It's been a while since I saw a non-pretentious, non-fake person on this channel; very refreshing, and a nice contrast to the Davidoff video after this one.
Great video as always Kirby. One things and i'm sure you wont read this but.... Dont sacrafice what you want for what someone thinks is better. The key is in the name... "bespoke"
22:40: Er, penultimate means the second-to-highest degree of something. Surely, you mean that Eric's client's remark - about forgetting that he was wearing one of Eric's suits until he came to take it off that evening - was the ULTIMATE compliment?
Hi Kirby, it's a bit different - but it would be fun for you to visit the guys at Armoury. I think they have two stores in NYC, and they also have a RU-vid channel. I would like to see you try on their stuff. Regards.
Enjoyable visit by Eric with the Tweed jacket and trousers. Will you do a follow up show to show the finished result when he ships the suit out to you please.
Fantastic color combination and i really like the silhouette of the jacket maybe a tad too tight fit for my liking. Makes Kirby look athletiic and flatters the physique. Kirby seems to be really hard to fit around the neck. In my humble enthusiast opinion the back of the collar seems to sit a bit low and the side of the neck should sit also closer to his throat. When Kirby moves the collar doesn't stay in place and the shirt collar pops out of the jacket. You can compare how Eric's collar fits and Kirby's when they stand side by side. I am sure that Maestro Jensen can fix these issues. Great video!.
While I tend to give Eric some (playful, not 100% serious) heat for some fit-related aspects on some of the tailoring he's done for Kirby in the past, I must say that I do like the extended natural shoulders on the jacket he's wearing today - even though some people surely will take offense in the collapsing upper arm area that's resulting from it. However, and that's so Italian to me, this "calculated sloppiness" gives a certain charme to the entire garment that's so hard to reproduce for tailors from other parts of the world. 👍
Its so funny listening to two Americans talking and sounding so natural going back and forth vs. the videos with you and anyone from England. The almost constant quick back and forth/bickering between you two vs the Proper English style of slower purposeful speaking.
What a beautiful fabric, and the trousers look great with it. I agree on the cuffs, lengthen by a 1/8 or 3/16 maybe. Is there not a risk of the heavy fabric creeping up when you have worn it for a few hours?
Nice fitting jacket! There is a bit of pattern mismatch from the chest to the sleeve on the side where the chest was collapsing. The other side looks fine
Kirby, didn’t you film a part where you looked through and chose the materials? Kinda feels like a part is missing, also are matching trousers being made? 👍🏻👌🏻❤️🇬🇧
reason the left sleeve shows no cuff is (at least in part) that the watch prevents the shirt cuff from falling to exactly the same place it otherwise would
Personally speaking, I'm not a fan of those Shoulder Over hangs. To me, it looks slightly baggy, like he's borrowed his big brother or fathers jacket. Great colour though.
I was just thinking about one of the biggest problems that isn’t as commonly discussed with tailoring is going to the gym and trying to buy quality suits/jackets. I believe a man should fully max out his physique in the gym with weights without becoming a body builder then to buy suits once he’s reached peak condition roughly. This is so he doesn’t buy a suit only for a year or two later for it to not fit him.
