The Double Breasted Silhouette

[KILO NOVEMBER]

Kilo, they've only recently come and gone in NYC (darn the luck), but I see that they advertise a willingness to reproduce articles of clothing. I have some high-waisted trousers that I would like to have reproduced in summer-weight fabrics -- are you generally happy with the suits you've ordered? Do you think it reasonably likely that they could successfully copy some vintage trousers?

I've bought more than a dozen suits from them in the past three or four years. I've liked them all. While I don't claim to be an expert, I can certainly say that they are of better construction than the suits I have bought at retail and the fit is perfect. As I mentioned, I just ordered three more. Their swatch books do have fabrics that I wouldn't choose, but I've always found material that I like at prices I've reallyliked.

I've never tried to copy anything, but if I had something of which I wished to have a copy made, I would certainly go to them.

 

[mt_spiffy]

Wow, I'm not the only one to have done that! I've added buttonholes to double breasted jackets, converting from 1 working button to 2, 2 to 3, etc.