Sherlock Maintenance

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

MMmmmmmmm, but he knows the latest trends,

If by 'latest trends' you mean the gay underwear department too, right?

 

SherlockedCAMPer you do make a good point about the tailor , I could see that not at all being necessary, however the tailor would need to make marks. Working for a retailer my self that did measurements, the crouch & buttock area can be really tricky. those pins are quite necessary. & the shear perfection of fit, especially with Sherlock's pants... A tailor is certainly involved.

 

Which indicates that Sherlock really doesn't need a flatshare if he's got enough money to afford such perfectly fitted clothing, right? So why would he tell Mike Stamford that he was looking for a flatmate?

[jesskayding]

I don't know, but look @ that mans pants, no poor man can dress like he does. Maybe that's why he needs a flatmate.. His fashion priorities.

[T.o.b.y]

It is rather a mystery where Sherlock's clothes come from. On the one hand, it's hard to imagine him caring for trifles like that. On the other hand, he's clearly a bit vain.

 

I cannot for the life of me imagine him shopping. Maybe his brother buys his clothes? Maybe Mycroft gets Sherlock all the elegant things that he likes himself but that wouldn't look good on him at all?

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Sherlock probably researches the stuff online then has a tailor alter it for him so it is just so. And it could be done at Baker St so he avoids the annoying ordinary people at the shops.

[Pamela]

Sherlock probably researches the stuff online then has a tailor alter it for him so it is just so. And it could be done at Baker St so he avoids the annoying ordinary people at the shops.

That works!

[avoca]

There was a certain level of comfort and familiarity about being groomed in the war room, however.  So under certain circumstances, I'm sure it's something he accommodates.

I have seen benedict there, rather than sherlock.. but it may be just me

[avoca]

I don't know, but look @ that mans pants, no poor man can dress like he does. Maybe that's why he needs a flatmate.. His fashion priorities.

that reminds me of something I have been wondering.. I clearly have been missing something in the episodes..

 

during the pilot, when john meets sgt. donovan, under a pouring rain, she says to him something like "stay well clear of sherlock holmes: he's awkward, he's fond of homicides. he doesn't even get paid, he comes here for fun, snooping on the crime scene and one day he'll be the one providing the body" (something along these words).

 

I have always assumed sherlock gets paid for his job as a consulting detective for the police.

 

he may earn something working as "private detective" for the cases he takes up through his website of course, but does he earn enough to live of it?

or does he come from a rich family..?

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

We don't know much about the Holmes family besides what we have been shown. But they do have a country house.....but how big and where is it? We are not told. But Mummy was a mathematics genius and could have made a career of it. Mycroft is in the lofty halls of government and Sherlock has monetary resources that not even CAM could ferret out. So is the family rich? Yes, it would seem so.

 

According to many of the early researches of Holmesian lore, Holmes would have, should have been paid some kind of retainer fee by those DI's he worked for in NSY. Many of his clients were also heads of state from many European countries so he would have been very well compensated for his investigations on their behalf. In the Blind Banker, his retainers fee that John held in check was 5,000 pounds with another large sum to be paid when he was able to find how the office was broken into, which he did. 

 

He also worked for the Palace in some capacity as he could be admitted into Buckingham dressed only in a sheet and, someone in the Home Office owed him favors. Which would suggest that there would be some kind of stipend coming to him.

[jesskayding]

 

 

I don't know, but look @ that mans pants, no poor man can dress like he does. Maybe that's why he needs a flatmate.. His fashion priorities.

that reminds me of something I have been wondering.. I clearly have been missing something in the episodes..

 

during the pilot, when john meets sgt. donovan, under a pouring rain, she says to him something like "stay well clear of sherlock holmes: he's awkward, he's fond of homicides. he doesn't even get paid, he comes here for fun, snooping on the crime scene and one day he'll be the one providing the body" (something along these words).

 

I have always assumed sherlock gets paid for his job as a consulting detective for the police.

 

he may earn something working as "private detective" for the cases he takes up through his website of course, but does he earn enough to live of it?

or does he come from a rich family..?

 

It also seems that John began to accept an incentive for his work. TBB.

[Arcadia]

Yeh, Sherlock wouldn't lower himself to accept money!  Make John do the humble deed!

[sfmpco]

 

I don't know, but look @ that mans pants, no poor man can dress like he does. Maybe that's why he needs a flatmate.. His fashion priorities.

that reminds me of something I have been wondering.. I clearly have been missing something in the episodes..

 

during the pilot, when john meets sgt. donovan, under a pouring rain, she says to him something like "stay well clear of sherlock holmes: he's awkward, he's fond of homicides. he doesn't even get paid, he comes here for fun, snooping on the crime scene and one day he'll be the one providing the body" (something along these words).

 

I have always assumed sherlock gets paid for his job as a consulting detective for the police.

 

he may earn something working as "private detective" for the cases he takes up through his website of course, but does he earn enough to live of it?

or does he come from a rich family..?

 

 

 

Okay, Sherlock does NOT get paid by Lestrade.  In fact, getting paid would have raised a HUGE stink with the chief when SH became suspect in the kidnapping in TRF.  

 

We do know he owns property - Leinster Gardens thing - and he may own more than that.  Whether or not Leinster Gardens brings him money is anothe question or if it is simply a tax drain.  But it's a bolt hole for him so if there is a cost to keeping it, he probably feels it is worth it.

 

And the fact that he gambled to get Leinster Gardens says that he may have gambled for other things too.  Gambling may have been part of his past.  Definitely would never sit at a card table with him.

 

He does get paid by private clients, but john being his roommate helps bring the private client side of the business to be more prominent.

 

However, SH had already moved into the flat before John arrived.  Was SH seriously looking for a roommate just to afford it?  I don't think so.  Why?  I think Mrs. Hudson simply made him a great deal on the rent.  After all she doesn't rent out 221C, and after the FALL and John moved out, she didn't bother renting 221B out, so clearly money isn't too much of an issue for her - hence making SH the deal (plus she owed him the favor).  IF SH needed a roommate, it was only help defray costs of living - or perhaps to have someone else do the things he wouldn't (although Mrs. Hudson does much of that).

[jesskayding]

But what about the expensive clothes? Don't buy the whole Mycroft providing his little brothers wardrobe. I'm quite particular about my appearance too - I'm convinced Sherlock goes shopping.

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

He goes shopping when it's for free and nobody's around. Like at night.

[jesskayding]

Too silly.

[Arcadia]

He goes shopping when it's for free and nobody's around. Like at night.

Yeah, he "liberates" his clothing!

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

Either that or I like the idea he has his tailor come to the flat. 

[Arcadia]

Yeah, I think he's imperious enough to expect the tailor to come to him, not the other way round.

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

So true. Plus he does hate leaving the flat unless it's above a 7 and I doubt shopping would rate anything higher then a .0000000000000000000001

[jesskayding]

No, I disagree. A man as particular as the Sherlock written by the Motfiss'... That's a 10, he's leaving the flat, probably the worst & rudest patron ever.

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

Shopping...a 10?  Boring....dull....

[T.o.b.y]

Either that or I like the idea he has his tailor come to the flat. 

 

Yes, that would probably be someone whom he did a favor long ago, and who supplies him with all sorts of potentially useful gossip about rich people, politicians, his brother... Could be very useful, a tailor!

 

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

Oh yes. Absolutely. A very good way to gather the everyday intel of the very well dressed.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

The tailor could help keep an eye on likes of Moran such as was needed in TEH.  MPs need to look good.

[Carol the Dabbler]

And criminal masterminds in general, judging by this program!

 

[Schlauer Fuchs]

I absolutely go for the idea of a tailor coming to 221B every now and then, but I could also see Sherlock going shopping. Not shopping like ordinary people would with strolling through a mall for 2.5 hours, looking at shop windows and picking 20 coat hangers and 7 t-shirts to try on and buy only a pair of socks in the end. No, he would go to a high-class (and high-priced) gentlemen's outfitter, tell the shop assistant what he needs ("I need a shirt: purple, royal oxford, tight fit, unobtrusive buttons, buttoned cuffs, ..."), then do some deductions about the cleaning staff's evening activities to pass the time until the assistant brings him what he needs. Then he'd buy it without trying (no need there, he'd see if it was too small) and leave the shop again within five to ten minutes (depending on the poor shop assistant's walking pace). All that could happen while he's out working on a case, scratching the backs of his homeless network or even taking a walk to "keep in touch" with the city (I imagine he does that). And he would see it as an investment - an investment in his vanity, if you ask me