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by Costi
Sat Aug 13, 2016 9:41 pm
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: An interview with Bernhard Roetzel
Replies: 113
Views: 19559

Re: An interview with Bernhard Roetzel

Sort of a printed blog...
by Costi
Fri Aug 12, 2016 1:12 pm
Forum: Your Questions and Answers
Topic: A recent voxsart tumblr post.
Replies: 21
Views: 1824

Re: A recent voxsart tumblr post.

UC, since I know how much you are fond of pictures (though, to me, you don't appear shy with words, either!), here is my dowdy self - some years ago, admittedly - in rather dated '30-ish casual attire a la Esky / HRH & Co. : http://imageshack.com/a/img922/7600/W3hxYd.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img9...
by Costi
Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:49 am
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: An interview with Bernhard Roetzel
Replies: 113
Views: 19559

Re: An interview with Bernhard Roetzel

UC, so you wish for a personal picture album, not a book...
by Costi
Wed Aug 10, 2016 2:34 pm
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: An interview with Bernhard Roetzel
Replies: 113
Views: 19559

Re: An interview with Bernhard Roetzel

uppercase wrote:Thanks for dusting off this old thread.
Lots of forgotten gems here, particularly Alden's musings.
Too bad Alden never put his thoughts down in a book. !
...yet!
by Costi
Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:32 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Ask a Neapolitan
Replies: 18
Views: 2593

Re: Ask a Neapolitan

Assuming you know your tailor and your tailor knows you, I see no impediment. If you know him, then you know what to ask him to do differently. If he knows you, then he will likely interpret your instructions to your satisfaction. If he's not Neapolitan, don't ask for a Neapolitan coat. If he is Nea...
by Costi
Wed Jul 06, 2016 9:56 pm
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: The Style Quotient
Replies: 66
Views: 12880

Re: The Style Quotient

Gentlemen seem to be masters of style - the rest seem to be slaves of immediate fashion That reminds me (and I am not sure if I am not repeating myself with this) of a scene that took place a few years ago in Prague. As I was strolling around downtown on a free afternoon, I spotted a shop window fu...
by Costi
Thu Jun 23, 2016 8:53 pm
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: How do you relate your taste in apparel to your environment?
Replies: 41
Views: 4668

Re: How do you relate your taste in apparel to your environm

Clothing has no value to anyone except to ourselves. What "value" does the body possess? Remember man that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return. ...or, for those in favour of the soft chest :) , "[...]We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.[.....
by Costi
Wed Jun 22, 2016 10:11 pm
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: How do you relate your taste in apparel to your environment?
Replies: 41
Views: 4668

Re: How do you relate your taste in apparel to your environm

Hector, you WISH you were 20-superficial :)

You know it better than me - I am only learning: the tragedy is not that we grow old, but that we remain young... :shock:
by Costi
Wed Jun 22, 2016 9:18 am
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: How do you relate your taste in apparel to your environment?
Replies: 41
Views: 4668

Re: How do you relate your taste in apparel to your environm

Luca wrote:Only Ken dolls are perfectly symmetric.
And only they are forever 20, too...

The rest of us had better come to terms with mortality and its feared heralds. The sooner, the better. It's a lot more relaxing.
by Costi
Tue Jun 21, 2016 8:47 am
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: How do you relate your taste in apparel to your environment?
Replies: 41
Views: 4668

Re: How do you relate your taste in apparel to your environm

Dressing is a creative act, which I do exclusively for myself.[...] If on a desert island, I would certainly not dress. Almost in one breath... :) Robinson did. In goat skin. Begin with the body. Self respect for oneself. Discipline. Standards. Vitality. Health. Vigor. Right! RIGHT! Left, right, le...
by Costi
Fri Jun 17, 2016 10:04 am
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: How do you relate your taste in apparel to your environment?
Replies: 41
Views: 4668

Re: How do you relate your taste in apparel to your environm

E

:wink:

Basically there are only 2 categories of people: those who split people into categories and those who don't.

Fun read, Luca :D
by Costi
Thu Jun 16, 2016 9:43 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Why choose tailors' cloths.
Replies: 22
Views: 4237

Re: Why choose tailors' cloths.

Even with tailors' cloths there is a high likelihood that an extra length ordered to replace a mistake will come from another bolt, with a slightly different colour. This may be more or less visible, depending on colour and pattern. So far it never happened to me to have a piece of cloth ruined by a...
by Costi
Fri Jun 10, 2016 8:56 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Why choose tailors' cloths.
Replies: 22
Views: 4237

Re: Why choose tailors' cloths.

I find myself unable to commit to buying Xm of any cloth without seeing it and holding it in my hands On this I fully agree, culverwood - I also prefer going to fabric shops and being able not only to touch the cloth, but unroll a metre or so from the bolt, drape it over the edge of the table, see ...
by Costi
Fri Jun 10, 2016 8:36 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Why choose tailors' cloths.
Replies: 22
Views: 4237

Re: Why choose tailors' cloths.

Hector, of course you are absolutely right. I should have added "tongue-in-cheek" to my clearly sweeping statement - which was meant more to tease culverwood on the "interest in clothing" thing :)

Since when do you take me so seriously? :P
by Costi
Wed Jun 08, 2016 8:35 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Why choose tailors' cloths.
Replies: 22
Views: 4237

Re: Why choose tailors' cloths.

Culverwood, I am worried. Much more than you. If THIS is why you forego LL cloth, what else are you missing out on? And wherefore? :cry: Plus you ARE "too" interested in clothing, aren't you? I mean, 10 years and 340 well-thought posts is no small feat. Do you think your tailor has not made that out...