[Leica] no film in a decade; now very poor men's clothes

[joelct at singnet.com.sg (Joseph Low)]

            I agree with JG - HK tailors are still better and the minimum is
2 fittings
            and with Shanghai finishes - such are equal to the best bespoke
in the West

            My 0.02 worth

            Cheers - Joseph Low

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of bruce
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 8:39 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] no film in a decade; now very poor men's clothes

Gentlemen,

When I was younger ................ and richer, I used to have shirts
made by www.turnbullandasser.com They would produce anything, in
almost any cotton fabric, cut to the millimeter to suit the client's
wish. You may wish to try them for your shirts, if you haven't already.

Nowadays, I buy Timberland in Sausolito ............ at sale time,
when visiting MacWorld!

Greetings,
B.


On 23-jan-2006, at 4:57, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> Mark, I disagree - as in any market, there si good and bad. In my
> opinion, good Asian tailors are far superior at cutting tropical
> weight cloths than their European counterparts. I get my shirts
> made in Hong Kong - the swatches come to me here in India, I
> choose, and the shirts are waiting at my hotel when I reach Hong
> Kong. Suits are cut in Hong Kong and tailored in Shanghai - you can
> get one made with two fittings in 4 days or so.  This sort of
> service is impossible nowadays in London - they need six weeks for
> a bespoke shirt, and three to six months for a bespoke suit.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> Mark Langer wrote:
>
>> There's custom made and there's custom made.  Asia is notorious
>> for custom
>> made suit shops that turn out real crap.  I checked out a couple
>> of them in
>> Bangkok, and was warned to be very careful about them in Hong
>> Kong.  Didn't
>> really know anyone I trusted to give me reliable guidance in this,
>> but as a
>> basic warning, I'm told that any place promising a complete suit
>> in less
>> than a week is probably not going to provide a carefully crafted
>> garment.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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