Quote Originally Posted by bangkok View Post
Great write up posh - very interesting content! I have a couple of Favs in HK - Raja Fashions and L&K Custom Tailors in Cameron Road Tsim Tsha Shui - good service and good prices

Of course, not forgetting some folks here in Bangkok
Necroposting again!

Raja is still running, with the adverts for visiting London once or twice a year, measuring you and then sending you a suit made in India.

I have bought genuine fashion for approaching 5 decades now. I prefer Issey Miyake, Giuliano Fujiwara, Nicole Farhi, Katharine Hamnett, Jil Sander, Comme des Garcons, so my tastes don't often cross with posts like this or my friends' tastes.

But for casual stuff i do wear Reiss, Hugo, Stone Island, Paul Smith etc.

And when it comes to replicas it is really interesting, the parallels between fashion and horology.

I was at a wedding in NI recently and met a kid wearing a Christian Dior suit. Bought in Thailand for literally $13. He was convinced it was genuine, but grey market, and had just been pulled out of the production line and sent out of the back door.

As ever there are obvious tells when you know the industry. I was also wearing a Christian Dior suit.

On the bathroom scales, his jacket weighed 250g. Mine, 1800g.

As regards jackets concealing holsters, I think that is hilarious.

As regards fabrics holding together for 15 years; it's all a matter of storage. Nothing to do with initial quality.

And as for shirts made to your own design, I appreciate the post is 5-6 years old. Maybe the guy got shot by another guy over shirt design and din't even realize the other guy was carrying.

Definitely up to discuss fashion and tailoring but this thread wasn't it even in 2017.