Brings to mind an experience a few years back that nearly caused me to have a coronary, when I had a final fitting in New York for a shirt made by an English chap.  Tried the shirt on, underneath my Raphael suit, whereupon the shirtmaker observed that the jacket collar and lapels were uneven, pointing to the disparity of space between the shirt collars and lapel/collar area on each side of the jacket.  I had more than a few suits and jackets from Raph at that point and freaked at the prospect of each one having botched, uneven lapels.  Plus, it was a Friday and so I was consumed with this all weekend.  When Monday finally arrived, I went over to Raph to show him the issue with the apparent asymmetric lapels.  Put on the new English shirt and Raph's suit and showed him how they were askew.  Raph took but a moment to recognize that the SHIRT COLLAR was askew and throwing everything off, not the jacket collar and lapel.  After he adjusted the shirt collar to center it, everything fell into place properly.  Never did buy shirts again from that shirtmaker.

Did you show Kabazz?
Great look, the combination of colors was near perfect.

Aren't Neapolitan shirt collars designed to be less structured and softer than usual, what with the absence of collar stays, etc?  This might contribute to the jacket collar and shirt collar not adhering to each other, but it's just conjecture on my part.

Last edited by Marc Grayson (2008-04-14 09:54:42)

I would award points only on shameless self promotion. Dare to live the lifestyle, and so on. Service and customer satisfaction likely to be proporitonal to your buying power. Gulf clientele likely to be fawned over more than your average aspiring faux-Neapolitan i-gent.