Ltd. ed. olive PoW jacket

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Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:49 am

Costi wrote:
pvpatty wrote:Costi,

A very handsome jacket, but would you mind telling me where you got the shoes?
My shoemaker made them. I think he did a pretty good job...
I like the shape, and the colour is not one that you see very often.
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Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:19 pm

Cordovan wrote:Edwin:

I marvel at all the pictures I've seen of you work.

Costi: I like you choice in styling the coat.

Cordovan
Thank you.

Edwin,
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Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:47 pm

Just a tangentially related thought, following up on the discussion on waist height and button stance. What if one wore a rare 2-b rolled to lower button (as the Duke sometimes did) with low-waisted trousers? Would that be a decent way of combining the modern taste for lower trouser waist with good sartorial harmony and balance?
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Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:21 pm

I am not sure the Duke wore 2 button coats with lapels rolled to bottom. I think he simply left the upper button unbuttoned. If you wear such a coat with no button at the waist and want to keep one open, it has to be the upper one, because otherwise the front quarters tend to split and you end up looking like a church bell. I would not connect this manner of wering the coat with "modern" low rise trousers. What's the advantage of these trousers anyway? If you go for a style, go all the way or make something new (and better!) altogether.

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Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:40 pm

Great jacket, and I might add, it looks better in real than in pictures - saw it on the dummy in Mr. Negrila's workshop! Congratulations!
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:18 pm

Thank you! I thought you were going to write it looked better on the dummy than on me :) He is open to new ideas (well, they are not that new, but I don't think he used this button stance before) and, in my opinion, he interprets these ideas conservatively and harmoniously, a quality I greatly appreciate in a tailor.
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:08 pm

Costi wrote:Thank you! I thought you were going to write it looked better on the dummy than on me :) He is open to new ideas (well, they are not that new, but I don't think he used this button stance before) and, in my opinion, he interprets these ideas conservatively and harmoniously, a quality I greatly appreciate in a tailor.
Sorry if any irony was understood, it was not intended! My comment was on the fabric, not on the wear or wearer :)!
As for Mr. Negrila - chapeau for his craftsmanship, both in terms of cutting and in workmanship! No, I would not ask him a "Brioni" cut, he is in the classic cut, but that he manages very well! (even if we are still struggling for a 0.5 centimeter in the cuff length!).
I have to see how he had done my button stance on a 2b, but the coat is still at the workshop for some fine tuning after a couple of wears, delivery due tomorrow!
I am still saying that Central Europe is the place for affordable bespoke! Nice shoes also, btw!
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