I haven't but, I'm very interested to know whether or not it is worth the price. Do you know anything about Baron Boutiques reputation in comparison to Indy Magnoli?
I see that Baron Boutique site now has pictures of their version of this suit on display.
What do you think?
ashwinsuresh1Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPosts: 104MI6 Agent
edited December 2008
I just got my QOS suit in today. The time was amazing... literally less than two weeks to get the suit after sending my measurements.
I took it to my tailor to take a look at it, and he's going to lengthen my sleeves, but that's about it as far as necessary alterations go. The measurements he took proved to be pretty much perfect, so I would definitely recommend seeing a tailor to get measured if you're planning on ordering. Baron Boutique also worked with me to make sure the measurements were right. If we had discrepancies, we just averaged the two numbers.
My tailor thought the shape and quality of the suit were very good, and that the material was great as well. He could tell the suit was handmade and fully canvassed (<-- this point is important; pay the extra $80 to have your suit done this way).
I'll post a picture here in a week or so when I get the suit back from being altered.
In a suit, there's an interface layer that sits between the outside and inside cloth to give the suit proper structure. A canvassed suit will drape and naturally flow better than a suit where the interface layer is fused using glues and heat.
Here's a good description. Because fusing is easier and faster, most suits use fusing, including $600-1000 Armani or Hugo Boss suits.
Yep, the TF suit was made by Zegna. Boss sometimes has their dinner jackets made by Cerruti/Cerrutti.
Before you go off to Baron, have a look around, you might find something better-even on eBay.
Yeah, TF "designs" the suits and gives the details to Zegna to actually manufacture the suits. So, if buying a TF suit, you're really buying a suit carrying his style details and the manufacturing quality of a Zegna.
Yes, with TF, you're paying for the name and his "house style," which are those strong, roped shoulders, the wider lapels, the more tapered waist, and the 5 sleeve buttons, among other TF styling details, which you won't get from an OTR Zegna.
Like I said when I get some extra cash, so around Feb. From what I've seen they mostly run around $500, but if your like me and what full canvas and finer fabric it bumps it up to around $800 to $1,000.
Away at Boot Camp, won't be back until April the earliest.
Actually I'm not planing on pursuing a QoS suit for a bit, there's some other things I would like from Magnoli first. The final scene suit, leather jacket, the linen suit, maybe the bathroom fight suit. It would also be nice to find some of those QoS ties. So not anytime soon. It shouldn't be that hard, all of his suits are the same in QoS. Have him make one, call it the QoS suit, offer it in all the colors in the movie and more, and that's it.
Away at Boot Camp, won't be back until April the earliest.
I don't have time at the moment, but in the near future I want to work with Magnoli on the TWINE "Bilbao" suit. Although I guess by that I mainly mean the charcoal gray color, since the cut of the suit is identical to what he wears in other scenes (Azerbaijan, Baku, etc). I have a ton of reference pics and details I'm going to supply him with, so I think it will turn out pretty well.
The suits in TND and GE are similar to the TWINE cut, but the GE suits have a much more suppressed waist, and both have those Italian slanted side pockets which I'm not a fan of.
The Magnoli 3-piece Royale suit is OK, but I think the lapels are not right and the pants are too baggy. The overall silhoutte needs some tweaking. Aside from that I think its just minor details, and if corrected would probably be similar to the TWINE Brioni suits (plus the vest).
Anyways, didn't mean to hijack this TF QoS thread with my own side story, but just thought I'd share what I'm planning.
P.S to Monza: The leather jacket is SUPERB. Don't hesitate the moment you have the $!
ashwinsuresh1Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPosts: 104MI6 Agent
Here's two pics of my Baron Boutique QoS suit, guys. I like the fit quite a bit. I've gotten one adjustment made so far and one I plan to make... I had the sleeves on the jacket lengthened and I'm going to get the pants lengthened a bit too.
I'm wearing the Baron Boutique suit.
My shirt is by Charles Tyrwhitt.
The tie is by Brioni (it was my splurge when I went to Miami).
The sunglasses are by Tom Ford.
The shoes not pictured are by John White.
ashwinsuresh1Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPosts: 104MI6 Agent
I don't know if I had any special requests of any type other than to have it fully canvassed.
I mentioned to both my tailor and to Raj Bista (communications guy at Baron Boutique) that I wanted the suit snug.
Where there were discrepancies between my tailor's measurements and what the Baron Boutique's tailor thought would be right, we took the average.
Again, I did ask for my suit to be fully canvassed. Look this up online. This is supposed to make the suit last longer and fit better. They charge $80 for it. I passed on the shirt and tie and saved $100 through that. I'll probably order the suit in navy later this year.
Joe King
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however, a friend of mine has the 3 piece nay one and it is well worth the money, they do great work
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What do you think?
I took it to my tailor to take a look at it, and he's going to lengthen my sleeves, but that's about it as far as necessary alterations go. The measurements he took proved to be pretty much perfect, so I would definitely recommend seeing a tailor to get measured if you're planning on ordering. Baron Boutique also worked with me to make sure the measurements were right. If we had discrepancies, we just averaged the two numbers.
My tailor thought the shape and quality of the suit were very good, and that the material was great as well. He could tell the suit was handmade and fully canvassed (<-- this point is important; pay the extra $80 to have your suit done this way).
I'll post a picture here in a week or so when I get the suit back from being altered.
Here's a good description. Because fusing is easier and faster, most suits use fusing, including $600-1000 Armani or Hugo Boss suits.
thanks for your help
It sounds like you have to ask Baron to do this for you.
Before you go off to Baron, have a look around, you might find something better-even on eBay.
http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj258/monza860/
http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj258/monza860/
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http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj258/monza860/
The suits in TND and GE are similar to the TWINE cut, but the GE suits have a much more suppressed waist, and both have those Italian slanted side pockets which I'm not a fan of.
The Magnoli 3-piece Royale suit is OK, but I think the lapels are not right and the pants are too baggy. The overall silhoutte needs some tweaking. Aside from that I think its just minor details, and if corrected would probably be similar to the TWINE Brioni suits (plus the vest).
Anyways, didn't mean to hijack this TF QoS thread with my own side story, but just thought I'd share what I'm planning.
P.S to Monza: The leather jacket is SUPERB. Don't hesitate the moment you have the $!
http://img165.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0053ki6.jpg
http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0052pa4.jpg
I'm wearing the Baron Boutique suit.
My shirt is by Charles Tyrwhitt.
The tie is by Brioni (it was my splurge when I went to Miami).
The sunglasses are by Tom Ford.
The shoes not pictured are by John White.
Did you have any special requests or did you just order it as seen on their website?
I mentioned to both my tailor and to Raj Bista (communications guy at Baron Boutique) that I wanted the suit snug.
Where there were discrepancies between my tailor's measurements and what the Baron Boutique's tailor thought would be right, we took the average.
Again, I did ask for my suit to be fully canvassed. Look this up online. This is supposed to make the suit last longer and fit better. They charge $80 for it. I passed on the shirt and tie and saved $100 through that. I'll probably order the suit in navy later this year.