The London Lounge

I have seen this referred to hear and was wondering if someone had an explanation or a picture that would show this? TIA

The shoulder of a jacket can be shaped a variety of ways-- the shoulder line itself can be nearly square (level with the floor) or quite sloped, to conform to the wearer's anatomy. Roping refers to the seam between the body of the jacket and the top of the sleeve. Does it fall naturally from the slope of the shoulder down the side of the arm, like a shirt? Or is there a little speed bump just past the seam? If the latter, you have "roped" shouldersso called because it appears that the tailor has tucked a rope into the seam between jacket and sleeve. A modest example may be found in the Photojournal, with the pictures of Steven Hitchcock's work. If you look at photo #3 of the new POW suit, you will see evidence of a modestly roped shoulder.

How does one access the Photojournal?

Although in this case it's hardly necessary. The author of the immediately preceding post has painted such a clear and precise word picture that a photo would seem redundant. ("Little speed bump" is beautiful!) My hat is off to you, sir. You're a master writer.

The coat on the left has a roped shoulder