Would an Anderson & Sheppard jacket from 1930 be closer in construction and style to an Anderson & Sheppard jacket of 2014 than to a Huntsman jacket of 1930? I bet it would be closer to the latter. People tend to make a cut like drape permanent, although it is moulded by time like all other productions founded in culture.
Likewise, a Fresco cloth of 1910 will be very different from a Fresco cloth in 2014. Just a take a Fresco cloth from 1980. It is not like a Fresco of today at all. The 1980 Fresco cloth fits my imagination of Fresco cloth better: it is stiff, coarse, and a true open weave. I base my conclusion on the cloth above. It is a vintage fresco from around 1980. Volkmar Arnulf is making it up.
Source: The Journal of Style
Dear Torsten,
Off-topic, but am nonetheless curious whether you have any insights on bespoke tailors in the low countries (Belgium and Holland). Via-via, I retrieved Aravinda Rodenburg in the Belgian city of Ghent, a young tailor who appears to have trained under E. Sexton, but otherwise it seems to be quite barren in these parts of the woods. Again any directions are welcome…
Best,
Michael
Hi Mike,I haven’t met any tailors there but I’ve heard about Degand in Brussels (see http://sartorialnotes.com/2013/04/19/dinner-jacket-and-tailcoat-were-compulsory/) and Paul Verschragen in Haag and Cees Janssens in Utrecht.