Yes, I have been thinking about this issue as well. What is the best way to compare not only silhouette but the quality of tailored product?couch wrote:But as in comparing anything else--wine, show dogs, preamplifiers--a few samples under reasonably consistent "standard" conditions would help illuminate small differences. I would imagine 3-4 basic shots would suffice, along with unlimited "poster's choice" shots.
Showing different suits and jackets from different tailors across different wearers of different sizes would be a nice starting point. Per Alden, this would be most useful for highly experienced customers who can intuitively control for extraneous information and pick out the subtle differences. But for broadest utility I think the "ideal" case would be a single wearer wearing the same garment made by several different tailors because that eliminates potentially confusing intervening variables and simplifies the basis of comparison.
Perhaps the most controlled environment for valid comparisons would be the same customer (controlling for size) wearing several of the same garments (e.g. 3 piece suit with similar or same cloth) ordered in roughly the same time period from different tailors. The resulting pictures would be shot under roughly similar shooting conditions.
Unfortunately, I assume there are not very many customers who have done this or are willing to undertake this rather expensive experiment.