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hi kotmj & silencer,

Well, basically I'm building my wardrobe from almost scratch, besides my old sparkmanshop navy narrow pinstripe sacksuit being assigned to the "only use in serious emergencies status"...lol

I guess I'll be looking at starting with 2 summer and 2 winter suits, or if I can stretch my budget (by cutting out all my eating out expenses for a few months) a special "dinner date" suit.

For the summer suits I'm sticking close to my favorite colours like light grays, charcoals, tans and browns. For the winter wear, i have navy, charcoal and dark brown in mind. British Fabrics seem to have a few decent kid mohair/ wool blends on offer for my summer suit material. For winter suits, I'll probably come up to Binwanis when I drop by to see if any decent Super 100 - 120s fabrics around. Not sure how Binwani's prces compare to british fabrics. Overall for my "General Purpose/ workhorse suits" as long as the quality is decent, that's good with me. Not too fussed as they're mostly for weekday and work wear.

The dinner dinner date suit though I guess, I intend to get something more special, perhaps a lighter (in weight/ density terms) perhaps like Super 130 - 140 in Navy or charcoal.


Cheers peeps,

The pinned thread DID NOT state what was a "reasonable amount" for buying your own cloth.

dinner dates are expensive and don't work

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Added on June 4, 2010, 7:52 pmi would suggest this wardrobe

dark semi-milled textured charcoal medium weight 3 piece sb
a medium gray twill medium weight 3 piece sb
a kid mohair navy tropical weight 2 piece db with swappable buttons
a colourful and loud sports jacket
light gray flannel trousers

This post has been edited by kotmj: Jun 4 2010, 07:55 PM

was just about to enter alt when i saw this couple from 2 weeks back sitting at the counter, their backs to me. i retraced my steps and am now in coffee bean having a coffee to avoid having to meet them.

the boy is STILL wearing a stupid t-shirt for fittings.

hahahaha..will only be going to alt to collect my 3 piece zegna navy at 6pm..as al told me that it will only be ready around6-7pm.......the fitting for myblack armani will only be ready on next saturday....

Kotmj... needs your precious help...as I run out of idea for my next 4 suits...as I have to get rid of all of my OTR suits......bespoked is the way..... Currently, I have charcoal,tan,navy and black bespoked suits....what will be the next fabric color?????

Please, Tan Sri, have some modesty! You already have more bespoke suits than most people will have suits in their lives.

But to answer your question, you need some stripes. Maybe a mid grey with white chalkstripes.



Also, consider a Prince of Wales check.



And a gunclub sportsjacket.



This post has been edited by kotmj: Jun 5 2010, 04:06 PM

Thank U Sir kotmj....
That tan check is famous for Dormeuil fabric.....
How many yards is required for the sport jacket......and how about the material...linen or tropical wool.....

1.7m will be sufficient for just a jacket. linen or tropical is entirely up to you, but wool is more formal.

Haha kotmj, you raise a good point about dinner dates .... probably explains why I'm still rather poor

Thanks for the wardrobe recs... really some food for thought for me. Will google up some of the terms before bothering you further about it.....

Cheers,

Dressed for a night out...



I'm late! Bye.

Sir kotmj..let me guess...dinner at 5 star hotel restaurant..and finishing it with listening to the Live Band at the lounge....

Actually, it was celebrating a pretty chick's birthday at a Korean restaurant followed by a round of pubbing.

Anyone else wore a blazer?

wow..raw meat and half-cooked.....

Of course not.

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Added on June 7, 2010, 10:00 amsounds hamsap

This post has been edited by kotmj: Jun 7 2010, 10:25 AM

Wah! kotmj seems to be ALT stalker.... remind me not to turn my back to the door when I go for my fitting this saturday.

ps : You guys noticed the lack of parking in that area?!

I park at Cap Square. RM2 flat rate on weekends.

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Added on June 8, 2010, 12:26 pmWhat time will you be there this Saturday? So I can avoid you, you understand.

This post has been edited by kotmj: Jun 8 2010, 12:26 PM

huh...what was with the "reasonable amount" thing??? kotmj had written it in details...and should be fully understandable.....