Allen Smithee
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Another fine DW topic taken off the track
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Buying other peoples ... bespoke seems to be the stuff of sf and I gents.
Re: thifting - it's just a bigger accomplishment to achieve the same with less. And your dollar gets more variety. One great MTM suit or like a dozen decent, altered thriftjobs.
IME, the tailor hates it, especially when you are an existing customer, when you come in his shop wearing an old tweed coat from the Goodwill.
I'm trying to drop the hint about what an unstructured shoulder is... which brings up the point that certain things are actually easier to get vintage/thrift than new.
Maybe after I work with him and go to eleven!Maybe you should find another tailor since his styling ability is compromised?
Maybe after I work with him and go to eleven!
No, he's very competent, but has biases sometimes counter to my own. And as the OP here states, he's essentially MTM priced, so whatever.
A lot of people nowadays - and not only young people - seem to think that they shouldn't have to save up for anything. They want it now
I'm slightly confused, I understand that thrifting is cheap but I don't understand how everyone is saying m2m and bespoke pricing. To me the pricing is whatever I pay, is there generally some accepted price range for these services? I find that I can get m2m stuff from third world countries for less than department store prices.
I understand your POV. If Luxire works well for you then that is great. I think Betelgeuse has had some experience with Luxire.
I don't know where the cut off would be in terms of what Luxire offers in relation to high end RTW brands favoured by iGents.
How does it compare to high end MTM or bespoke? I have no experience.
Do you order online? How do you interact with humans to make changes or is this all via email?
I can appreciate the value for $$$ wrt the SWD brands you listed. Less so I think with MC. But I could be wrong
I get better customer service by far from people online and find it much easier to buy from people I never meet.
What do you feel that Henry Poole offers that Luxire does not apart from the name? I'm truly interested in the benefits of bespoke tailoring when MTM offers me such a good fit. I understand some people might not have the best fit or experience with MTM, but I fail to see the benefits of paying more for what seems to be no benefit.
I do this all the time, and since provenance and price is kind of irrelevant once I've bought it, it's totally unintentional. I'd fare poorer if I deliberately tried to contrive a "something old, something new, something cheap, something uxurious" look.I see quite a few of them mixing high and low end brands (whether it's rte, mtm or bespoke) all the time.
My tailor, in a horribly traffic-ridden Spanish-speaking area, is quite open open the fact that his prices would more than double if he were across the river in NYC.In general I believe that the in person "high end" mtm or bespoke clothing caries a high price tag ...due to overhead from the location
This. Don't seek better for some sense of entitlement or escalation. Do it to solve problems or get what is truly wanted. To do so for other reasons is frivolous dragon-chasing that will gain little.If Luxire provides you with satisfaction then there is no reason to go elsewhere.
What do you feel that Henry Poole offers that Luxire does not apart from the name? I'm truly interested in the benefits of bespoke tailoring when MTM offers me such a good fit. I understand some people might not have the best fit or experience with MTM, but I fail to see the benefits of paying more for what seems to be no benefit.
I will spend every last dime of my grandchildren's money in order to get clothes that are the best, the best, the best!
What did Journeyman have to do with this?What's wrong with that, journeyman? £350k+ is very normal for VP/Director in banking, perhaps even below average. A survey released a couple of weeks ago showed thr average salary for a 30-35 year old in my position is £429k.
Anyway, if you were to read onwards, you would see that I was trying to say that even if I were to make that much, bespoke still wouldn't be worth it for me.
Also, this whole thread was started because I voiced concerns about spending too much.
I'll leave it alone for now. Hopefully Jimmy Frost Mellor will be able to restrain himself and we can proceed from here. If it keeps spiraling out of control I'll wipe the slate clean.Agreed, Rambo. Probably best just to delete the previous posts, as this debate could go on forever.