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#401 2011-04-14 13:18:19
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Re: Napoli Tailoring
Marc:
Perhaps you have demonstrated that 3 buttons are traditional on suits and jackets. No one has argued to the contrary. The assertion was that 3 buttons are not traditional on SPORTS JACKETS, and from where I sit you have not successfully disproved this assertion. You link to pictures of jackets and suits -- nowhere on the pages I looked at were the jackets described as SPORTS JACKETS.
"Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance. "
— Hendrick Van Loon
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#402 2011-04-14 13:21:13
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"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#403 2011-04-14 13:29:49
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Marc:
Really, in what way was I unkind or unpleasant toward you? I guess you don't like my interpretation of events, but do you really believe you do yourself any good by being so nasty and petulant?
"Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance. "
— Hendrick Van Loon
Better to be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
#404 2011-04-15 04:20:45
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Re: Napoli Tailoring
Just a couple of days away from the forum and the topic shifted again.. Is it traditional British tweed sportscoats now? Ok, here are some images from the 50-60s, not only from UK but the style is obviously British..
Mastroianni's coat was cut by Zenobi, a Roman tailor famous for his soft round shoulder; in those years (1964 but also later) the typical (or archetypal) English sportscoat in tweed or shetland was considered the two buttons. I never trust much definition as 'typical' or 'traditional', because there are always exceptions to the rule, and there are both photos and drawings to testify this, but this is it.
We have also Fred Astaire here and.. ok you know what his name is...;-)
http://www.noveporte.it/taccuino/tau/grande.php3?idfoto=1751
http://www.noveporte.it/taccuino/tau/grande.php3?idfoto=1866
http://www.noveporte.it/taccuino/tau/grande.php3?idfoto=3316
(Source: Prof. Pugliatti archives via www.Noveporte.it website)
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#405 2011-04-15 04:51:24
#406 2011-04-15 06:14:26
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Re: Napoli Tailoring
Yep, Devil is in the detail, sometimes ;-)
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#407 2011-04-15 08:34:04
#408 2011-04-17 12:59:35
- Simon
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Re: Napoli Tailoring
Thought this might be interesting to some, according to this E.C part own's Cordings. Love the bit about plucking up the courage to go in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5DWuZLLPhQ&feature=related
Blatant Modernist.
#409 2011-04-20 18:38:04
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Back to the post's subject, I am trying to convince Gianni Volpe to come to London in the near future for bespoke commissions however he would need few people interested to make it worthwhile. He is one of the very best Neapolitan tailors with a large famous clientele, however still relative unspoken of on Internet forums. Anyone that is interested please PM me
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#410 2011-04-21 08:35:05
#411 2011-04-21 10:06:22
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#412 2011-04-22 18:28:34
#413 2011-04-23 07:50:49
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Has Gianni Volpe anything to do with the Volpe shop in Pimlico?
www.volpe.ltd.uk
#414 2011-04-23 09:51:53
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I love the video.
No, the Volpe in London is not related to Gianni Volpe.
#415 2011-04-28 12:29:46
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Re: Napoli Tailoring
I shall commission a suit:
So let it Bespoken
So let it be done!
#416 2011-08-01 15:45:30
#417 2011-08-01 16:32:32
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Yeah but did the Napoli tailor show you a royal warrant from the King?
Seriously, is that a photo of John Coltrane to your left?
#418 2011-08-02 12:25:45
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"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
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#419 2011-08-02 14:04:21
#420 2011-08-02 14:11:57
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#421 2011-08-02 14:18:33
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The author confirmed it is Jimmy Smith.
I had the privilege of hearing him at his "Jimmy Smith's Supper Club" in the "Valley" in the late 1970's. Excellent as you can imagine.
They don't make them like that anymore. Simon gets points just for having such good taste in jazz.
#422 2011-08-02 14:19:19
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"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient
#423 2011-08-02 14:24:14
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#424 2011-08-02 14:41:36
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"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient
#425 2011-08-02 18:08:16
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Re: Napoli Tailoring
Nice suit. Would really jump in a bright blue Tonik.
A side note. I really don't understand what "clubbing" is.