Please could all Sero Purist owners PM?
We're off again!
Last edited by Russell_Street (2009-08-13 03:58:08)
B.R. & I are working on it now. Where is he?
B.R. is actually the one driving this, this time round. I'm only support staff. And where is he today?
Hello!
Apologies, have been offline all day. I'm a shade worried about raising hopes and dreams this early on, but Russ & I may have a system...
Nothing to get excited about yet. Will keep you all up-to-the-minute.
B.R.
Last edited by B.R. (2009-08-13 11:51:20)
B.R. has my promise for the template: A mid-80's Purist.
All we need to do now is to button-down the deal with the shirtmaker.
Then you order & you tweak.
The maker is lined up & different to the last time. There will be a trial run and then we'll see.
Last I heard he was in the £35 - £40 bracket.
W.I.P. ...
Yrs,
BR/RS Inc.
Lets get it on!
£37 was the price last year for an OCBD, unlined collar with a great roll. The more details you add (3btn collar, flap pocket...) then it will creep up.
The template shirt is off to B.R. ASAP. The template then goes on file with the shirtmaker and you can then order your shirts direct by saying the magic words. You can either go for a straight repro job or customise the 'Purist' cut with your own favourite details & fabric choices.
B.R. and I will assess samples before we let this go live on the forum to avoid disappointment. We make absolutely no money out of this. I've seen OCBDs from the maker already and like them. What I want to see is how close they can get to a Sero collar, etc.
I'm very hopeful for this project this time 'round.
God Bless B.R.!
And the old idea of then seeing if they can do a Troy or a Gant or a Brooks is still floating around... As is finding a tailor with whom we can get old jackets copied & who will keep the classic Brooks patterns on file for foum members - A much tougher proposition.
- Next I must chase The Weejun about the repro shoe plans...
Work. Work. Work.
Ah, mmmm, Sero BDs of the mid '60s had no back center collar button, and had a slighty wider collarband than Gant, thus slightly longer collar points and higher collar than Gant, no fruit loop on the center back box pleat, which was slightly wider than Gant. Gant had a third collar button. The Sero pocket should have a mitred (pointed) bottom and a corresponding V sewn upper pocket, triangularly sewn top pocket edge reinforcements. Top stitched yoke edges, no sleeve gauntlet button. Apologies if this has been reviewed before. Double-needle side and sleeve seams, about 18 stitches per inch, cheap plastic faux pearl buttons. Single needle top sewing about 3/4" in from the arm seams. Those specs were standard, models could have varied. 'scuse me grammer. You do know that the front placket is a separate sewn-on piece on a US shirt, unlike the continuous fabric - folded placket of a typical UK made shirt?
Will this have a Sero label? If so, has it been cleared legally? Copyrights expire in 50 years in the UK?, one hundred in the US? Some entity owns the name, surely.
(My first Sero BD was a deep wine University stripe in an Oxford cloth that was beefier than Gant's, or others, standard. Similar to the original Lands' End Hyde Park. Stripes aligned from yoke to sleeve and on the sleeve gauntlet. I think you'll find that now on few, if any, RTW and not on some MTM and bespoke.)
Last edited by Russell_Street (2009-08-15 07:09:53)
A wonderful post from Edouard: exactly the type of input which makes the forum great. Many thanks.
What It Is!
NSB
B.R. & I are on -
It's happening!
The basic template will be the mid-80's 'The Purist' OCBD by Sero. Other Sero names & eras have different specs (The New Purist, Serox, etc), but as we don't have a 60's Sero to hand to cannibalise we are going with what we have. Forum members can then tweak the basic template as they see fit.
Best -
Last edited by Russell_Street (2009-08-18 01:19:29)
Uncle. If you ever need any graphics for this venture. Labels, swing tickets or packaging etc. I would be pleased to offer my services and that of my Studio.
Yes! A lovely shirt it is. Off to the makers today. You've a PM.
Dear Lord I'm such a child - I LOVE the fact that that you dig the Sero as one who has never held one in his hands before.
The tactile charm of all this Ivy kit can never be underestimated.