Word: shirtful
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...prying eyes of mere retail shoppers. "We feel that the custom-made customer is making a commitment to us," said Alexander, my tailor, "and we want to reciprocate with special treatment." he then brought me a bottle of water and delivered a stirring monologue on the history of the shirt cuff?the French cuff was apparently born when Napoleon ordered extra-long sleeves so that his soldiers could wipe their nose on the excess, then fold the cuff to hide the snot?that climaxed with "Are you ready to see our cuffs?" I was ready to invade Russia...
Oddly, there wasn't much measuring involved besides the basic sleeve and collar. That's because the tailors in Pink's Ireland shop start with their regular retail-base model and then build out with the customized choices. It's like Pimp My Shirt. But since I was interested in finding someone to make a garment that hugged my contours as well as satisfied my whims, I headed to Seize sur Vingt, a small men's boutique that promised to make me a shirt from scratch...
Then Agustina measured me for 20 minutes?which was awesome. My right arm is one-quarter of an inch longer than my left, which she would note for the tailors in Italy. Such asymmetry can make a difference in a shirt's appearance if it's not factored in, but, Agustina assured me, it's physiologically normal. "Yesterday I had a customer with a three-quarters of an inch difference," she said. "He was a little bit of a freak...
...cuff) and finally asked whether I felt uncomfortable about anything?you know, bodywise. Now, I'm not in the Burt Reynolds or Sean Connery league, but I did confess to a rogue tuft of chest hair in the spot between the top two buttons of a traditional dress shirt. If I wear a tie, no one knows. If I don't, I look like Teen Wolf. Agustina suggested this could be remedied with a shirt that sat slightly further back on my shoulders. I felt unburdened...
...Risky Business.” My chairman thought that it would be hilarious if I did a “Risky Business” thing for the beginning, so she had me wearing white boxer type shorts and a big man’s shirt and crew socks and big sunglasses, and I was holding a hairbrush like a microphone….You are kind of at your chairman’s mercy. FM: Did the JonBenet case hit close to home? Some people claim it was her objectification, on the part of her parents, that caused her murder...