Redhead74

Exciting! I fucking love Billy Corgan to bits.

Happy 20th darknightfan!!! Enjoy and make sure you do whatever you want to do.

Work on your French because they aren't ver accommodating in Paris.

If you want a coffee within 30 mins go to Starbucks/McDonald's.

I like BN biscuits though.

Moulin Rouge book in advance. Crazy Horse is better.

If you use an atrocious accent when attempting to speak French they will often convert to the English they claim not to know because they can't bare to hear their own language butchered.

And if you speak French with a reasonable accent and appear to have some capacity for their language.....be prepared to never ever hear a single word of English uttered from their mouths. Which means you might ask a question correctly but will probably have next to no chance of understanding the response you get.

Better to just ask: "Arvay voo oon shombra por der person, si voo play?"

They won't switch to English, depends on which tabac you stumbled into I guess. They hate tourists understandably. So I try to wear my USA flag t shirt exclusively.

Lafayette department store cafeteria is rocking opposite the opera house.

I guess we stumbled upon some young Frenchies who wanted to practice their English because we found it worked on a couple of occasions. Mainly in fashion stores though (they must have been desperate for sales), not on transportation or in restaurants. In a restaurant though we knew enough to say what we wanted without needing a reply or a conversation.

The fuckin' artists, the minds, the poets, great writers to come out of America...and all you can think of in a cultural discussion about America is Coca Cola, Starbucks and a pair of German trainers

There ain't no fuckin' culture in this world no more.

I think it's anathema to use the term 'culture' in conjunction with Coca Cola, Starbucks and any brand of trainers.

So let's talk Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Edward Hopper, John Singer Sargent, Willem de Kooning, Man Ray, Frank Stella, Frank Lloyd Wright..........where does it start........where does it end?

I want to go..................

I'm thinking, buy French stuff in France and take them with me for my business trip to America that I want to do.

But really, I want to see Paris.

Been hanging out with the French heads this week, On Monday, my friend and her friend, my friend is from Montinique and her parents live in Paris, and her friend who's parents are from Ivory Coast and live in Paris, who I met, and she was going to Paris on Tuesday to see them and she was taking her son.

... Anyway, I heard from that that it was cheaper to take the coach down, and the cheapest before I found out about that was £80 rtn on Eurostar, and I think flying there is like £100/£120/£140 rtn... - Even if you find a budget airline that'll fy you anywhere for £17.99 or something, never include the hefty flight tax thing for taking off from a UK airport, like £60...

Has anyone ever been?

What's it like?

I first want to go to Paris, then if ever I go back, I'd like to see other places in France; but first Paris.

I once turned down a trip to go shopping in France around our birthday with this girl because it wasn't Paris, in 2010.

I love Paris, but I actually think the best part of France is the south. It's fucking incredible and the closest I would define as heaven and/or paradise on earth. The areas of Provence and the Côte d'Azur are just to die for. Avignon, Aix en Provence, Antibes, Grasse, Menton, St Paul de Vence, Eze, Nimes, Arles, Cassis, Gordes, Nice, Rousillon.......so many cities, towns and villages are just stunning and a great area to 'waste' some time.

Work on your French because they aren't ver accommodating in Paris.

If you want a coffee within 30 mins go to Starbucks/McDonald's.

I like BN biscuits though.

Moulin Rouge book in advance. Crazy Horse is better.

If you use an atrocious accent when attempting to speak French they will often convert to the English they claim not to know because they can't bare to hear their own language butchered.

And if you speak French with a reasonable accent and appear to have some capacity for their language.....be prepared to never ever hear a single word of English uttered from their mouths. Which means you might ask a question correctly but will probably have next to no chance of understanding the response you get.

Better to just ask: "Arvay voo oon shombra por der person, si voo play?"

Watch the film Breathless...its basically all like that.

*looooooooong sigh* I fucking love that film. Jean Seberg has been a style icon for me for a long long time (can you tell? ). Most people assume I was channeling Mia Farrow with my haircut but it was Jean Seberg all the way.

"New York Herald Tribuuuuuuune!!!"

Snake! Watch that film! It's so Parisienne!!!! Except when you're there everything is in colour.

It's a beautiful city, easily the most beautiful in the world. If you like art: it has the best art in the world. If you like food: it has the best food in the world. If you like fashion: it has the best fashion in the world. It's just fucking awesome!!!!! But it's not cheap. Although if you don't mind seedy hotel rooms and can happily live on cheese, baguettes and wine........you'll have a ball for next to nothing.

As a Yorkshire lass this is my favoured look.

The whole multi shade look (various shades of one colour) is so on trend right right now. You got it girl!

I spent this afternoon sewing my outfit for the 2014 Melbourne Cup.

Then I raced to the millinery shop to buy the materials required for my hat.

So excited because I found everything I need and my main outfit is making brilliant progress.

It's red. All red.

Ive always wanted a cape!

My outfit is probably going to feature a short cape, for the early morning when it's perhaps a bit nippy. With some long gloves.

Redhead74 can you do suits?

I can but I don't have anywhere near the experience with tailoring sewing techniques as I do with dressmaking. I love working with woollen fabrics though, they're much more manageable than most silks. But I love the challenge of mastering any fabric. I considered doing tailoring but there's much more business and money in bridal now that the garment industries in the western world have been destroyed by globalisation.

When you say you can as in you actually have or your experience with other things would lend you to thinking that you could do suits?

I've made them for myself. I made an equestrian style riding jacket that was completely pad-stitched inside like the picture I posted and I did hand stitched buttonholes, instead of machine ones. It's made from a Scottish checked wool and every check matches on the seam lines and the head of the sleeve was hand shrunk.

It took me a long time though.

Would you do one though Redhead?

I wouldn't for anyone else. It takes me a lot longer than an experienced tailor so it would end up either being a VERY expensive suit, or I would be working for probably less per day than the average Chinese garment maker.

Redhead74 can you do suits?

I can but I don't have anywhere near the experience with tailoring sewing techniques as I do with dressmaking. I love working with woollen fabrics though, they're much more manageable than most silks. But I love the challenge of mastering any fabric. I considered doing tailoring but there's much more business and money in bridal now that the garment industries in the western world have been destroyed by globalisation.

Please don't be an asshole to friends wishing me a happy birthday in a birthday wishes thread.

Kisses back at ya, Red.

Exactly. Please don't be an asshole to a genuinely well wishing member of this forum wish a happy birthday to a genuinely awesome member of this forum.

Unfortunately, assholes can't help but be assholes even at the most inappropriate times.

And I'm not talking about JB here.

What's your suit size, Lith? 48 extra short with 28W trousers?

I had time to go into a store and try a few jackets today after class. I'm around a 50c (the sleeves and the jacket itself needs to be shortened). I'll try on trousers this weekend.

The general rule of thumb is never to shorten the body of a jacket more than 1". If you do you fuck with the proportion of the pockets to the hem. And the armscye will also be out of proportion. You'd have to pay a good tailor to do it well in which case you may as well shop for an off the rack brand that caters to various lengths. Shortening the body is not the same as shortening a sleeve or a trouser leg. Just find a ready made suit that caters to your length.

I'm thinking about buying a few more suits. What's the latest trend in suits? I don't particularly like the "tight fitting" look. They will be worn in a business/professional setting.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Try to keep the price tag under the $500 range per suit.

Under $500?

The making of a suit is a really intricate procedure. Even when it's 'off the rack' a good suit has more work inside than what is apparent from the outside. And a suit is something that shouldn't be made from crap fabrics considering how often it is worn. It's one of those few items that you need to invest in quality and you will be rewarded day in day out for that investment.

you nailed it

I wish I could find a cheap tailor here, however a large suit reatiler aren;t going to start offering a bespoke service, very cheap too

It's one of those things where if you have very 'standard' body measurements that fit really close to the concept of what the garment industry thinks is 'standard' then you can buy a suit from an 'off the rack' retailer and if the fabrics used are good quality, then it will be a good suit, but not necessarily a great suit. The reality is that most people don't fit the 'standard' measurements. Whether it be body length or the upper/lower body ratio, most people end up with something not quite fitting right. And then there's the factor that off the rack suits don't use the same techniques in making it that a bespoke tailor uses. A 'great' suit is one that fits really well and wears really well over time. To achieve that a mind blowing number of hand stitching goes into the inside of the suit, like this:

These stitches are applied to the whole front of the jacket with the collar having these stitches about a quarter of the size (and therefore 4 times the work). It keeps the structure of the suit in good shape for many, many wears. A mass made 'off the rack' suit doesn't have any of this hand stitching and as a result you get sagging and sloppiness after multiple wears. Unfortunately the mass producers haven't been able to make machines that recreate those hand stitches.

It is just the amount of money really, but lately I think prices have come down...

I wouldn't mind paying a tailor here to take my measurements, then order online and get it sent to me

That's really tricky because in theory it works but in reality measurements alone aren't what creates the quality of the finished product. When I make a wedding dress I take a girls measurements, and I think we get about 80-85% of the way there provided she doesn't lose weight in the meantime. Even if her measurements are exactly the same there are always little adjustments to be made mostly due to the behaviour of the fabric, and the subtle body contours that measurements can't anticipate. This is perhaps not so severe with a tailored suit considering it's not as structured or as fitted as a wedding gown, but they are still factors that are vital to a well fitting garment. So you might be OK in terms of fit provided your measurements are relatively proportional........but:

Order something online and you have no control over the quality of the fabric. Always expect an inferior quality of fabric than is specified. And then take it to a dry cleaner to be properly pressed so that the packing creases and crushing are removed. Don't try it on until it's been pressed! You're not looking at the full product until it's been pressed properly.

I'd love to know how good a service like this is. I'm really curious now.......

Happiest of birthdays to you Mr. Mags

A ginger would never kill another ginger.

Loser.

And might I say, I find it incredibly amusing that my hate club has so much hate that they come into a thread that is purely positive and about an awesome member of this forum and makes it about me and their hate for me.

You guys are priceless!

Happiest of birthdays to you Mr. Mags

I'm thinking about buying a few more suits. What's the latest trend in suits? I don't particularly like the "tight fitting" look. They will be worn in a business/professional setting.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Try to keep the price tag under the $500 range per suit.

Under $500?

The making of a suit is a really intricate procedure. Even when it's 'off the rack' a good suit has more work inside than what is apparent from the outside. And a suit is something that shouldn't be made from crap fabrics considering how often it is worn. It's one of those few items that you need to invest in quality and you will be rewarded day in day out for that investment.

you nailed it

I wish I could find a cheap tailor here, however a large suit reatiler aren;t going to start offering a bespoke service, very cheap too

It's one of those things where if you have very 'standard' body measurements that fit really close to the concept of what the garment industry thinks is 'standard' then you can buy a suit from an 'off the rack' retailer and if the fabrics used are good quality, then it will be a good suit, but not necessarily a great suit. The reality is that most people don't fit the 'standard' measurements. Whether it be body length or the upper/lower body ratio, most people end up with something not quite fitting right. And then there's the factor that off the rack suits don't use the same techniques in making it that a bespoke tailor uses. A 'great' suit is one that fits really well and wears really well over time. To achieve that a mind blowing number of hand stitching goes into the inside of the suit, like this:

These stitches are applied to the whole front of the jacket with the collar having these stitches about a quarter of the size (and therefore 4 times the work). It keeps the structure of the suit in good shape for many, many wears. A mass made 'off the rack' suit doesn't have any of this hand stitching and as a result you get sagging and sloppiness after multiple wears. Unfortunately the mass producers haven't been able to make machines that recreate those hand stitches.

Grow up

'I am joe blow, thee lover man, bitch you should be payin me!' None of these fuckin' greasy metallers are gonna find that funny!

Who are you calling greasy?

It was more referring to the smelly boys club, people compared to whom you are fundamentally a better human being

That's OK then.

Burger King is doing 10 nuggets for $1.49 now.

I've been making extensive use of Taco Bell's new dollar menu. The mini quesadillas and cinnabon delights are to die for.

Nuggets are fucking disgusting. It's like the remnants of an animal (not even sure it's chicken) that is mulched up and squashed together, coated in batter and then fried. I'd rather eat tripe. At least I know what it is.

Grow up

'I am joe blow, thee lover man, bitch you should be payin me!' None of these fuckin' greasy metallers are gonna find that funny!

Who are you calling greasy?

I don't consider Subway 'fast food', because to me fast food is something really fatty and greasy and super yummy. A sandwich can be made very quickly but it's just not 'fast or junk' food. In fact I think their bread smells pretty gross and as a result I rarely buy it......the two times I tried it they took a lot longer than Maccas to serve up a ham and salad roll than Maccas did a cheeseburger, fries, Coke and a chocolate sundae.

Aside from pizza I really love a good burger and chips. Chips are just so fucking yummy. I think I couldn't live without chips.

The best way to get rid of dark circles is to use cucumber slices every night, and take a good look at lifesstyle/diet

Good sex followed by a restful nights sleep does the trick too.

I guess he likes elephants.

I see some pretty weird Eroticism here too.

I'm thinking about buying a few more suits. What's the latest trend in suits? I don't particularly like the "tight fitting" look. They will be worn in a business/professional setting.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Try to keep the price tag under the $500 range per suit.

Under $500?

The making of a suit is a really intricate procedure. Even when it's 'off the rack' a good suit has more work inside than what is apparent from the outside. And a suit is something that shouldn't be made from crap fabrics considering how often it is worn. It's one of those few items that you need to invest in quality and you will be rewarded day in day out for that investment.

Stop quoting my post.

People who get notifications for quoted posts are fags.

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