Looks like a suit my grand-ma used to wear. Dowdy is the word. l hope he lives in the country, l couldn't imagine men wearing that in the city.

Stylish farmer suit, but oh that clashing lining. Colour blind perhaps?

Film Noir Buff wrote:

The burgundy lining only enhances that feminine image.

Like l said, it looks like a patterned suit my grandmother used to wear.


That's his taste, good luck to him.

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Film Noir Buff wrote:

Although a full review will need to await the fit photo, these fabrics are a good starting point. Due to the size of the pattern and it's color, this is a material that could easily be mistaken for a woman's suit. The burgundy lining only enhances that feminine image. Perhaps the owner had this desired effect in mind but the problem is he chose a heavy, dowdy looking version. This is a suit I could easily picture Janet Reno wearing.

The half lining is another bad idea, a way that many who never had access to custom clothes get in the early stages. Te theory is that it is harder to make a jacket like this because it exposes the inner hand work which needs to be clean of loose strings. In practice this is a stick to your shirt material nightmare which gets worse in humid weather in a spot like, oh, rural Alabama.

In this instance, the inside of the jacket is a pattern matching mess.

The patch pockets are another bad style and these in particular are poorly designed. If the wearer is short, the heavy horizontal element of the check might call attention to that. But that is trivial in comparison.

There are more pattern and styling issues but to e fair to the owner, let's wait for the jacket to be posed with him wearing it.


http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/8091/p1010498qe.jpg

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9752/p1010499r.jpg

The cloth looks a little washed out for my taste. I prefer a darker, richer brown. Pattern's, OK ish.

I don't mind the lining colour. However, that looks like a heavy cloth, Tweed?  If it is, I don't see the point in getting a partially lined coat in a heavy cloth or a tweed like cloth, a porous Fresco, that makes some sense, but not a Tweed. The lining also seems to be silk, which again seems contradictory.

We await, with baited breath, a picture of the fella wearing it.....ohhh!!!! the excitement.

formby wrote:

Film Noir Buff wrote:

Although a full review will need to await the fit photo, these fabrics are a good starting point. Due to the size of the pattern and it's color, this is a material that could easily be mistaken for a woman's suit. The burgundy lining only enhances that feminine image. Perhaps the owner had this desired effect in mind but the problem is he chose a heavy, dowdy looking version. This is a suit I could easily picture Janet Reno wearing.

The half lining is another bad idea, a way that many who never had access to custom clothes get in the early stages. Te theory is that it is harder to make a jacket like this because it exposes the inner hand work which needs to be clean of loose strings. In practice this is a stick to your shirt material nightmare which gets worse in humid weather in a spot like, oh, rural Alabama.

In this instance, the inside of the jacket is a pattern matching mess.

The patch pockets are another bad style and these in particular are poorly designed. If the wearer is short, the heavy horizontal element of the check might call attention to that. But that is trivial in comparison.

There are more pattern and styling issues but to e fair to the owner, let's wait for the jacket to be posed with him wearing it.


http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/8091/p1010498qe.jpg

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9752/p1010499r.jpg

The cloth looks a little washed out for my taste. I prefer a darker, richer brown. Pattern's, OK ish.

I don't mind the lining colour. However, that looks like a heavy cloth, Tweed?  If it is, I don't see the point in getting a partially lined coat in a heavy cloth or a tweed like cloth, a porous Fresco, that makes some sense, but not a Tweed. The lining also seems to be silk, which again seems contradictory.

We await, with baited breath, a picture of the fella wearing it.....ohhh!!!! the excitement.

I dont think it's ever a good idea to get a half lined coat but especially true for a fabric like this which would call for more and not less lining; including fully lined trousers.

The lining color is alright from a contrast point of view but with this particular jacket and in a feminine satin, it looks like a blouse a woman would wear with a suit like that.

These are by Mahon?
I originally spotted these and thought I can never get enough of that tragic LL triple reverse lindy windowpane but then I noticed the ugly boutonniere on the other one and the generally klunky construction.

formby wrote:

Film Noir Buff wrote:

These are by Mahon?
I originally spotted these and thought I can never get enough of that tragic LL triple reverse lindy windowpane but then I noticed the ugly boutonniere on the other one and the generally klunky construction.

Eh...!!!

Heh, forgot to include the link


http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.php? … tcount=499

That POW fabric looks nice.

I don't understand the fascination with ticket pockets.  They're pretty much useless for most people, especially in the US.  Even in Paris or London, why would you need a separate pocket for your ticket?  And an outside pocket on the jacket is actually not that convenient a pocket to reach if you are wearing a coat (which you would most of the year in London).  I just don't get them.

I think it adds un-needed clutter to a jacket.

I like ticket pockets precisely because they mess up the lines.  The element of asymetry appeal to me.

JDelage wrote:

That POW fabric looks nice.

I don't understand the fascination with ticket pockets.  They're pretty much useless for most people, especially in the US.  Even in Paris or London, why would you need a separate pocket for your ticket?  And an outside pocket on the jacket is actually not that convenient a pocket to reach if you are wearing a coat (which you would most of the year in London).  I just don't get them.

I think it adds un-needed clutter to a jacket.

Really? take a closer look. The construction of the back of this suit is heavy, klunky, Especially, the upper back and rear sleeve area.

I believe this is Rubinacci's handiwork

AQG wrote:

I like ticket pockets precisely because they mess up the lines.  The element of asymetry appeal to me.

There was a chap on London Lounge who as one of his arguments against ticket pockets offered up was that they add asymmetry to the coat. I wonder if he removes the breast pocket as well. !!!!

formby wrote:

Film Noir Buff wrote:

JDelage wrote:

That POW fabric looks nice.

I don't understand the fascination with ticket pockets.  They're pretty much useless for most people, especially in the US.  Even in Paris or London, why would you need a separate pocket for your ticket?  And an outside pocket on the jacket is actually not that convenient a pocket to reach if you are wearing a coat (which you would most of the year in London).  I just don't get them.

I think it adds un-needed clutter to a jacket.

Really? take a closer look. The construction of the back of this suit is heavy, klunky, Especially, the upper back and rear sleeve area.

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/5597/aymahonsuit.jpg

All the Mahon's I've seen, up close and personal are like that, messy at the back, you can literally grab a fistful of cloth.

I don't mind the cloth, but nor does it excite me either.

I think he cuts a nice peaked lapel though.

Does Edwin de Boise cut a leaner coat?

Tailoring Police wrote:

I believe this is Rubinacci's handiwork

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4131/p1010513z.jpg

Be careful with this one, he threatened to sucker punch me; he's a baaad man. Although considering he comes up to about my knee caps, i shudder to think what he might suck-er punch.