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Caraceni Sartoria in Rome, Spring 2011 (No, NJS, I don't get freebies for sharing these photos)

A. Caraceni, Milano, Fall 2010 (No, NJS, I don't get freebies for sharing these photos)

Better luck next time, then, Gruto. But they are nice pictures.
NJS

NJS wrote:Better luck next time, then, Gruto.

After reading your unforced and witty books about classic dressing, I guess you know a few tricks in that area.

Gruto wrote:

NJS wrote:Better luck next time, then, Gruto.

After reading your unforced and witty books about classic dressing, I guess you know a few tricks in that area.

Thank you for that. But even not a single shoe lace came to me for the business references in the books: just free pictures and some generous (on-going and successful) stocking of the books in places such as Foster/Maxwell. I am not sure where you got the idea that I thought that you got freebies. It must be from my reference, sometime, to 'advertorials' and I must have mistaken your identity when I made it. For that I unreservedly apologize. Pax.
NJS

Nice photos of the Rome shop, Gruto. I missed Carlo and Mr. Caraceni when I was there this summer.

Look at the sleeve on the blue DB on the guy with the glasses and moustache. Wow..

A little more about the photos:

- Carlo Tonini, head cutter (who Dopey mentions)

- Unfortunately, I have forgotten the name of the kind gentleman on photo in the middle but he is head jacket tailor.

- Massimiliano Andreacchio, the son-in-law of Augusto Caraceni, and his son Massimiliano Andreacchio Caraceni, both head cutters.

Well, that sleeve is poetry. The arm hole is high and has no agrivation. No discomfort. The armhole shapes the sleeve. This sleeve fits perfectly into its scye. This is not a clunky tailor. This is a fine craftsman. The shoulder and collar rest effortlessly and snug on the neck and the perfectly balanced front drapes so smoothly over. And it is a subtle coat. Nothing jumps. Easy. I like how the rounded collar meets the lapel. Easy.

old henry wrote:Well, that sleeve is poetry. The arm hole is high and has no agrivation. No discomfort. The armhole shapes the sleeve. This sleeve fits perfectly into its scye. This is not a clunky tailor. This is a fine craftsman.

Frank, thank you for explaining the magic. When I said hello to mr. Andreacchio, I thought "that is the most well fitting jacket I have ever seen".

Beauty, Right ? Great face , too. I like this guy..

old henry wrote:Beauty, Right ?

Indeed, beauty.

Gruto, that is what I mean by a piped sleeve.

old henry wrote:Gruto, that is what I mean by a piped sleeve.

Great plum-bing