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The cummerbund with the suit look (at least with a neck tie) looks as awful as I imagined it would look. Maybe a bow tie would make the cummerbund with the suit look good looking.

Low cut 2-button SB jacket with peak lapels with high cut 8-button DB vest with shawl lapels and an outward single angle at the center of the bottom of the front and 2 identical pairs of top stitched double forward pleated suspender pants with belt style side adjusters, 1.5 inch high cuffed...

Thank you, Flat Foot Floey. :) It sounds like Michael Savoia's house style was similar to Brooks Brothers cut (specifically, the sack suit, the original American cut clothing).

From what I understand, Michael Savoia was the best tailor in this country by far (and priced somewhere in the middle with 0 outsourcing). Also, from what I understand, he was in the same league as the 3 Caracenis, the French and the Japanese (who are considered the best in the world by a...

Contrasting (meaning non-matching or, as you said, collegeguy123, unmatching) and matching vests are equally acceptable.

The minimum weight for heavy weight fabric is 13 ounces. That is still a good weight, if you want heavy weight fabrics with a thread count under super 100s. IIRC, H. Lesser & Sons morning stripe trousers are 13.5 ounces, but definitely 2-3% silk and 97-98% wool. Harrisons of Edinburgh has...

That's unfortunate. It's like Guttersnipe said, to buy heavy weight fabrics for suits and other tailored garments, you either have to buy custom or seasonally from certain niche brands. Both of these choices are rather expensive.

I agree with what all of those here that are against the super fabrics said about super fabrics. I liked those crummy fabrics at one point in time (as recently as five years ago) myself, I'm sorry to say. Heavy weight fabrics (which are a minimum of 13 ounces) with low thread counts are far...

How much customization or personalizing is there with Prince Henry's made to measure in Bangkok? I know that the suits are not going to have baste fittings nor a pattern created from scratch being that they are made to measure as you say. Sorry to hear about the massive flooding in Bangkok, BTW.

Has anybody bought a suit from this brand? If so, how is the quality? I need some new suits and was thinking about buying some from My Suit in Manhattan. In America, good bespoke (which, IMO, is hard-if by NO means impossible to come by in America) is a minimum of $1,500 to start for two...

I had a feeling that Esquire and GQ are full of it regarding that DB rule. It looks like I was right. :)

Esquire or GQ recently said that you don't wear a DB overcoat with a DB suit or jacket as it is overkill and should not be done (implying that doing so is a faux pas). Is this true? Or, are Esquire and GQ full of it?

I agree with you 100%, Tommy. However, I think it applies to all tailored clothing (suits, tuxedos, pants-as mentioned before, cutaway coats, tail coats, vests, skirts, dresses and especially overcoats).

Three-piece (or as I say, vested) suits rule! :) You are far from the only person who love three-piece suits, Fedora Fan! :)

+100 However, I usually see only the center button of a three button single breasted jacket buttoned. Sometimes, I the top two buttons buttoned. I rarely see all three buttons buttoned. I have never seen three button single breasted jackets buttoned any other way.