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by Khnelben
Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:52 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Books on British and Italian style
Replies: 4
Views: 2766

You can always read...

the book by Roetzel "Gentlemen" - it has 2 separate sections on English and Italian styles in tailoring.

Also, Mr. Hackett's articles are available on the Net - on his site (limited number) and through the Independent on Sunday (but no pictures).

Andrey
by Khnelben
Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:58 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Purple Label (R.L.)
Replies: 13
Views: 5599

The suits look great. The whole slim, 2 button thing is great. Of course you have to buy the whole set, i.e. the suit, tie and the shirt, along with slim thin soled shoes. Actually, the whole RL line with Black, Blue and Purple seem to be on the slim, North by North West side or English cut. BUT the...
by Khnelben
Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:20 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Prince Charles' own blog site
Replies: 6
Views: 3165

The site is

nice but the pictures are small. One should go to Corbis or Getty Images.

It has a video section however which hopefully will be updated.

Andrey
by Khnelben
Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:18 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: French Cuff question
Replies: 8
Views: 3356

They don't ...

T&A doesn't do double holes, that's for sure, H&K I am not sure. I am not sure if Lewin's MTM is popular )) Marks&Spencer does double holes. The problem is that any athletic person, will probbaly have difficulties with sleeve length, whereas he has broader shoulders than are envisaged with standard ...
by Khnelben
Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:59 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: French Cuff question
Replies: 8
Views: 3356

yeah..

that's just done to make the sleeves shorter.

In London, many shirtmakers have shirts with different lengths of sleeves (like Lewin), hence only one hole for the link