Bonfanti shirt fabrics

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alden
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Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:57 am

Have you tried contacting Leo Bugelli to see if he can send you some clippings. If not, I will contact Giancarlo.

Michael

PS One has to love the Casentino coat pictured in this thread. I am tempted, really tempted. At least no one would have a problem finding me while on a long walk in the Sicilian hills.
tteplitzmd

Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:40 am

I did receive some swatchedfrom Mr. Bonfanti, and circuitously, from Bugelli several months ago. It is a long story but all his swtach cards made it to me and I returned them intact. I scanned some of them of interest for future orders.
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Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:43 am

Would you be able to share the scans with the members? I am sure there are a few who would like to see the patterns.

Thanks
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Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:57 pm

Bugelli is difficult to deal with at a distance. But had I everything to do over I guess travelling to Florence for a week and having Bugelli make me sahariennes in a variety of winter and summer fabrics, instead of some of the store bought items I accumatated, would have been best. Why pay for jacket construction when you don't need it?
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Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:09 am

alden wrote:
PS One has to love the Casentino coat pictured in this thread. I am tempted, really tempted. At least no one would have a problem finding me while on a long walk in the Sicilian hills.
Go on, get one: I think you could carry the look off easily.

BS
tteplitzmd

Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:58 pm

I scanned a dozen or so Bonfanti/Bugelli swatches, mostly fancy patterns. The scans are crude, but I am happy to email them as attachments to anyone interested. It is easier for me to reply to an email. The handwritten annotations are from Bugelli's cards with pattern name, number, width, and composition.

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Sat Nov 04, 2006 2:14 pm

alden wrote:There are other colors of Casentino cloth

http://www.tessilnova.com/e_commerce/addproductcart.jsp
Some of those are interesting. The danger of these coats is that - in the wrong hands (or on the wrong shoulders) - they could look ghetto fabulous.
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alden
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Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:31 am

I am very happy you decided to show us this wonderful example of Florentine tailoring at its very best. You wear it very well indeed.

Cheers

Michael
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