No nitpicks about pattern matching please!
I recall some old posts by Mafoofan on Anna M shirts and shirring in the sleeve (at the armholes and cuff). What is the purpose of shirring at these two locations and at the yoke at the back.
I understand that shirring at the shoulder is done to get a small armhole but a larger sleeve at the biceps, then have the sleeve gather into the cuff. How exactly should this be done, though, and how should one instruct a tailor if one wants this detail (considering not all of us have access to the best in fashion capitals around the world)? I think a tailor may misunderstand and interpret your desire for shirring as a cosmetic preference and miss any functionality or give you an overly blousy shirt. For example, should the armhole be smaller that it would be otherwise?
Finally, would a shirt with shirring look strange with a split yoke given that the former is Neapolitan and the latter is very English?
Here are Mafoofan's photos of his Anna M shirt, if he doesn't mind:
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I recall some old posts by Mafoofan on Anna M shirts and shirring in the sleeve (at the armholes and cuff). What is the purpose of shirring at these two locations and at the yoke at the back.
I understand that shirring at the shoulder is done to get a small armhole but a larger sleeve at the biceps, then have the sleeve gather into the cuff. How exactly should this be done, though, and how should one instruct a tailor if one wants this detail (considering not all of us have access to the best in fashion capitals around the world)? I think a tailor may misunderstand and interpret your desire for shirring as a cosmetic preference and miss any functionality or give you an overly blousy shirt. For example, should the armhole be smaller that it would be otherwise?
Finally, would a shirt with shirring look strange with a split yoke given that the former is Neapolitan and the latter is very English?
Here are Mafoofan's photos of his Anna M shirt, if he doesn't mind:
