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Apologies if this has already been posted.
One Man's Unintended Detour Into the Cult of Bespoke - Fall Fashion 2007 -- New York Magazine
"Are you going to do something about that?” inquires Mr. Wilcox, pointing at my gut. I warily lower my eyes and notice the subtle but unmistakable beginnings of the proverbial tire. Wilcox, whose name is Alex but who prefers “Mr.,” delivers the line with the most British inflection imaginable: clipped, trilling, and just a tad derisive.
Well, I never! Minutes earlier, I had walked into Wilcox’s shop, Lord Willy’s, with the intention of chatting up the proprietor about a heretofore understudied demographic: men who, fed up with designers and labels, become fanatical followers of bespoke tailoring. Somehow, this simple task led to a brutally honest appraisal of my figure. I’m also shorter than I thought: “You, sir, are 38,” says Wilcox the moment we meet. “Maybe even 37.” I meekly note that my entire adult life I’ve thought of myself as 40 long. “Good lord!” gasps Wilcox, scrunching up his nose à la Hugh Laurie. “You’ll drown in a 40!” To illustrate, he strips a nearby mannequin of a cheeky eggplant blazer and offers me a try. It looks great and makes me immediately feel suave, until I commit an apparently unforgivable blunder: buttoning the bottom button. Mr. Wilcox is aghast. “Never,” he says gravely, and hands me another jacket to try on. In five minutes, every single item in my wardrobe has been exposed as a piece of ill-fitting, amateur-hour crap. My “good” Zegna jacket might as well be a hair shirt. I walked into this shop as a reasonably fashion-aware man; I walk out a fat slob."
http://nymag.com/fashion/07/fall/36077/
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mmm... i read this somewhere on here. Talks to Nicolosi but gets a suit from here? *shakes head*
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I don't find this suit flattering:
The trousers are kind of mousy looking and rather wrinkled in the groin.
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The trousers are definitely wrong. :(
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I also feel the jacket is too long given his proportions.
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His right shoulder has a serious drop difference in comparison to the left, the jacket amplifies it.
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maybe it's just the angle and the way he's wearing them?
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You could be right, I was just pointing out what I saw when I first looked at the suit. Pics can be deceiving I think. He is better dressed than most I see on a daily basis.
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I think it's the lighting, actually. The light is coming from his right side, illuminating his right shoulder. As a result, his left shoulder appears darker and heavier.
As for his trousers, they need a pressing before I can make a judgement.
