That pic suggests a suit that requires about 3X more labour and skill to get right than your standard fuse job. It is the sign of a hand-made garment.

That was probably fused with an iron, not a steam press.

Traditional suits don't even have any glue in them. Apart from that, their lapels and collars are given shape through the small little stitches you see above. Takes days, requires concentration, and tires the eyes and fingers. Until 3 decades ago, it was the defacto method of make of Malaysian tailors. It has all but disappeared.

We're all hoping that the sifu up north Rubinacci will be using for Loky's suit is not dead or anything, and not infirm and crapping his diaper every hour, etc.

Something within me jumped when I saw that back.

The suit is not technically perfect, but the tailor obviously is formidable. A little bit of coaching would make him the best so far.

I've exchanged PMs with kneok, and there were 3 fittings altogether.

That suit jacket is a paragon of perfection. Just copy it precisely and you will be well taken care of.

You should go for a single button.

The latest policy is to have all SBs as single buttons, c.f. BeigeLinenJacket. The Tan Sri is also now a convert.

The volume of stupid questions has gone down dramatically ever since I published my suit sticky.

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Added on July 2, 2010, 6:39 pmNow, people come here with fit pics, a development I very much encourage.

This post has been edited by kotmj: Jul 2 2010, 06:39 PM

This is a long shot, but Fusionsex were you in Kinokuniya on Wed evening?

That tweed jacket looks great.

I thought I saw someone like you there. He has pointy Italian leather shoes (good ones), skinny dark jeans, a white shirt and trendy hair.

They have vrought in a new magazine about maintenance of men's clothes and accessories. Heavily illustrated, all about how to brush your wool trousers, jackets, how to revitalize shoes, bags, remove stains from shirts, how to iron shirts, etc. But it costs RM80+.

Lokemui hasn't a chance.

I just soaked a blazer I bought from the bundle shop, and the laundry water is very red?! How can that be? It's a grey blazer with grey lining.

The blazer was very dirty and smelled terrible. I wish someone would just throw it away for me now. I daren't touch it.

Taiwanese butcher is mode likely. But there was a reddish stain at the bottom hem that was caked hard. It cannot be blood can it? After clotting, blood no longer disperses in water, right?

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Added on July 2, 2010, 11:51 pmf***, I hate shit like this. Someone please get that jacket out of my bathroom.

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Added on July 3, 2010, 12:06 amWhat do I do with it now? It's soaking in a pail in the bathroom.

Do I just bring it out and throw it away?

This post has been edited by kotmj: Jul 3 2010, 12:06 AM

It was really red! It's soaking in a second fill of water + detergent now.

I think I'll just go to sleep and decide tomorrow.

That pic is so bizarre I don't even know what to say.

All dressed up and going to pick up zuperpent now.

"Leng chai, ngo hoi chi cho sam lei tou mei chut sai ah!"

There were two other new developments at AL today.

First, he has received all the Dugdale stuff. I spent some time leafing through the books. Very old fashioned English stuff. The cloths do not have the soft hand of Italian stuff.

Second, our Tan Sri has commissioned (yet) another suit.

It doesn't look that good. Not curvaceous enough, not distinctive, no personality. The lapels are too skinny, the hacking pockets are too sloping as to look sad, and the sleeves are not done optimally.

Also it seems to have some issues at the waist, but that may be due to your posture. I would like to see the back.

Please also never wear that shirt with this suit ever again.

This post has been edited by kotmj: Jul 4 2010, 12:32 PM

Have you used Jeeves? How much?

AL recommended me to a place at Jln Imbi next to SAI or something like that. But nobody goes to Jln Imbi.

I like his pink flip flop.