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Iv just gone for 3 2 piece double breasted suits, in the material i want they are 18000 baht about 370 quid each. The same thing over here would be 1800 quid each in Savile Row.

I will pick them up before i leave Bangkok on the way home, gives them a week to make them.
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Just be forewarned that the Thai tailor will be no where near the craftsmanship of good Row tailors.

There are very few good tailors in the East, and the ones that are, are almost as expensive as the Row, but are more modern and happy to work with lighter weights.

The Row is obsessed with heavy fabric because it is easy to manage the fall and that is traditionally what they have worked with.


Still, it should be better than something off the peg.
 
Sukh said:
Just be forewarned that the Thai tailor will be no where near the craftsmanship of good Row tailors.

There are very few good tailors in the East, and the ones that are, are almost as expensive as the Row, but are more modern and happy to work with lighter weights.

The Row is obsessed with heavy fabric because it is easy to manage the fall and that is traditionally what they have worked with.


Still, it should be better than something off the peg.
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Iv got Savile Row suits here that cost me 2 grand each and iv got Raja visiting tailor suits that cost me 700 quid each and seriously, all jokes aside there is no difference in quality.

The stitches per inch, the lining, the buttons nothing the quality is no different.

Same as overcoats iv got a 2500 quid overcoat here absolutely no different from the one that cost me 900 quid in Singapore.
 
DM said:
Iv got Savile Row suits here that cost me 2 grand each and iv got Raja visiting tailor suits that cost me 700 quid each and seriously, all jokes aside there is no difference in quality.

The stitches per inch, the lining, the buttons nothing the quality is no different.

Same as overcoats iv got a 2500 quid overcoat here absolutely no different from the one that cost me 900 quid in Singapore.
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Will be proved wrong.

But surely to make the suits from abroad viable, you'd need to buy a hell of a lot to actually see value of money once plane, hotel etc are added? That's unless your already going on holiday there and not just going for a shopping trip.
 
ash_scotland88 said:
Will be proved wrong.

But surely to make the suits from abroad viable, you'd need to buy a hell of a lot to actually see value of money once plane, hotel etc are added? That's unless your already going on holiday there and not just going for a shopping trip.
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Of course, i dont give a monkeys about the suits this holiday has cos me a fortune because it was last minute, im talking 3k flights and 700 quid a night in the Hilton, suits are just my way of nicking a bit back.

I aint travelled for years im gonna make up for it now, iv got Bulgaria on my list to visit a mate and Australia when i come back from here, **** it, what did i work all them years for :)
 
DM said:
Of course, i dont give a monkeys about the suits this holiday has cos me a fortune because it was last minute, im talking 3k flights and 700 quid a night in the Hilton, suits are just my way of nicking a bit back.

I aint travelled for years im gonna make up for it now, iv got Bulgaria on my list to visit a mate and Australia when i come back from here, **** it, what did i work all them years for :)
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Just asking what a lot of poeple ask.

Enjoy yourself!

Jealous, I like to think I'm not work shy and would be willing to work hard for your life style. Just a shame I don't seem to have any high paying skills =[
 
ash_scotland88 said:
Just asking what a lot of poeple ask.

Enjoy yourself!

Jealous, I like to think I'm not work shy and would be willing to work hard for your life style. Just a shame I don't seem to have any high paying skills =[
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But you just keep plugging away son and you can do it, you just need that bit of good luck and some determination.

You know what i like about this forum, every ****er works hard.
 
DM said:
Of course, i dont give a monkeys about the suits this holiday has cos me a fortune because it was last minute, im talking 3k flights and 700 quid a night in the Hilton
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Go here:

http://www.hotels.com/hotel/details...ate=01-08-2011&departureDate=08-08-2011&rooms[0].numberOfAdults=1&roomno=1&validate=false&previousDateful=false&reviewOrder=date_newest_first#description

(click 'check price')

Millenium Hilton, Bangkok. I put in all of next week as I didnt know your dates and it comes out at just over £100 a night.

So 7 times cheaper :)

Even the King Executive Suite is under £200 a night. There is no way you should be paying £700 a night to stay at a Hilton, they really are not worth that kinda money, so shop smart.
 
DM said:
But you just keep plugging away son and you can do it, you just need that bit of good luck and some determination.

You know what i like about this forum, every ****er works hard.
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Or you get the odd sod with daddy's credit card and we lay into them! :P

Dad's been dosing about with forex, "playing" it with fake money, tempted myself to look into it, but then wouldn't have much to invest in the first place.
 
[TW]Fox;19691138 said:
Go here:

http://www.hotels.com/hotel/details...ate=01-08-2011&departureDate=08-08-2011&rooms[0].numberOfAdults=1&roomno=1&validate=false&previousDateful=false&reviewOrder=date_newest_first#description

Millenium Hilton, Bangkok. I put in all of next week as I didnt know your dates and it comes out at just over £100 a night.

So 7 times cheaper :)

Even the King Executive Suite is under £200 a night. There is no way you should be paying £700 a night to stay at a Hilton, they really are not worth that kinda money, so shop smart.
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Hang on slow down cos im drunk i got a king suite for 5 days at the millenium hilton they quoted me 660 odd sterling per night on the phone, with a view etc

Thizs needs to start tomorrow night

They have reserved me the 5 days i dont know what they have taken from the card, can i print off your price? i dont mind a argument when i get there you see because the Conrad is just 2 mile down the road if i get thrown out :D
 
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5 nights from tommorrow in a King Executive Plus Suite, fully flexible rate through Hotels.com, £1185 inc tax. Thats £237 a night.

http://www.hotels.com/hotel/details...ate=29-07-2011&departureDate=03-08-2011&rooms[0].numberOfAdults=1&roomno=1&validate=false&previousDateful=false&reviewOrder=date_newest_first#description

They are ripping you off if they've quoted that!

Even on the Hilton website the standard rate for that suite is just under 10k Baht, so 200 quid a night, even cheaper though not sure if that includes tax?

I'd be having words at the desk on checkin, or just book it online through the Hilton site yourself :)
 
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[TW]Fox;19691165 said:
5 nights from tommorrow in a King Executive Plus Suite, fully flexible rate through Hotels.com, £1185 inc tax. Thats £237 a night.

http://www.hotels.com/hotel/details...ate=29-07-2011&departureDate=03-08-2011&rooms[0].numberOfAdults=1&roomno=1&validate=false&previousDateful=false&reviewOrder=date_newest_first#description

They are ripping you off if they've quoted that!

Even on the Hilton website the standard rate for that suite is just under 10k Baht, so 200 quid a night, even cheaper though not sure if that includes tax?

I'd be having words at the desk on checkin, or just book it online through the Hilton site yourself :)
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Your a good man Fox i always liked you.

I shall be having a word when i get there tomorrow :D
 
Im just wondering how many of them little thai girls plus me you can fit on one of them good beds :D
 
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