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making the perfect 40's pants
At the cutter and tailor . com she can down load the MTOC (use search to find it) and in that there is a 1949 trouser pattern. There maybe some other simular patterns there, too. These are British cuts. But many tailors around the world used them. Since tailors are men, why aren't you making... -
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"My Custom Tailor" disaster- so far
If it has no fittings during the making then I wouldn't call it custom tailored. The first fitting the body should have been basted together and after on out come the pins to make adjustments using inlays when needed. The second fitting is about sleeves and collar. Your coat is m2m. This is... -
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Better fit
Back when many men wore suits and sports coats and blazers they had more to choose of the manufatured world for fit, so the armholes were not so deep. When few men are buying these types of clothes it is harder to get rid of these jackets at the end of the season, unless they make a more... -
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The (mis)adventures of an amateur alterationist
Here are some books to learn from. Classic Tailoring Techniques by Patricia Flaherty Meyers, Roberto Cabrera (1984) Tailoring Suits the Professional Way, by Clarence Poulin How to Make Mens Clothes, by Jane Rhinehart Stanley Hostek wrote four books. Cabrera's book I think is the... -
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Vintage-Style Suit -Sean John
Hemingway Jones - That is a nice hat.:) Never seen one that tall. Nice suit, and leather coat, too.:) Filene's has closed the basement - A lot of people liked that place. I wonder if they will reopen. -
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A recently made 1930s suit
Mr.Chevalier- That suit is very nice. The jacket reminds me of the jacket I made from the Tailor & Cutter class, it was single breasted instead. A few simple changes and the pattern could be adjusted to DB. The vest looks different than the class vest; it has darts in the armhole, which... -
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Getting a 40s suit (or two) tailor made
Mr. 'H' Hymo- canvas- highly resilient interfacing made of worsted goat hair and cotton. It comes in many weights, the best one being determined by the weight of the outer cloth. It's function in a coat is to reinforce the front and keep it permanently trim. A lot of tailors, nowadays, use... -
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Getting a 40s suit (or two) tailor made
The history of clothes is interesting. For awhile tailors for the large extent were the rulers of fashion. Then Levi pretty much invented manufacture clothing. Fashions certainly moved into RTW. If you put something new in front of your customers and they like it they want to buy it- the... -
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Getting a 40s suit (or two) tailor made
I think some of the expectations are a bit unfair. Because, nobody has the same body shape, the clothes are each made a bit different, such as in the movies- for several reasons; sometimes mass marketing after the movie, different tailors or costume makers, to name a few reasons. Mass market... -
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Suits and suit pants.
On page 1 those pants pictures remind me of my Dads old Navy pants from the 50's - super baggy. The baggy jeans of the 70's were about half as baggy. -
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Vintage suit patterns
Hi everybody! Thanks for letting me in! Some thoughts about tailoring. True tailoring has thousands of hand stitches. Machine stitching is almost completely straight stitch. Some will do a little bit of zig-zag. Some will use a serger (overcast) to keep the edges from raveling...
