Magnoli Clothiers

[Fidena]

Has anyone ordered from these guys? Their custom suits caught my eye.

 

[cookie]

Has anyone ordered from these guys? Their custom suits caught my eye.

there is a whole thread somewhere on Magnoli.

 

[scotrace]

PLEASE do a search. There are, literally, dozens of threads on this (very well respected) merchant.

 

[MisterCairo]

Fidena:

I've used Indy Magnoli, here are a few links about Indy Magnoli to get you started:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...a-Lounge-Club-Tie&highlight=magnoli+clothiers
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...-how-does-it-work&highlight=magnoli+clothiers
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?55339-Oxford-Bags&highlight=magnoli+clothiers
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...ghts-and-Opinions&highlight=magnoli+clothiers

There are other threads, go through a search, but as Indy is also a member who posts you'll come up with a lot of threads where he's posted on another issue. The thoughts are generally positive, but some concerns, some of which I share.

On a personal note, I have ordered two suits from Indy, a Bartlett College suit and a Marshall suit. Also, four Gittes dress shirts of varying colour, his Casablanca tie and three pairs of cufflinks.

Bullet points from my experience:


The overall quality (fabric, construction, look, feel, sizing***) is excellent. He doesn't produce costumes, his items are daily wear.

For certain vintage attributes you can't rely on his overall claim of "vintage clothing". The general look is bang on, but you need to really emphasize certain issues, IN PARTICULAR high, circular arm holes for jackets (to avoid the modern issue of jacket lift when raising your arms) and HIGH WAISTED trousers ("Hollywood" style, or what a lot of people today deride as "granddad" pants). These are key vintage attributes that don't necessarily translate.

Indeed, he has "Hollywood" pants as an item, but I will soon be ordering a test pair. For jacket arm holes, my first jacket (Barnett college suit) came with modern, oval-shaped holes no different than on any modern suit. On ordering the Marshall, I emphasized the smaller, higher arm hole, and even provided a link to an article on the issue. The arm holes were much better, but not perfect. I'll work with Indy on one more suit.

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If you order a jacket with functioning cuff buttons, you will have NO ROOM for lengthening the cuffs if need be. You must be sure your sleeve measurements for jackets are bang on for such jackets (not all of his jackets have functioning cuff buttons, and you may be able to ask for decorative ones).

To access Indy's measurements-saving page, you need to create an account first. When you do, you can see the measurement chart, and there are links to each measurement's description along with a diagram.

What I did was to write out the descriptions and take them to a seamstress who took the measurements. As Indy states, take the measurements AS DESCRIBED, as modern tailors and seamstresses have modern methods (routinely adding an inch or to to a man's waist, etc.). Advise your expert you are ordering on-line and to follow directions.

Overall I am happy so far, but will get one more suit to see if we can get the vintage detailing (arm holes, high waist) bang on. If you go to his site and look at reviews, I am "Sean R".

Good luck!

 

[sandyg]

I have not.