Golden section

"The brute covers himself, the rich man and the fop adorn themselves, the elegant man dresses!"

-Honore de Balzac

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stagfoot
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Mon May 02, 2005 12:17 am

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.
Nick M
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Tue May 03, 2005 9:36 am

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?
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Tue May 03, 2005 8:32 pm

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.
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