i think i may be the person in question here.

just went for my third fitting with AL this afternoon. i think he will be finalizing (is that the correct term?) the suit after this.

will post some pictures up tonight of the fitting session.

This post has been edited by kenterong: Aug 24 2011, 08:33 PM

the more i look at these pictures, the more i feel like this is going to be a rather expensive tuition fee.

comment away, guys.

for what it's worth: i'm 173cm tall, weight about 71kg currently.








by the way, please ignore that shiny looking thing in the picture. i believe that's the camera strap. only noticed it when i was resizing the pictures just now.

shoulders will be extended 0.25" on both sides (there were divots on the sleeveheads, left side more apparent than the right), shoulder padding will be reduced to a bare minimum, sleeves will be loosened up a bit. AL seems to think that the jacket is too waisted (compared to my 'broad' shoulders), so he will undo the darts a bit. will also let out a bit more at the lower back so that it falls a bit more vertically.

pants? they seemed like the right length and they're comfortable even when i'm sitting (family jewels have adequate room), but i'm not too happy with how they look from the back. AL says the pants won't fall nicely but they will be comfortable to sit in. if i wanted the pants to have a clean straight look when i stand up, then they won't be comfortable when i sit in them. what do you all think?

This post has been edited by kenterong: Aug 24 2011, 10:20 PM

we were tweaking the shoulders (deltoids seemed to portrude too much), the shape of the lower back (which was following my lumbar curve a lot), and trying to make it a waisted jacket. sleeves seemed okay.

big mistake with the pants was that i didn't address the back balance on the first fitting session (i was in a rush). next thing i knew, the pants were ready. AL seems adamant that the pants cannot be changed anymore.

bigger mistake was probably i didn't have another pair of trained eyes to help me in this whole endeavor.

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Added on August 25, 2011, 8:07 amby the way, can you please describe what entails in the final stages of fitting, kotmj?

This post has been edited by kenterong: Aug 25 2011, 08:07 AM

heh cheeky.

i honestly don't know if my DB is still salvageable, but if it is, can i ask for your help on it?

just crawled out of the woodwork is quite apt. sorry for imposing on you, but thanks a lot for accommodating me.

i'll call AL tomorrow and ask him to implement those changes. he won't be too pleased about it, that's for sure.

managed to talk to AL and convince him to implement the changes to the jacket. surprisingly, he didn't put up any resistance when i said i wanted to come in tomorrow to try the jacket again.

feels like i'm reading an oakley catalogue, what with the exotic names attached to the elaborate descriptions.

hmmmm not sure if i saw an oil trader yesterday, but i think i may have caught a whiff of hydrocarbons lingering in the air at ALT's...

just out of curiosity, why are you going with no vents?

i feel the earth move under my feet
i feel the sky tumbling down

... or something to that effect?

heh, i feel like i may have been the last (or one of the last few) to benefit from kotmj's sessions with ALT.

and talking of whom, he still hasn't got my suit ready!

talking about rtw, a colleague of mine wore a jacket she bought from H&M to work yesterday. it wasn't exactly a great fit on her because of her very ample chest (ahem), but what caught my attention was that the jacket has working cuffs. and the lining was done in the traditional manner (correct me if i'm wrong): white material with thin stripes for the sleeves, and a rather cute white polka dot on blue/black material for the torso.

not bad for sgd60.

hoh, an SB with peaked lapels.

completion of finished product on 14 nov? is this a fused construction?

This post has been edited by kenterong: Nov 9 2011, 09:53 AM

oh, nothing wrong with it. just that most people go with a notch for an SB. i've been toying with the same idea myself, so i'm quite interested in the outcome so that i can decide whether to go with peaks for a future commission.