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by BenedictSpinola
Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:01 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: First tweed jacket
Replies: 5
Views: 2599

I would ditch the patch pockets.
by BenedictSpinola
Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:42 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: quick poll: do you button your SB?
Replies: 23
Views: 8661

(I could be directly psychanalized from this behaviour: buttoning the coat may be interpreted as a refined version of the primeval reflex to protect the soft ventral area fom "attack", or what we feel might invade our private space). What then, does this say about the Neapolitan penchant for open f...
by BenedictSpinola
Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:04 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Slim-fit RTW shirts
Replies: 5
Views: 3016

Harvie and Hudson shirts aren't any better than the standard fare on Jermyn St., and in fact I think that they're worse than most. Why not go to Italy or Hong Kong? You could get bespoke at the same price as Thomas Pink RTW.
by BenedictSpinola
Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:07 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: .
Replies: 2
Views: 1624

Hope this isn't too late. You can get Thurston braces at a mediocre shirt store in Skygarden off the Pitt St. Mall. I think it's called something like "Baubridge and Kay". Sydney isn't going to bowl you over in terms of clothing stores/tailors.

AusMD might have some other suggestions.
by BenedictSpinola
Sat Nov 04, 2006 2:28 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: low-rise boots
Replies: 1
Views: 1214

The carmina boot would no doubt be a welcome addition to the Breschian panoply. The rain last is seriously good-looking.
by BenedictSpinola
Sat Nov 04, 2006 2:14 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Bonfanti shirt fabrics
Replies: 24
Views: 10815

Re: Other colors

alden wrote:There are other colors of Casentino cloth

http://www.tessilnova.com/e_commerce/addproductcart.jsp
Some of those are interesting. The danger of these coats is that - in the wrong hands (or on the wrong shoulders) - they could look ghetto fabulous.
by BenedictSpinola
Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:35 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Carmina cordovan wholecut
Replies: 29
Views: 18926

I saw the wholecut on the rain last on a recent trip to Barcelona. Best looking wholecut I've ever seen.
by BenedictSpinola
Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:09 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Bonfanti shirt fabrics
Replies: 24
Views: 10815

Re: Bugelli

alden wrote:
PS One has to love the Casentino coat pictured in this thread. I am tempted, really tempted. At least no one would have a problem finding me while on a long walk in the Sicilian hills.
Go on, get one: I think you could carry the look off easily.

BS
by BenedictSpinola
Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:14 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Gaziano & Girling Report
Replies: 11
Views: 3937

Re: Gaziano & Girling Report

manton wrote:A lot of the reddish browns were also lovely. Alas, I still could not cross the bridge into burgundy calf. .
Get a burgundy pair. You know you want to. :wink:
by BenedictSpinola
Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:03 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: DB Mohair
Replies: 8
Views: 3559

Giona - nice suit! Having seen photos of this suit, and having seen up close the suit of our mutual friend :wink: (who has a light beige DB linen suit), I must say that I've become very partial to the "concept". Can you tell us more about the material?
by BenedictSpinola
Tue May 16, 2006 4:38 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Linen Suit from the Harrisons Mersolair range
Replies: 9
Views: 3917

I like it very much, but would agree with your comments on the sleeve length. Another Hitchcock?
by BenedictSpinola
Tue May 16, 2006 4:34 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Scheer of Vienna
Replies: 32
Views: 12723

Rolf,

I second Andrey's comments. I'll be in Vienna - I hope - in June/July.

Cheers,

Spinola
by BenedictSpinola
Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:59 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Dublin
Replies: 4
Views: 2166

Kevin & Howlin is the name of the shop selling tweed clothes and fabric by the metre.
by BenedictSpinola
Tue Apr 11, 2006 12:29 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Shoes: Wholecut cordovan or suede RTW
Replies: 15
Views: 6662

I've seen the EG Newbury in suede. I tend to think that it works better in regular calf.

As for cordovan wholecuts, I've seen the Carmina offering and the Vass (on the P2 last), neither of which are available in London (to my knowledge).
by BenedictSpinola
Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:35 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Vass RTW Shoes
Replies: 36
Views: 18083

uppercase wrote:They make some very nice looking shoes from what I can tell from their site.

Who sells Vass in London?
Nobody, to my knowledge.