Gold watch, stick pin

[cyrano]

So the Vigilante Pants came on Tuesday from The Gentleman's Emporium. And despite my ordering from the chart as they instructed (the trousers are higher waisted and they recommended ordering a size up from your usual waist size) I was swimming in them. The waist line was, in fact, a sternum line. I called them this morning before sending them back, to make sure they wouldn't shrink *a whole lot* in the wash and to find out if I could do the exchange in time for the Pirate Faire on the fifteenth. And Chris and Noel at the warehouse said come on down and we'll get you into something that fits.
Chris also showed me around some of the more steampunk-oriented stuff they were getting ready to put on the website (starting next week in fact)--boots, gloves, flight cap, possibly a leather workman's apron... all sorts of stuff. Very friendly bunch! So I now have my two-sizes smaller trousers thanks to the fine fellows at the Gentleman's Emporium. Highly recommended!

Comments

are they local?

[princessmei.livejournal.com]

and if so, do they often accept people into their warehouse to look at stuff?

-Megs

Re: are they local?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

One of their warehouses is San Jose local, but they do not have a storefront. I think the fact that I wanted to get things together for the fifteenth made them a little lax on that point.
(The original trousers were shipped from ... somewhere near Los Angeles. I don't recall exactly where.)

[sanguinepen.livejournal.com]

What a great shop. I'd been doing clothing research for my novel, but the photos from the time period are always lacking. The Emporium's pictures...are terrific.