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by stanford
Wed May 04, 2005 9:13 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Anderson and Sheppard sleeve
Replies: 3
Views: 3024

It appears that the high armhole allows a bit of extra vertical space, on the jacket sides, for waist suppression. If the armholes were longer and dropped lower they'd begin to encroach on the waistline and diminish its prominence. Now I need to figure out how to communicate this detail to my tailor...
by stanford
Sun May 01, 2005 2:52 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: The straitjacket
Replies: 7
Views: 4076

Greetings, I recently visited New York and spent some time walking on one of my favorite shopping streets, Madison Avenue. I generally don't walk much farther north than Ralph Lauren's lavish 1898 Rhinelander mansion. When I finally reached 72nd Street I noticed that the Black Label suits were featu...