carpu65 wrote:

How long will last the actual skinny silhouette  trend?

Is the skinny silhouette the one where the suit is 2 sizes too small and looks like crap on a man unless he is built like an adolescent girl and fusses like one?

Call me cynical but I reckon half the trend for flat pinned down BD collars, and shirts that aren't long enough to tuck in, and, spray on suits, is a way of clothing manufactures to skimp and save on fabric costs. Clothes should be close not tight. Baggy and tight are neither desirable. But you don't stand out it seems unless you look like a dick.

It won't last long. It is profoundly unflattering to most male bodies, as the Buff observed above.

This look - the suit and jacket too small - has been with us for at least 8 years, that's how long I've been in the Netherlands and that's when I first noticed men walking around in jackets too small, as if they were pre-pubescent cat walk models. Evidently, a lot of men quite like the sensation of looking like a twit.

^Notice the difference between salesman and client! Another case of 'more money than sense'

formby wrote:

NJS wrote:

^Notice the difference between salesman and client! Another case of 'more money than sense'

Well, in one sense that represents the true essence of Bespoke. The client gets what he wants.

Yes. Quite. And, these days, ends up looking like a washing line! But that is, probably,an abortion of RTW, non? "Ooh! Suits you, sir. Ooh! Stage direction: Frankie Howerd grin] - Like a nice shirt an' tie to top it off sir? Just step this way." [Stage direction to the room where they dye ties out of aborted little human bodies].

Last edited by NJS (2012-01-24 16:44:23)

Film Noir Buff wrote:

carpu65 wrote:

How long will last the actual skinny silhouette  trend?

Is the skinny silhouette the one where the suit is 2 sizes too small and looks like crap on a man unless he is built like an adolescent girl and fusses like one?

The silhouette where if you gain 4 lbs after lunch none of your clothes fit?

Ali Kebab wrote:

Sir, I'm a Savile Row trained ragtrader. Trust me, the skinny look is a good silhouette.

http://cdn.timeoutnewyork.com/sites/tim … es.jr1.jpg

Sir, You look as though you about to get into a vomit-coloured car.

carpu65 wrote:

formby wrote:

NJS wrote:

^Notice the difference between salesman and client! Another case of 'more money than sense'

Well, in one sense that represents the true essence of Bespoke. The client gets what he wants.

Seems that Panico,a famous Neapolitan tailor (with shop in Naples and Rome) have sent away customers that ask for skinny silhouette and very,very short overcoat.
Panico himself have told this.
I don't know if is exactly true,but the man is know for have a bad character.

May he long be know for bastard of worst case and long, droop coat.

Last edited by NJS (2012-01-24 18:06:38)

...And not exactly a skinny suit maker....

It's just fashion. It's done because it is an easy indicator. Everyone can tell whether your suit is skinny in a glance. The designer can make a lot of different variations to the coat (pockets, lapels, whatever), while still keeping it skinny and thus fitting in with fashion. God knows how long it will stick around.

Ali Kebab wrote:

Sir, I'm a Savile Row trained ragtrader. Trust me, the skinny look is a good silhouette.

http://cdn.timeoutnewyork.com/sites/tim … es.jr1.jpg

Don't know why the above photo link no longer works. Here is another link.