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Golden section
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 12:17 am
by stagfoot
Does anyone know how common the use of the golden section is in the various types of savile row cut and design?
I know Kilgour use it, but I'm not sure if it's in standard use on the row, or just an oddity.
Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 9:36 am
by Nick M
I've only heard of the "Golden Section" with regards to Fibonacci numbers.
How does it apply to tailoring? Angles and ratios, I'm assuming, but how specifically?
Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 8:32 pm
by stagfoot
I'm not sure exactly how, and how far they apply it, but Carlo Brandelli did bring it up in an interview with GQ.
Looking at one of their three button suits I see that if you drop a line from the edge of the shoulder to the bottom of the coat body it makes a golden rectangle.
Also if lines are drawn from and to the inside corners of this to make an X, they intersect exactly on the middle button.