Most people are simply not clothing literate, IMO. A suit is a suit.

But if you can 'read' clothes then I would suggest that in certain places a Sack would make a nicely subtle change from the cut of all the other suits on show.

^Welcome Sir. Pull up a chair and settle yourself in.

Staceyboy

Sounds good. My backside is currently perched on a Jacobsen 'Grand Prix' chair. 1970's Fritz Hansen in a (now) knackered black laquer finish. Though the on set of backache will prompt a move pretty soon!

Staceyboy

This suit is probably the best silhouette and certainly for Americans. The natural shoulder is still deep in the memory. Someone smart needs to start a factory and get Corvato to design sack suits before its too late!

I`ve gone off the bloke in Norwich I was talking to. He would use a tailor in Essex, which is fair enough, to copy my BB sack BUT the extras I wanted, such as a hooked vent, higher button stance etc., would have to be discussed over the `phone AND there wouldn`t be a fitting. I am not prepared to take the risk.

Subsequently, I`ve talked to Chris Rocco in Kentish Town in North London and he didn`t turn a hair when I explained what I wanted. There`s a bonus in that he used to be a jazz trumpeter, playing at the Assembly House in Kentish Town, for those who remember its jazz days.

I`ve also fantasised about getting a jacket made by Paul Winston which would not be as expensive as you might think until you factor in two trips to NY. Depending on material it would be $1200-1500. His solution to the travelling is to send him a jacket to copy, which is something to think about.

I`m currently still hoping that something might come up on the vintage front but my size, 36S, very rarely appears which is why I`ve been looking into MTM.

Tok?

Has anyone used Luke's (Barking road)? Not that they have the most nautral shoulders anyway, but I've been trying to guess who Gilbert and George are using now David London (Hackney road) has upped sticks.

Last edited by B.R. (2009-07-23 11:49:30)