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    Presidential Advisors, Step Up!

    Nice thread. You guys have many good suggestions. However, I would like to disagree with just a few of them. No grey suits. Aw, come on now. It’s not all that bad is it? I admit that grey can be boring, but it doesn’t always have to be. Grey is a very appropriate color because of its...
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    unique overcoat

    I think that old thing is uselsess and you should send it to me right away so that I can "take care of it" for you, he he. No. I think that your coat is a mens coat, yes, and i think that you have a nice article of clothing there in your hands. Keep it, take care of it, and use it often. I...
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    Dress like you want to be President

    I don't believe that for a minuet and any so called "advisor" worth his weight of salt wouldn't either. Why? It is because a suit only enhances who you all ready are. Edited for content. Read HERE and choose words wisely before posting. Dressing like your at a funeral only fools people for...
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    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    Thanks everyone for your input. Yes, I agree Feraud, the illustrations don’t tell us what we really want to know before making an online purchase. It would take a degree of faith, or perhaps foolishness to purchase something so personal and particular an item that we have only seen drawings...
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    Latest Project: Mycustomtailor Suit!

    I think you wear the look well Big Man Big Man, this is a site that I visit to learn what the “standard” professional opinion is for men’s wear. http://www.mens-fashion-tips.com/mens-suits-details.html Here is what they have to say about Lapels, I have highlighted what I think is most...
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    Dress like you want to be President

    You mean to tell me that my only options for republican candidates are a bunch of yahoos that don't know to have their pants hemmed? I don't think that one of those jokers is wearing a tailored suit, let alone a decent fitting ready made one. And what is the deal with everyone on television...
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    Varieties of overcoat...

    Thanks Alan No, my user name came from a customer of my folks business. I used to be a technical support representative for my families small software company and one of our customers had that name. I liked it at the time and used it for various forums and what not. It was nothing really...
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    Varieties of overcoat...

    Outstanding, Thank You. Outstanding post my friend, I have read 3 of the articles posted and I will most assuredly read them all. It is as I and others have said before. We have to start from scratch and relearn how to make clothing that works in function and does what it was originally...
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    Learning to Make My Own Menswear

    Yes, I have learned a few things about knit fabrics and their construction such that I am skipping my plans on socks for the moment. However, the real pain for creating knits is in the construction of the fabric itself and not as much the clothing items that are then made from the fabrics. As...
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    Fashion Disasters OR Discovering My Inner Snob

    Don't Hire Him. Your First Impressions Were Right I have to agree with the original posters remarks and disagree with most of those who have commented about it. This guy was going for an interview for a job and it was completely obvious that he did not prepare in the least for it. He jumbled...
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    A CUSTOM SUIT GONE WRONG

    Do you know for a fact that sweat shop labor isn’t used to create the Magnoli line? How can you be so “damn sure”? Magnoli never admitted on his web site where the clothes are actually made and who makes them. How can you, in good faith, say that you are “sure" of anything regarding Thailand...
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    A CUSTOM SUIT GONE WRONG

    I too am completely disappointed by what you have brought to light here. For the 500 dollars that Magnoli charges for a suit and the 80 dollars that he charges for a shirt, I would have expected that he was making the clothing items himself. Instead, it seems that he is contracting out the...
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    custom shirt questions

    http://www.mens-fashion-tips.com/mens-dress-shirts.html This web site will give you a ton of great advice. I plan on purchasing books on these matters, yet I am hip deep in learning the construction of such clothing at the moment and coordination with other outfits is secondary right now. I...
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    Better fit

    Ok, here is something official for you fellas to chew on. Here is a photo from the book, Classic Tailoring Techniques, A Construction Guide for Men’s Wear ISBN: 1-87005-43107. Page 37 Armhole - Too High/Low Contrary to popular belief, the most comfortable armhole for a sleeve is...
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    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    Pictures of the Coat Here are some pictures of the Ralph Lauren Trench Coat. From these photos you can see the things that I liked about it enough to keep it instead of sending it back.
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    Santa Claus Is Over

    Santa Clause is real, and I can prove it. What is not real is that he drives a sleigh with flying reindeer and somehow magically squeezes down your chimney to place presents under the tree. The real part is that some people actually go out and become Santa to real children who have never had...
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    Berlin: A Boon For Travellists?

    Strangely enough, I would recommend that you might want to look into Buenos Aires, Argentina for pre-world war two german clothing items. I know it sounds strainge, but one of my old bosses was from argentina and he told me often that many people who fled Germany before the war went to south...
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    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    Thanks fellas for the advice, but I think i'm going to just keep it. Thanks Alan, it was one of your posts that I found here before that convinced me to give them a try in the first place. You were right then about their service and I appreciate that. I have decided to keep the coat thought; it...
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    Learning to Make My Own Menswear

    Learning more everyday now Wow, I have a lot to learn that’s for sure. I don’t know anything about computer patterns and such. I would like to learn more about that. As well I have another question for you please. You say that in the 17th century they made socks from regular cotton or linen...
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    Which religious group?

    The So-called Educated Those who need empirical evidence for the existence of God are those who simply refuse to accept that they themselves are the evidence they seek. I don’t find it strange at all that those who call themselves educated are most often also those who refuse to believe in...

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