CountLau
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did they quote your sweater at 3:44?Nope, that was me!
Ryan Gosling 'K' - Blade Runner 2049!
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Have finded this sweater at the end of 2017
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It's strange, but there was an earlier post, though I think I deleted it because I didn't like the photo.
CountLau
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For everyone who asked me, that's the article code (1832922) of the women teddy sherpa coat that I used to replace the fur on my two k coats, at the moment here the ovs stores have fully restocked it, but I noticed that on the website they're still lazy to put it back, if you try entering the code on the search field, they have just restocked the 1832927 which is the same type of sturdy beautiful fur, but in full black and not camel (here it seems darker cuz of poor light image and angle, but it actually is the same I mounted on the bep coat I'm wearing in my profile pic).
Today ovs store staff told me it should be put on also the site soon, the same as they got it to have it in the shop.
The price is high to have it just for the k coat fur purpose, the usually start to cut the price after first ten days of February, but that's the code, so for anyone minding to buy it, I recommend taking a look on the ovs site with that code every now and then, and sooner or later they should put it up. Mine is holding up well, but I will definitely buy another one at half price at the end of the season, to keep for any future fur replacement
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Today ovs store staff told me it should be put on also the site soon, the same as they got it to have it in the shop.
The price is high to have it just for the k coat fur purpose, the usually start to cut the price after first ten days of February, but that's the code, so for anyone minding to buy it, I recommend taking a look on the ovs site with that code every now and then, and sooner or later they should put it up. Mine is holding up well, but I will definitely buy another one at half price at the end of the season, to keep for any future fur replacement
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CountLau
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quick festal bike ride through the views of Turin's north-west neighborhoods (k coat in tow, without going off topic, here's my Bep)...now here in winter we still have a bit of the cold, but the foggy feeling like blade runner...no more left, now not even a bit of it already from a while. Cool but really sunny days
Again, greetings from northern Italy, always inspired
Again, greetings from northern Italy, always inspired
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Hey all. Been reading the forum for a while but fell off of it a few years ago. I've owned the SR jacket for about a year now, and it's my favorite coat I own. Recently I have grown dissatisfied with the collar shape, like many others. I know Mechanic had been the one with the most heavily altered/SA coat at one time. I was wondering if anyone had since made his collar alterations on the SR coat, and if they would be able to summary the process/results. Any info on matching the cotton would also be super great as well, thanks!
CountLau
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Mechanismo is the one who made the story of the thread about the WSL model he purchased and made it tweaked the right way to be SA, but the SR pattern is another story.
I own both a Jameel Ur coat (in laminated cotton, that I don't even know if still available, which was a trade-off to look for a similar shine of the movie coat, but it's weaker than duck canvas which is the right weave and could be waxed trying to have that shine) and a SR coat. I twisted both the coats to reach my goal, putting huge amount of time and efforts, improving my skills and also taking risks (I'm a hobbist tailor, nothing similar to a professional one).
The SR pattern needs some radical changes, and I guess it's very hard to match properly on the customer, even going in person to have a tailor, because I find it such a hard, fine-tuning job, that it needs several tries to understand how it behaves after every step, and without having it losing the proper shape when close or when open...and it is subjective on everyone's body
Hello CountLau! I've read through some of your posts and the work you have done looks really great! I find, personally, that the SR coat works and looks perfectly fine for me as a practical coat that I use all the time. My main motivation for altering the collar is comfort more than accuracy, but I assume the shape of the SA collar design happens to also be more comfortable.
The only alteration I want to make at this time is the collar, does that still come with all the complications you mention?
The only alteration I want to make at this time is the collar, does that still come with all the complications you mention?
CountLau
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yes it's very radical and demanding, since it needs a different fur (I choose a thicker one, even if real shearling is definitely long lasting, but not SA at all), and before replacing it, I opened the seamlines completely, modified the pattern to my personal measurements, and redoing it almost from the scratch on that part. It's a no come back move, risky, but for me is was inevitable, I alread knew when I spent that money to have it (in discounts period).
Basically, as you could see on some of previous posts, I set the shape of the lapels and collar as closer to straight than the original upright angles they have, and reducing a bit the excess of wideness when opened, moving the attachment at the base of the collar right side, backwards (and also to the other side to correctly mirror it), then giving more of a rectangle trapezoid to the collar section (instead of the almost completely rectangular shape it originally has), the inserted shoe laces to give piping effect inside the double stitching seamlines where needed, and many, many other modifications all over the coat, and of course re-setting the closure to properly customize it on my body, moving buckle, hook, magnets, adding magnets also for the open position etc.
Very hard and demanding job, but I consider that's inevitable with any replica who deserves to say it "fits lke a glove" to the owner. I would bet it would harsh time for a tailor even in person, to do everything without having always the customer ready to wear it every step and check what's needed, as an actor in the movie set with designers and staff...
if you look back to previous pages to take inspiration, be sure you watch about my SR: many of my posts are about my BEP from Jameel, which is the one I wear on my profile pic too and usually I put on for every use, since I completely twisted even more radically, it's been crazy, and now it's aged and distressed but very practical against cold weather, the SR is great and more of solid coat than the laminated I had from BEP originally, but not sufficient to withstand the cold I mean here, my BEP is now a massive heavyweight, super quilted, waxed coat than cold easily beat a ski down jacket, I hate cold, so pay attention to which one I show in my posts. Good luck if you'll go through the risky journey of tweaks, I've been very careful, SR is expensive as gold
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CountLau
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TTSBot I recall here a pic of my SR, you can figure the kind of thickness of the fur compared to the original one, and how the shape of the lapels is now properly fixed. Not exactly the same as the movie, but way closer (and have to consider that how the hollywood museum props show on display, they are worn on mannequins, not hanger, so the effect visible in these pics seems farer, but I believe it's not).
Inserting something to give piping effect to the seamlines, I consider it crucial and it also gives much more stability and posture to the shape
Inserting something to give piping effect to the seamlines, I consider it crucial and it also gives much more stability and posture to the shape
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The piping looks great, but that's more work than I'm interested in investing at this time. Based on what you say just doing a collar replacement would mean a collar replacement + redoing the fur, does that sound right?
CountLau
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I'd say "collar and lapels pattern correction", and fur replacement.
It's impossible to have more of that cloth from SR. It'd be extremely useful, but I believe you already know that they wont hear nothing about special requests and customizations...if I'm wrong and someone wanna chime in and correct, I'll be glad to hear the contrary.
Ah, I also strongly increased the shoulder panel padding, by adding 150gm2 non woven
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Dang that SR is beautiful- I’ve seen it in this thread a lot and it’s so cool every time
I just had a thought. Does anyone know if the dimensions of the collar are different between the different sizes of the SR coat? I was lucky enough to get mine as a gift, so wondering if getting an XL and having the collar cut to Mechanismo spec and swapped would meet my requirements. I'm already sitting here thinking I'll have to buy a second coat, or at least their cheaper waist cut 2049 inspired jacket to source material from... Anyone happen to know if the collar is scaled on the SR?
CountLau
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I can't recall the pages of the thread now (so long) but if I remember well, someone tried to suggest to use that specs he created as a reference for his wsl, but we agreed that is not recommended, since SR is a radically different pattern.
I'd also say that having some specs fitted for a specific body, head and nose, and size, it doesn't mean that it works for everybody...far from me to demotivate, but as I often repeated in the thread, the final solid touch of tailoring, it has to be done in person when everyone can really figure how, how much, where and with of an intervention is needed. It would be delusional, or lucky, expecting to match everything only over the air, you can get as closer as possible, but several times I read I've read cold reviews on the item received, because too much was expected, or because whoever was supposed to make it was superficial, or maybe both.
To stay on the safe side, I would always stick with slightly more generous sizes, knowing that I'll have to optimize them anyway, and hoping that whoever is paid to give you those sizes, listens and doesn't pretend nothing is happening or gives little weight to your requests, I've read a lot of them and also learned at my own expense sometimes.
However, if you mean you have a SR and you'll be willing to buy another SR in xl size just to have the collar moved to yours? I would think well about such an expense just for this, and then also having to tweak the collar fur etc in other mandatory details...honestly I would let it as it is, my L sized SR fits me really snug and it's to tightness limit (I've been very lucky, since the girl suggested me a M size for my body measurements, it should have been returned because I wouldn't have even entered with my arms) and the collar had room for all the tweaks I did on it, without losing effectiveness in the closure
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Your last point is exactly right. I already own the SR in size L. My main concern with the collar adjustment is that Mechanismo design has an extra length on the top edge of the collar. The SR collar already is snug on my face, so a replacement would have to be longer. My curiosity is if the XL size has a longer collar to work with than the size L
CountLau
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probably it will, since it is already made for the SR pattern by the manufacturer, and you already know how much length could make the difference for your face to fit at perfection...I don't remember if I already wrote this, but...it's a matter of different face shape of the one who is wearing a coat, so yes, probably it's a solution, but what a ******* expensive solution
your point is intelligent, I believe it's for the right fit of the coat. Unfortunately, for the one of us who wants to match exactly the same way the coat fits on Ryan Gosling, I think the matter of different body - proportions - face type, it's crucial to match the model with high precision, without having to deal with something that doesn't add up in the end, for instance, a wider chest could have problems to close the lapels if he tweak those shapes on the edges, but would face an excessive opening of them compared to the movie if not tweaked, or a longer nose could have problems to keep a collar as tight as Gosling without shrink inside, but having a wider collar, may lead to have a different effect of the coat when open...and so on. We have to deal with it.
TTSBot before my purchase from SR, I asked SeAnn about those measurements my L size coat has, and she provided me since imo the very worst thing is to have the coat too tight, I figured out the collar was ok, I placed the order.
You could write SR to give you those collar measurements as well and compare with your current one, I guess asking them just for an XL collar to be sent to you, it would be impossible anyway, but at least you'll understand if something like that was ever needed.
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