ditto. if i see something nice, i'll look for the version without the branding

This is the thread I was looking for:

http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=174955

This post has been edited by kotmj: May 14 2010, 09:46 PM

Depends. if they have something i really really want. I shall skip the suits as i can say, i will never ever look good in them since i don't have mannequin body.

huhuhu...going to collect my suit at alt this morning...hope he is also ready for the 1st fitting of my navy suit....seems like i am short 0f 5 small buttons for my waistcoat...as I bought the larger size....thinking on getting the same color button at Jln TAR..but it seems like only kotmj knows where exactly is that so called "kedai butang" ...

Silencer, ask AL to source the waistcoat buttons for you.

I am in Coffee Bean Cap Square now, and about to get AL to make me a pair of trousers and a shirt.

I was in a certain port town this morning and went to all the tailors there. I come to realise now that only a few tailors in KL practise "fine" tailoring --- the others make stuff for peasants, i.e. farmers.

I've not yet found a better pair of trousers than what AL makes. Also, while Ron has a more sophisticated cut for his shirts, AL's workmanship is sublime and Jermyn Street worthy. People like ISTT, MBT2, and MBT3 (which is located very near to ALT) simply cannot match this level of tailoring.

This post has been edited by kotmj: May 15 2010, 05:53 PM

As a matter of fact, ALT is indeed Jermyn Street worthy. I just gave him one of my Charles Tyrwhitt shirts for altering (even for slim fit shirts, the chest's too big, and the armhole too low) and from what I saw so far after picking it up last night was good. One thing I noticed different from his shirt compared to those I have is that the cuffs are extremely stiff. Will it soften after a number of washes?

I saw your suit sitting majestically in the shop last night, Silencer. I'm sure you will like it.

Went to AL just now. To spare himself from having to listen to my Cantonese, he brought out a bag of Jermyn Street stuff (Hilditch & Key, Thyrwhitt, etc.) that a Mat Salleh left to have repaired. He said he will make my shirt like those, and that the collar will NOT be fused. He said he used to make them that way, but that since the introduction of fusing, the shirtmaker complains that no fusing is more work, so he bought a collar machine from Singapore and has been fusing happily since.

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Added on May 15, 2010, 9:17 pmThat bag had some really old shirts. One was from 1989. The collars were all worn, and he was asked to replace them with similar cloth.

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Added on May 15, 2010, 9:26 pmI wouldn't know about the cuffs, I asked for everything to be supersoft the last time.

This post has been edited by kotmj: May 15 2010, 09:26 PM

Thanks kotmj, AL told me that he is expecting the same color of horn buttons to be sent from Spore next week....going to commission 3 dress shirt with stay and french cuff at alt sometimes this month...when I'm back from fabric shopping in NY again- Im in luv with Zegna clothes.......

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Added on May 15, 2010, 11:08 pmI'm in luv with my 3 piece Zegna suit from alt.....will post the pictures when I have the time... going to wear it next friday during the signing ceremony of S&P agreement of takeover of GLC at Mimos...I hope my Zegna Navy suit will be ready for the upcoming BOD meeting....

This post has been edited by silencer: May 15 2010, 11:08 PM

He'll have horn buttons and ermazine lining soon because he will carry the full range of Dugdale cloth and trimmings soon. One of few in Malaysia (Bespoked, of course, is the other. No really, I'm serious) and the first too.

I wonder how many long-legged models have been sent to how many hotel suites to sit atop execs to get this deal to happen...

This post has been edited by kotmj: May 16 2010, 03:29 AM

Gentlemen, I went to the much anticipated afternoon wedding reception today.

Almost every suit was black.

Never wear a tie to a banquet like this. I dipped mine in a very nice sauce. Thankfully, it's only a Daiso number.

People asked me about my pocket square. They wanted to know what it was. "What is that in your pocket?" I had to demonstrate to a table how to stuff a PS a la Michael Alden.

My jacket made an impression on all. "How many suits do you actually have?" I was asked. "Here comes the Man of the Year" said another. "Very nice," said the groom. I did not hear remarks made about the other suits, and almost every male was wearing one.

My jacket did not rumple as much as i would like. It still looks kinda tame.

Thankfully, nobody there reads this thread. I live in fear of someone coming up to me and asking, "Excuse me, are you kotmj?"

This post has been edited by kotmj: May 16 2010, 08:34 PM

hmmm.....

Stalker alert.

Oh, what colour pants did you wear with the linen jacket?

kotmj is much better than h*mo..

This was the inspiration (though whoopee was wearing flannel):


But I could have also done it this way if I wanted to (mannequin to the left):


This post has been edited by kotmj: May 17 2010, 07:36 PM

Your jacket would look great with a pair of jeans, even better than the former pic tbh..

This ones for this thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNOG3XIX4Xg&feature=fvsr

Well, the dress code was "formal".

I've gotten my suit from the tailor.

Everything seems to be fine (as far as I can tell) except that the bottom half of the jacket seems to be "floating".
It gives me a bigger belly that what I already have
I think this is due to me asking the for a smaller waist, which is what the tailor not used to do.

I actually noticed something wrong on my 2nd fitting, but thought that it was due to the adjustments and pins.
Mentioned it to the tailor too, but he said not to worry, it'll be alright once its done.
I guess not.....

Anyway, I asked him to slim down the side of the jacket.
Faced a lot of opposition, since its already a finished suit. Lots of work needed to be done to take apart the jacket.
Hope it works.



No picture taken, cause I thought I'll be taking it home.
This is the previous picture with highlighted problem area.

No idea what you're referring to with floating. Might be skirt flare.

My "So you want to get a suit made" sticky is about to have been read 1000X.

A celebration of some sort is in order.