What colour?

BTW I picked up a light blue shirt from AL today. RM 150. Heads and shoulders above Chicago Tailor in both cut and finishing, though I am not sure how good it is compared to the better tailors. I'm very happy with it. It's easily the best-fitting the shirt I own. Stitching is as fine as it gets (I imagine), buttonholes are also very densely stitched, etc. I can find no fault with it.

pics

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Added on December 12, 2009, 6:14 pmThe fabric is not his best. His best light blue Swiss cotton costs RM200/shirt, but I wasn't willing to sink that kind of money before finding out if he was any good first.

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Added on December 12, 2009, 6:15 pmI did not give him any direction. I basically said "make me a shirt out of this".

This post has been edited by kotmj: Dec 12 2009, 06:15 PM

It's in medium gray.

Does the shirt comes with removable collar stays? Fused or stitched collars?

As always, fused. This type of collar (with tabs) has no collar stays. The shirts Ah Loke himself wears have non-removable stays. (Though I'm sure I can request for them.) What's the benefit of removable stays? After a while I lose all the little pieces.

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Added on December 12, 2009, 10:26 pmThere is a German-language site for men's style called Stilmagazin. Each week, they publish one "Outfit of the Week" from submissions by its readers. This year's winner for best submission is this:



The runner up is an outfit I have posted once on this forum (though I didn't know it would be a runner-up then) but much larger:



Every time I see this pic I get pangs for a navy DB. The guy in the picture (known on SF as Sterling Gillette) is also a prolific contributor of articles to the site (but they are in German), and this past week I have translated two of his articles "The Navy Suit" and "The Light Blue Shirt" into English. They are part of a larger series of articles called "Building Blocks of a Lasting Wardrobe". He told me yesterday he will get them published.

This post has been edited by kotmj: Dec 12 2009, 10:27 PM

I just keep a pair for all my shirts. Though I hardly wear them, I find shirts with non-removable stays leave imprint marks after some time, thanks to laundering and ironing. Not to mention curling up.

guys, hows the classic way to write a monogram on my shirt?

Any good place I can find a classy male suit outlet other than KLCC?

Pavillion

That was then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Leg2KaDkOqU&feature=channel

The men in the film look awful.

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Added on December 15, 2009, 9:49 pmcalvinloke: A Henry Poole coat with a second button that does not line up with the pocket welts and whose quarters only start opening after the second button. Also, the waist pockets are ever so mildly slanted.



This post has been edited by kotmj: Dec 15 2009, 09:52 PM

Pocket seems too high, methinks. Or maybe a shorter jacket length works better?

This post has been edited by calvinloke: Dec 15 2009, 10:06 PM

Blasphemy! How dare you question Henry Poole?

Oh wait, I found a picture of a particularly beautiful POW tie the other day.

Holy cow! Not again! The hunt is officially on!

And I don't care even if it's 100% polyester!

This post has been edited by calvinloke: Dec 15 2009, 10:19 PM

Kent Wang's not the same. Di Montezemolo's is prob. made of 100% cashmere (it's matt and wooly) whereas Kent Wang's is 100% silk.

Hmm.. Maybe I'll have it made from a POW suiting fabric. Let's see...

The one above is a multiple-fold tie. The giveaway is the way the fabric softly folds around the edges of the blade, unlike the usual ones which appear ironed and flat. I don't think a normal POW will look quite as luxurious.

Look at the difference between silk



or this (Drakes)



and wool (+10% cashmere)



This post has been edited by kotmj: Dec 15 2009, 10:54 PM

hey guys,
recently i see people wearing some scarf-tie kinda thing in suits instead of the orthodox tie. Looks pretty cool. guys i'm talking about. Its one whole piece of cloth that looks surprisingly trendy and neat.

I'll take both.

what do u guys think abt this?
white shirt + striped vest(mostly black) + slacks ?
i wont be wearing a tie,im gonna start teaching at this tuition centre soon and i need to keep it formal
however,i feel like one of my white shirts are abit too plain so i thought i wanted to pair it up with a vest to make it look better yawn.gif