Comments on: overcoat

By: nancy

nancy — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:34:50 +0000

Plus +
Four buttons in a row is one thing, but four buttonholes in a row is another. Hugh wouldn’t that weaken the fabric?
I am assuming they are not bound, but handstitched with a corded buttonholestitch embroidery as in standard on men’s tailoring.

By: fg

fg — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:04:01 +0000

I had a feeling it had to do with the military, but I couldn’t come to the conclusion that anybody would roll up their suit’s sleeves. It would bother me to get my sleeves all wrinkled; I tend to want to remove the jacket altogether, but that’s just me.
It’s actually an interesting unusual personal ‘hvac’ function.
Well, thanks a lot for all this info, Hugh.

By: nancy

nancy — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:57:15 +0000

well i dont believe that story about Napolean and snotty noses. Urban myth, I am sure somebody wrote it up the truth on “waterloo fibs revealed” back then and the file was lost. Oh my, abba.
You know, as I sit here looking at my pirate costume, I am thinking, those buttons on the captain’s jacket look like gold coins, and others look like pearls and still others could be ivory.
The buttons on the shirt underneath are all missing, though they were covered with silk.
doncha think, buttons –and a superficial four in a row– were to flaunt a man’s wealth.
As for rolling up sleeves, I guess a norwegian-pattern or irish– cable knit sweater is handy in that the cuff and waist ribbing always gives and takes. Knitting was relegated to the dames, though. I still believe the fisherman developed for their net working.

By: nancy

nancy — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:24:41 +0000

that previous comment was about function.
aesthetics would be to employ more button artists as the better rose to the top and made prettier buttons.

By: nancy

nancy — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:20:55 +0000

to employ more button makers.

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:51:41 +0000

fb, on savile row suits, you can actually unbutton the buttons and roll up the sleeves of your suit, if you want.
all design on a savlie row suit is influenced by early 19th century military tailoring. savile row still makes uniforms for officers.
so their function on the sleeve cuff is the same as the function on a shirt sleeve cuff… whether that function is useful or not to yourself, only you can decide.
hugh

By: fg

fg — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:44:01 +0000

okay
I’ve always wanted to know the reasoning being the four useless buttons that annoy me (both aesthetically and functionally) at the end of each sleeve? it feels so overcrowded (and did I mention useless?)
historical reason?
I figured you would know, with all your tailoring friends …

By: nancy

nancy — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:04:25 +0000

I still want to know where you can get the thing drycleaned and pressed. Much of tailoring is done with understitching and pressing. And lots can be undone with a bad press. Not that a lay person would understand that. Not that I could be a tailor or anything.
So, Hugh, you working on that globabl marketing drycleaning service?

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:24:38 +0000

Anon, yes, it is just a coat. And a Mazerati is just a car that gets you from A-B.
It all depends what geeks you out.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:04:26 +0000

Ummm, it’s just a coat?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:33:46 +0000

Would my soul cover it? Probably not, eh? A coat like that. Nice coat.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:28:37 +0000

It not the bomb; its the bomdigity (gosh!)

By: Markus Pirchner

Markus Pirchner — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:50:40 +0000

Jeez, what a piece! Doesn’t look like I could afford it.

By: clementine

clementine — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:17:48 +0000

oh my yes…it is extraordinary!

By: Joe Lipka

Joe Lipka — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:41:10 +0000

Beautiful Coat. I’m trying to imagine it in leather.
Living in the Southern USA, there is no practical use for such a wonderful item of clothing.