A nice little video here from our launch event in Milan for the Permanent Style 2015 book. Not much substance I’m afraid – more a promotional sting than anything else – but there are some nice shots of Simone, Fabio et al.
My jacket appears to be running scared up my back, but then John Kent did always cut a small back. Very clean when you’re standing up, less practical when you’re sitting down, signing books and shaking hands.
Simon,
Lovely film and a smashing suit by Mr Kent. I do wish however that you would reconsider the size of the opening of the jacket cuffs. These seem way too wide / open to me. I know you want to keep the flexibility of being able to use double cuff shirts, but I would in that case just suggest using narrower shirt cuffs (Luca emulated my narrow T&A shirt cuffs on my first commission from him).
A good example is Connery’s Bond:
With a turnback shirt cuff (width as a barrel cuff): http://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Dr-No/pages/Dr-No-102.htm
With double shirt cuff:
http://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Goldfinger/pages/Goldfinger-028.htm
S
Thanks, yes I will get them slimmed at some point. All my T&A double cuffs were much more generous in the cuff, which was the original reason for the size
Hi Simon,
Thanks for sharing this video.
Arguably, when you speak of suits, you do have in mind at least a level 3 in the old rating system. Don’t you?
John
I do, this is true. But there are always things you can do even with a cheap suit – such as have it altered, buy it in a heavier cloth and dress it well
Hi Simon,
I Wonder whether a non canvassed jacket could ever be canvassed through alteration.
It wouldn’t be worth the time and cost I’d imagine unfortunately.