(But I cannot recommend the trouser stripe for the average man…)
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Trouser stripe – agreed. However, redoing the button holes in a contrasting thread I thought was spectacular. Unfortunately, it took five minutes trying to convince my tailor to open the lapel hole (OPEN, mind you), before he agreed. Then throw in that I wanted a flower loop stitched into the back and I thought the poor man’s head would explode. Needless to say, finding a tailor in my neck of the woods to do something like redoing the thread may be a difficult task, indeed.
Hello Turling, Keep fighting the good fight! Once he’s opened the buttonhole… well it’s a slippery slope. (I do em myself with an Exacto.) Have a good friend who has had his buttonholes stitched with contrasting colour. I was skeptical at first, but it really does look good. He only does one on each sleeve and the lapel.
Great observations about Italian traditions in tailoring! I have found these kinds of details on Brunello Cucinelli’s ladies’ pieces (also an Italian house). A favorite tailored white shirt has three buttons on each cuff–small, different color buttons, but all neutral. Nothing that shouts out at you, but a whimsical detail that a few friends (friends who notice these things) have noticed with delight! One button is white, one is gray, and one is a darker gray (charcoal). Similar whimsical details on the inside of the skirt of trouser–linings and waist bands trimmed in a neck-tie stripe fabric or jeans pockets lined with indigo stripe cotton. The joy is that these details are purely for the pleasure of the wearer. Thanks for the video!
Trouser stripe – agreed. However, redoing the button holes in a contrasting thread I thought was spectacular. Unfortunately, it took five minutes trying to convince my tailor to open the lapel hole (OPEN, mind you), before he agreed. Then throw in that I wanted a flower loop stitched into the back and I thought the poor man’s head would explode. Needless to say, finding a tailor in my neck of the woods to do something like redoing the thread may be a difficult task, indeed.
Hello Turling, Keep fighting the good fight! Once he’s opened the buttonhole… well it’s a slippery slope. (I do em myself with an Exacto.) Have a good friend who has had his buttonholes stitched with contrasting colour. I was skeptical at first, but it really does look good. He only does one on each sleeve and the lapel.
Great observations about Italian traditions in tailoring! I have found these kinds of details on Brunello Cucinelli’s ladies’ pieces (also an Italian house). A favorite tailored white shirt has three buttons on each cuff–small, different color buttons, but all neutral. Nothing that shouts out at you, but a whimsical detail that a few friends (friends who notice these things) have noticed with delight! One button is white, one is gray, and one is a darker gray (charcoal). Similar whimsical details on the inside of the skirt of trouser–linings and waist bands trimmed in a neck-tie stripe fabric or jeans pockets lined with indigo stripe cotton. The joy is that these details are purely for the pleasure of the wearer. Thanks for the video!