Reply to: Tailor made

[original PM]

whilst not tailor made I have found

These Guys

combine decent quality with decent value.

[MyUserName]

He's a big fella.

lol - I used to be 15st 10 but decided to try losing weight to see how much that changed things (with my armour it gave me a fighting weight of about 22 stone). Went down to 13st 4 but decided that was too light as I kept getting pushed around when sparring at Krav Maga and when fighting on the field, so I built myself back up to 14st and have swapped bits of armour around to lighten things up.

[JRCT]

If you can get to a branch of Slaters Menswear. I got hacked off with high street ones about 15 years ago. Bought one from here and never been anywhere since. Great range of makes and style from classic suit makers to the trendier Ted Baker stuff. They'll alter any aspect of the suit and everyone that works their knows their tailoring. Not just sales staff. Wouldnt go anywhere else TBH.

I'd agree with this. Slaters have great customer service. I was once going on a date was running late. Realised I had no shirt ironed, so put on a crappy old jumper, ran to Slaters and took a shirt to the till. Told them I would buy it, if they ironed it. They did. Jumper went in the bin, made the date with minutes to spare in my sparkly new shirt.

I've bought plenty of suits from there too, from cheap £100 jobs to £400 Italian jobs. All with free alterations, and often the opportunity to buy spare trousers

[eek]

Yes. None. But don't use it heavily. The wake up from sleep is smooth.

If anything the update to Yosemite on the rMBP is more troublesome. Very unreliable OS from apple. Hoping 10.3 update with sort some bugs out.

If its like mine the problem isn't the os but the switch between GPUs now the solder is old and flaky.

Its a known issue and a free repair (whether you have extended warranty or not) until Feb next year...

[scooterscot]

I have one, I like it. I am 6'2" and 14 stone, the cut frames my shoulders and waist well.

He's a big fella.

[MyUserName]

I don't do double breasted. Very 90's.

I have one, I like it. I am 6'2" and 14 stone, the cut frames my shoulders and waist well.

[jamesbrown]

+1 for Hugo Boss. Got a couple of their OTP. They fit me really well, but that's just luck. They do offer alterations to the OTP as part of the deal though.

Obvs fused not canvased etc but still good value for money.

Plus another. Obviously, not quite the same fit and finish as a tailored suit, but you'll get a very decent jacket and trousers (altered as needed) for something like £500-£800. I quite like their shoes too. I can't have nice things without fecking them up, so a few hundred quid is about my limit on suits.

[Troll]

Fook I thought this was an affluent contractors forum - not a Moss Bros convention...

I had my suit tailor made (sic) by a visiting tailor for £900 for jacket + 2 pairs of trousers

2 fittings @ home at a time to suit (tee hee) me + delivery & very pleased with the result - & not even 2 days rate

[d000hg]

Certainly is. I replaced my 2007 iMac only a few months ago. @ £2000 original price that's £18 a month!!!

Show me a commercial PC out there that gets used for 9 years for less; it doesn't exist.

There are lots of PCs out there, still running, which have XP on them because that's what they shipped with.

[MicrosoftBob]

Certainly is. I replaced my 2007 iMac only a few months ago. @ £2000 original price that's £18 a month!!!

Show me a commercial PC out there that gets used for 9 years for less; it doesn't exist.

I've got a laptop for my business in 2004 that cost me about £500 that still in use, that is still useable now at a cost of less than 40p a month, even if I had to dump it on to my missus as a 'PC'

If you're not playing COD or doing heavy duty applications a PC can last a long time

[mudskipper]

Indeed. Also go for doubled vented jacket....

Fart flap.

[scooterscot]

I don't either (wrong build for them) but I have seen some guys wearing them recently and they can look very smart if you're quite slim and get a nicely fitted one. I think the mistake is either wearing too baggy, or being of any bulk (not necessarily fat, just not "petite", in wimmin parlance).

Indeed. Also go for doubled vented jacket....

Center-vented jackets, very popular on American suits, have a single slit at the back, allowing the jacket to expand at the bottom when sitting. Because of its placement, center-vented jackets have a habit of exposing the wearer’s posterior, though most seem not to mind. The popularity of the center vent is not in it’s functionality, but in that it is the least expensive vent to manufacture.



mens suit jacket double ventThe crown jewel of vents is the double or side-vented jacket marked by two vents, one on either side, generally just behind the trouser pockets, to provide easy access and freedom of movement. Side vents facilitate sitting more easily, moving as needed to prevent the rumpling of the jacket back. Double vents do an excellent job of covering a man’s backside, especially when compared to the single vent and adds a more robust dimension to the wearer’s silhouette.

[scooterscot]

Yes, they truly look great

I don't know what he's selling, but I'd buy it...

[Ticktock]

I don't do double breasted. Very 90's.

I don't either (wrong build for them) but I have seen some guys wearing them recently and they can look very smart if you're quite slim and get a nicely fitted one. I think the mistake is either wearing too baggy, or being of any bulk (not necessarily fat, just not "petite", in wimmin parlance).

[scooterscot]

Yours is retina like mine isn't it? You have any issues with it? Mine wakes from display sleep not very smoothly....

Yes. None. But don't use it heavily. The wake up from sleep is smooth.

If anything the update to Yosemite on the rMBP is more troublesome. Very unreliable OS from apple. Hoping 10.3 update with sort some bugs out.