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The Pants Maketh The Man
After years of overpaying for off-the-rack trousers I’ve finally thrown the towel into the ring. Every label has a different cut and size. Sometimes the length is too long, the groin area too roomy or the pockets aren’t the type I like. So for years and years, all my trousers/pants/slacks have always had to be altered at an additional cost.
So now I’ve went and gotten myself a tailor. My pants are made exactly to my unique measurements and preferences. So I don’t even have to see him to get my pants made after the initial fitting. I can call him on the phone and tell him to deliver it to my doorstep.
I get to choose the thousands of fabrics available - I’m partial to heavy English cloth and synthetic japanese micro-fibre.
And then there’s the tiny preferences that make the pants uniquely me. I tend to like the groin area to be loose. I like dark fabrics with pleats and carrot-shape cuts for work. But for casual wear, I prefer light-colored fabrics with straight cuts. The bottom of all my pants are to have ascot folds. Pockets must be modern - with V-switches and hidden pockets for coins. There should be hidden fibre in the folds of the pants so that shirts don’t come out when I perform feats of kung-fu.
Fuck you Ralph Lauren, Eddie Bauer, Dockers, Crocodile, Renoma, G2000 etc etc.
If the other men knew what I now know, nobody would buy your overpriced, ill-fitting, off-the-rack shit anymore because everybody would get their own honest-to-goodness tailor.
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