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- Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:10 pm
- Forum: The Bespoke Forum
- Topic: Duke of Windor's shirt collar
- Replies: 20
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Re: Duke of Windor's shirt collar
The notion that the body of a dress shirt should fit closely is a relatively modern one, and a function of shirts that button from neck down all the way to the hem. A man of the Duke's generation would have been accustomed to shirts that one would have to pull over your head. If you think about this...
- Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:56 pm
- Forum: The Bespoke Forum
- Topic: What is your choice for blazer buttons?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 15162
Re: What is your choice for blazer buttons?
If you get emblematic buttons for your bespoke blazer, it is nice for the emblem to have some personal association with you. If none seem apparent, then your initials or a monogram might do.
- Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:50 pm
- Forum: The Bespoke Forum
- Topic: Michael Browne
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10553
Re: Michael Browne
Very nice job fitting your shoulders.
- Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:46 pm
- Forum: The Bespoke Forum
- Topic: Sean Connery's suit trousers and those pleats
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2334
Re: Sean Connery's suit trousers and those pleats
These photographs show why a single deep forward pleat that merges into the crease line often works better for a trim leg, although making all configurations work should be one's minimum expectation of a capable tailor.
- Sat Dec 14, 2019 2:20 am
- Forum: Great Photos
- Topic: Peter O'Toole, 1976
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1896
- Fri Sep 14, 2018 3:12 am
- Forum: Great Photos
- Topic: Prince Philip, 1954.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2718
Prince Philip, 1954.
Note the neck, and the tight twist of the buttonholes.
- Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:14 am
- Forum: Great Photos
- Topic: Lucius Beebe in White Tie
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4793
Lucius Beebe in White Tie
Opening night, Metropolitan Opera, 1946.
Garden Court, Palace Hotel, San Franscisco, 1960.
Garden Court, Palace Hotel, San Franscisco, 1960.
- Thu Sep 13, 2018 1:37 pm
- Forum: Great Photos
- Topic: Michael Fish, T&A, 1962
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4764
Michael Fish, T&A, 1962
Fitting Sean Connery, before the Peacock Revolution.
- Thu Sep 13, 2018 1:34 pm
- Forum: Great Photos
- Topic: Robert Clark, head cutter, T&A, London, by Slim Aarons
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1998
- Thu Sep 13, 2018 1:25 pm
- Forum: Great Photos
- Topic: Inspirational inspiration for The Windsor Tweed
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3755
- Fri Sep 07, 2018 3:52 am
- Forum: Great Photos
- Topic: Color and Pattern
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1792
Color and Pattern
Why be shy?
- Fri Sep 07, 2018 3:50 am
- Forum: Great Photos
- Topic: The dude who made flannel and suede okay
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1892
- Fri Sep 07, 2018 3:48 am
- Forum: Great Photos
- Topic: The dude who made flannel and suede okay
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1892
- Fri Sep 07, 2018 3:45 am
- Forum: Great Photos
- Topic: Atlantic Style, 1947
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1793
Atlantic Style, 1947
Palm Beach and style with ease.
So many forgotten American tailors...to the Duke's left. If your view cuts him off, open the image in a new "window" or save it to your device and see it there.
So many forgotten American tailors...to the Duke's left. If your view cuts him off, open the image in a new "window" or save it to your device and see it there.
- Fri Sep 07, 2018 3:39 am
- Forum: Great Photos
- Topic: Inspirational inspiration for The Windsor Tweed
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3755
Re: Inspirational inspiration for The Windsor Tweed
Michael, I attribute what little ease that I have to a steady and medicinal dose of cocktails.