Might be me being a bit of a thrifty traditionalist,
but the heavy twill holds a press well and 'dress up' better with the added bonus of a second-life as a knock-around pair when the trousers/fabric gets very worn in (I've found lighter weight and pre-washed twills never seem to survive to get a second go-around)

Last edited by Acton_Baby (2014-09-10 10:04:07)

What's wrong with the press chinos?  I can't recall about specifying lining.  I don't think I did.  It's just a neutral color.  They probably use light for lighter pants and a darker lining for darker pants.

Did your strides come with a v-split waistband in the rear btw? Is that a standard feature or something that also needs to be requested?


Edit: Looks like I made the right choice with the heavyweight twill; looking past this guy's choice of cut, the 9oz cotton fabric looks very nice:
http://mikolajek.tumblr.com/post/54544866620/the-very-latest-luxire-khaki-heavy-twill-trousers

Last edited by Oliver (2014-09-10 11:51:11)

Ollie, mine did have a split waistband as default.  I recall the order coming in about 3 weeks after I submitted it.  I'm interested to see the results.

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Pretty much spot on.  Perhaps .25" variation here and there.

Right, but hopefully they'll account for that by erring on the side of .25 more rather than less, which would be a big problem. In all fairness, they have a drop-down menu on their order page which offers measurements by .25 of an inch, so I feel that they should be able to deliver if they put that option out there. I've never dealt with MTM web orders but a proficient tailor (the ones who I've used in person) should never have an issue with cutting to the quarter inch. Hopefully whoever's cutting cloth for Luxire knows what they're doing well enough that the finished product reflects the measurements provided. People seem to be happy with them based on blogs and forum posts I've seen elsewhere, so I'm not too worries. As I said, as long as they nail the front/back rise and follow the other measurements as closely as possible, I'll be happy.

Oli, I'm talking about manufacturing where tolerances of .25 to .5 plus OR minus are acceptable. As I understand it luxire is more toward custom even sort of bespoke so presumably are more accurate. It was just a general warning not a urgent alarm! And not specifically directed at luxire. It just triggered me when I saw .25 increments. (The quality control in clothing manufacturing was something related to info from off forum. Surprised me to find official tolerances in clothing are so big)

A few have asked me.

Here are what are - in rough - International tolerance "standards"

Collar : (+/-) 0.5 cm total circumference

Shoulder length/Yoke : (+/-) 0.6 cm Total length

Chest size : (+/-) 2.0cm Total circumference

Waist size : (+/-) 2.0 cm Total circumference

Hip size : (+/-) 2.0 cm Total circumference

Sleeve length : (+/-) 1.0 cm Total length

Swallow..or spit it out mrjacket....