Don't know yet. Am very keen though. Even with the postage, they are a touch cheaper than the Italian stuff Binwani sells.

With cloth, it makes a lot of sense to disintermediate the intermediaries. Kill the fat middle man. Go to the mother source.

a group buy perhaps?

This post has been edited by malutapimau: Apr 28 2010, 10:13 AM

since most of the posts are on shirts/suits/sc...anyone would recommend a good material (wool 120's?) for pants? any good tailors?

am thinking of tailored pants but not sure on material and who to go to...

The traditional choice is a mid grey twill wool for odd trousers for use in the office. For casual wear, light grey flannel. Both, however, are very warm. I prefer high twist wool. But I have a length of grey wool twill on its way to me now for trousers.

I suppose any good tailor can make good pants. I suggest you try Binwani. I had these made by ALT. I provided the cloth.

thanks for the info...but for cloth, what should i ask for? the ones for suits?

Cloth = "mid grey twill wool"

Mid grey because it goes with all manner of shirts. Twill because it is the strongest weave. A good tailor should understand this terminology.

right then...will drop in binwani's this weekend. thanks kotmj.

Nobody here has actually tried Binwani's. I'm sending you there so that you would report back.

I met Binwani's in-house tailor when I was there. I don't know how many tailors they have, but that indian guy seems like a nice guy.

I wouldn't let that guy come anywhere near me! He looks like the typical clueless tailor, someone who merely takes measurements.

When I say Binwani, I mean the one at The Curve, not the one at Jln TAR.

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Added on April 27, 2010, 11:10 pm

My ALT trousers.

This post has been edited by kotmj: Apr 27 2010, 11:10 PM

Well, at least he gave me 0.2m free cloth. lol
Did you meet the Curve tailor? Does he look like he knows a thing or two?

He does seem like he knows a thing or two. We had a long chat. They are very Zegna-oriented (pays the rent).

But I've never seen a product of theirs.

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Added on April 27, 2010, 11:29 pmWhat are you going to do with 0.2m of cloth?

This post has been edited by kotmj: Apr 27 2010, 11:29 PM

im guessing the free 0.2m of cloth was a giveaway after purchasing their fabrics,,,e.g. we want 1.5m length of fabric, but the shop staff cuts for 1.7m length so we got an extra / bonus cloth

what kind of cloth is this?

yeah something like that..it was some cheap suiting cloth..wanted to make a sport coat but its on hold for now,lol.

The shirt is very fitted as you can see..its not the tailors fault, i specifically asked for this fit.







As requested by loke, it doesn't have marks on the stitching.

Oh. Is the collar fused?

Calvin, stop asking that question. EVWERYTHING is fused in the Klang valley.

His shirt was made in Malacca by Portuguese descent(?)

This post has been edited by bloke1: Apr 28 2010, 05:31 PM

lol..no, its made by a chinese uncle..and yeah its fused, i hope he can make my next shirt with either no fusing or very soft one though..

I think these pictures show that one can look good in short sleeves provided it is very slim fitting and bespoke. RTW won't work with the super slim fit cut because it is very sensitive to the customers measurements.