Feraud
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Can this be repaired and return the outfit to suit status?Edward said:- I discovered a hole worn out on one side between the legs at the very top of the thighs, at the crotch.
Can this be repaired and return the outfit to suit status?Edward said:- I discovered a hole worn out on one side between the legs at the very top of the thighs, at the crotch.
Anthony Jordan said:The first (a dark grey salmon ropestripe three-piece with 3-button notch jacket, fishmouth back trousers and notched-lapel waistcoat) was from Isaac Walton tailors in Newcastle, the second and most recent (a light grey white pinstripe two-piece with 1-button peak jacket and high back trousers) was from Ravi tailors. It was around £200 all told, including two pairs of trousers, hand stitching to the lapels and fronts, full-canvassing, etc.
Edward said:Ravi tailors.... are they the ones that I see advertised all the time in in-flight magazines where you go to a hotel on a certain day, get measured up, and then they send you the suit in the post? What's the quality like at that price?
All makes sense. Cookie, I would never try to match a jacket to a new pair of trousers, it's not gonig to work for the reasons given above - that's the key reason why I was considering whether to go for a second pair of trousers or not. As it happens, since I started this thread a suit I've had for about seven years or so finally died - I discovered a hole worn out on one side between the legs at the very top of the thighs, at the crotch. The jacket is still very wearable, and so has been transferred to blazer status (I'm considering fitting a new set of buttons in soemthing like an antiqued brass). It coulde still be a suit though if i'd had the second pair of trousers - decision made!