A remarkable achievement for a second suit Alias. You need to grow the sleeves a bit (as your tailor suggested.) If you can get us a few pictures from all angles that are not so dark, we can give you better feedback. But from the front view it appears that you have done very well!
My compliments to Mr. Min.
M Alden
New suit progress!
Will definitely do. I'll take the jacket in Wednesday, should be finished by next Monday.
Meanwhile I'll score some pictures of the trousers. The camera ran out of battery power before I could. To its credit, it didn't need recharging for like a year or something.
Meanwhile I'll score some pictures of the trousers. The camera ran out of battery power before I could. To its credit, it didn't need recharging for like a year or something.
From what I can see it looks quite nice Alias... as Michael and Mr. Min says... sleeves a touch longer...
I think you should use your flash to take the photo, the colour of the fabric may not come out, but the way the suit fits you is the most important part.
Waiting... waiting... waiting..
I think you should use your flash to take the photo, the colour of the fabric may not come out, but the way the suit fits you is the most important part.
Waiting... waiting... waiting..
But I DID use flash! 
I recently commissioned my first real summer suit made of some Holland & Sherry "Nevada" cloth (not the wool/poly blend, the wool/cotton/linen one.) We're now up to our third fitting, and we haven't hit any bumps yet.
The silhouette is the same as my grey wool/mohair one. I don't think Mr. Min has any experience with the Drape, so I'll leave that to a future winter project, heavy fabrics being more forgiving to tailor and all. The biggest difference lies with the jacket's guts: a very light canvas, barely any lining at all (only on the shoulders and cuffs to help conceal the shoulder and buttonhole structures.)
The trousers got another improvement. So far they look great and have a lot of line. We narrowed the angle of the legs a bit to help combat wrinkling caused by my calves. It did the trick.
As far as the "Roman" goes Mr. Min has it pretty spot-on: it's lean and it's clean. But I'm really interested in doing something with the Drape. I suppose an extra inch of fullness over the shoulders and chest would do, but I'm sure it's a bit more complicated than that. I've gotten irresponsible with fabric purchases so guinea pigs are in no short supply. Check back in about 8 months for updates on that particular project.
But for this current one, expect pics at the end of this month.
The silhouette is the same as my grey wool/mohair one. I don't think Mr. Min has any experience with the Drape, so I'll leave that to a future winter project, heavy fabrics being more forgiving to tailor and all. The biggest difference lies with the jacket's guts: a very light canvas, barely any lining at all (only on the shoulders and cuffs to help conceal the shoulder and buttonhole structures.)
The trousers got another improvement. So far they look great and have a lot of line. We narrowed the angle of the legs a bit to help combat wrinkling caused by my calves. It did the trick.
As far as the "Roman" goes Mr. Min has it pretty spot-on: it's lean and it's clean. But I'm really interested in doing something with the Drape. I suppose an extra inch of fullness over the shoulders and chest would do, but I'm sure it's a bit more complicated than that. I've gotten irresponsible with fabric purchases so guinea pigs are in no short supply. Check back in about 8 months for updates on that particular project.
But for this current one, expect pics at the end of this month.
-
oscarsfan
- Posts: 112
- Joined: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:27 pm
- Location: Richmond, VA currently Karachi
- Contact:
Hello,Alias wrote:I recently commissioned my first real summer suit made of some Holland & Sherry "Nevada" cloth (not the wool/poly blend, the wool/cotton/linen one.) We're now up to our third fitting, and we haven't hit any bumps yet.
The silhouette is the same as my grey wool/mohair one. I don't think Mr. Min has any experience with the Drape, so I'll leave that to a future winter project, heavy fabrics being more forgiving to tailor and all. The biggest difference lies with the jacket's guts: a very light canvas, barely any lining at all (only on the shoulders and cuffs to help conceal the shoulder and buttonhole structures.)
The trousers got another improvement. So far they look great and have a lot of line. We narrowed the angle of the legs a bit to help combat wrinkling caused by my calves. It did the trick.
As far as the "Roman" goes Mr. Min has it pretty spot-on: it's lean and it's clean. But I'm really interested in doing something with the Drape. I suppose an extra inch of fullness over the shoulders and chest would do, but I'm sure it's a bit more complicated than that. I've gotten irresponsible with fabric purchases so guinea pigs are in no short supply. Check back in about 8 months for updates on that particular project.
But for this current one, expect pics at the end of this month.
Can you share your experiences with the cotton wool Nevada? Any chance you have worn it in high humidity?
Thank you,
-
-
- Information
-
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 26 guests