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#1 2009-01-12 19:29:22
- captainpreppy
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Faux Working Sleeve Buttons
Just a little matter of interest: I chanced to be in Target last night and noticed that even their suit coat separates now have faux buttonholes. I would surmise the damn things would be a nuisance if you had to shorten the sleeve more than a fraction of an inch. I wonder how much the iGent influence came into play in getting them to incorporate this feature. I should think the kind of fellow who buys his suits from Target would be indifferent to the whole matter of working sleeve buttons.
#2 2009-01-12 19:35:38
- Voltaire's Bastard
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“You know that saying, 'Caesar's wife is above suspicion'? Well I put an end to all that rubbish!"..”
#3 2009-01-12 19:40:34
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Re: Faux Working Sleeve Buttons
It may not be too mysterious. Target markets itself as cheap chic. The simulated holes are probably a very low cost way to give the jackets a veneer of style. If shortening is required, the simulated holes are far easier to deal with than real ones. The stitches unravel and pull out easily and without a trace.
#4 2009-01-14 18:36:04
- Marc Grayson
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I saw Chuck Schumer the other day wearing a suit with spalla camicia. Oh, sorry, it turned out to just be a shitty suit with badly made, wrinkled shoulders.
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#6 2009-01-15 00:19:00
- Moose Maclennan
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#7 2009-01-15 00:23:34
- The_Shooman
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#8 2009-01-15 06:02:34
- John Rotten
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Interestingly, much of Canali and Corneliani's RTW comes with these simulated buttonholes. I have also seen Brioni like this also. One wonders what segment of the market they are appealing to?
#10 2009-01-15 13:15:46
- Marc Grayson
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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
#13 2009-01-15 18:46:09
- Marc Grayson
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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
#15 2009-01-16 08:04:02
- eg
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Re: Faux Working Sleeve Buttons
I don't get the whole "working buttons" fetish -- virtually none of my RTW, MTM and custom-tailored clothes have them, the sole exception being a cream linen jacket I had done by a local tailor I wanted to try (I find his cut too snug for my liking, so I'm not going back unless my Toronto guy retires).
#17 2009-01-16 09:51:10
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#18 2009-01-16 10:29:01
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Faux Working Sleeve Buttons
"‘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