Where is the "gorge" on a jacket?

[Richard Warren]

don't care. mostly these days they all seem too high.

 

[Tomasso]

I was taught red, but as I can see, I have been led astray, CURSES!:eusa_doh:

You're not alone. A full 1/3 of the respondents were also misinformed.

 

[dhermann1]

I just hit black without thinking. Shows what I know. Interesting. Gorge means "throat" in French, so it makes sense.

 

[Orgetorix]

I'll admit to having been confused about this until I started lurking at AAAC a few years ago.

 

[Undertow]

I just hit black without thinking. Shows what I know. Interesting. Gorge means "throat" in French, so it makes sense.

Precisely why I believe this is a confusing topic to begin with. I understood gorge to be throat, too, until reading about this topic through threads on the lounge.

Hey, at least this might get me some drinks at a bar (although, it would likely be challenging to find anyone willing to bet about tailoring terminology ).

 

[BinkieBaumont]

"Im also, rather confused!"

 

[Widebrim]

Let's get this straight, men...It's the black circle in the old photo, and the red (orange?) line in the second, correct? :eusa_doh:

 

[Warbaby]

Ha! I suspected it all along - no one really knows for sure where the gorge is.

 

[Tomasso]

the line in which the collar meets the lapel is the Gorge.

Listen to the man!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Everybody knows for absolute certainty where the gorge is: The seam joining the lapel and collar if you're being pedantic (second pic), the general area around the seam/notch if you're not (first pic).

The point Tomasso is trying to make is that it is absolutely, certainly, beyond the strongest shadow of a weak doubt NOT the "V" area dictated by button stance. Whew.

Ha! I suspected it all along - no one really knows for sure where the gorge is.

 

[Mario]

Guilty as charged. I at first got that wrong, and precisely because of the visual analogy you mention.

Yes, same here!

So what's the red-marked area in the first photo called then? Chasm?

 

[David V]

This is totally wrong.

One can pattern a low gorge with a higher V and also do the reverse (high gorge with a low V) it is all a matter of patterning. and what styles currently are and what the customer wants.

in the end, its just math, formulas, and pencil drawing converted into clothing.

What about balance.