Can made to measure be better than bespoke?
Weighing in on the MTM vs. bespoke discussion, and cutting through the bull.
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An homage to ‘It Happened One Night’
I designed a suit in homage to the classic piece worn by Clark Gable in 1934 film It Happened One Night.
Read MoreTwo big red flags about most modern pleated trousers (and how to negate them)
Pleats are back, baby. But they’re not all equal, so here are a couple of ways to get the ones that look the best. If you’re new to wearing pleated trousers, read this first!
Read MoreMade to Measure Suit from Beg Your Pardon: Final Result
A writeup about the finished product of the suit I commissioned with Beg Your Pardon in Adelaide.
Read MoreT Shirts and Tailoring: A LookBook
How to mix T shirts with your tailored wardrobe and pull it off.
Read MoreCommissioning a Made to Measure Suit with Beg Your Pardon
I commissioned a suit with Adelaide tailoring shop Beg Your Pardon.
Read MoreCasual Style: Mixing Tailored Pants and Tees
How to pull off the t-shirt and tailored pants look.
Read MoreJacket Button Stance: What Is It, and Why Is It Important?
Have you ever noticed that some jackets look better on you than others, even with the same measurements? Perhaps you’ve had a jacket at some point that has issues with tightness around the top buttoning point, even though the measurements say that everything should be correct. Or, a you’ve bought a regular length jacket off the rack that makes you look a bit short for some reason. Chances are that any of these issues – especially if they’ve arisen from a contemporary off the rack jacket – are caused by a button stance that is too high.
Read MoreI Binned (Almost) My Entire Tailored Jacket Collection…
What was that thing? It was the king. The one thing that matters more than anything; the fabric, the construction, anything else.
Fit.
Suit Fabrics: Understanding Super Numbers
When looking at suits, jackets, trousers and overcoats these days, many made from pure worsted wool fabrics will likely boast a super number somewhere on the tags. You will find these numbers tend to start at 100 (you can actually go as low as a super , brands simply tend not to advertise the super number on anything lower than a super 100s), and going – in some rare cases – above 200. There is a misconception that a higher super number means higher quality; this is not the case! It simply corresponds to the fineness of the fabric.
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