Originally Posted by
aktchi
From
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...gewanted=print:
"The irony is that our Indian friends love Polo, J. Crew and Banana Republic. To them, it is exotic and desirable to walk into a store and buy something off the rack. For us, all of the time and work and hassle is somehow appealing. The sheer energy of creation is the point. The feeling of having clothing pinned and sewn and adjusted, and torn apart and resewn, is what makes the whole process especially luxurious and old-fashioned. It feels as though the suit or shirt or skirt has found you, and molded itself to your desires."
I'm sorry, but for someone who has been disappointed umpteen times in his youth by Tailors spoiling a perfectly good piece of cloth with their own ideas even though you told them to stitch/cut it in a different way, the romantic gushing is too much. The worse part is that I didn't have the luxury to ditch the clothes and the coat and buy a new one, so I ran around for years in the stupid cut. I still frown when I see pictures of me wearing that crappy stuff. Give me a suit of the rack anytime: I can see how it fits and ask for some refitting. My Boss suits may cost 300EUR, but they look and wear great for many years. Shirts and trousers are the same. Jeez...