Why don't you tell me earlier? I have a nice pair of faded blue jeans from Giordano. I would have donated them to you otherwise.

jeans looks kinda baggy,,, did you sized up?

i think a superfastic linen jacket should be matched w/ a faded selvage denim---not an rm8 jeans

My navy jacket will fit exactly like that!

Hi kotmj,

Thanks for the reply. I'm actually looking at the PLal webbie just now... cool, now I know where to get my shoes as well...

In regards to fittings so if it's about 2-3 days per fitting, I suppose it's best to keep my schedule flexible for the 1st week and a half while I'm there for the fittings?

Well, I had my last suit done by the crew at Sparkmanshop a few years back, last I heard from my dad they've changed their name or something. But all I can say is, back then being my ignorant self, all I just needed was a suit for work, and hence got myself served a fused "sackcloth". Now I've been enlightened to the process of a decent bespoke tailor, I am aware that I am in need of a wardrobe/ image refresher. I'll post up a pic one of these days to show you guys the "sack" one day.

I'm still a novice which such affairs though so, I'm also planning to purchase a book or two from amazon.com, namely "Dressing the Man". I was wondering if anyone might have any other recommendations in terms of books to further my sartorial studies?

Thanks & regards,

First, let me say I probably learnt more about suits reading the last 10 page of this thread and "So you want to get a suit made" then my last 30+ years of existence

I read ALT should be able to churn out a suit in 3 weeks, that's about the date line I have for my wedding (yeah I know I was procrastinating..). I'm actually aiming for a Mao/Mandarin Suit of maybe dark navy colour. Material.. no idea.. probably go for super wool as suggested in this thread.

Anyway, I would like to know if I'm making some sort of fashion boo boo with this choice, and is there anything I should pay special attention to for this type of suit or just leave myself in Ah Loke's capable hands?

ps : kotmj, does your "special cut" at ALT's work for this kinda suit as well?

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,

Anyone else wore a blazer?

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

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?!