  23. Qirrel

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    Got to chalking up the pattern for a new jacket today. Aiming for the 1920s with this one. I'll try to take pictures of the whole construction process and post it here. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

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