I have not read the other replies (including any you may have made, Suz), and am coming very late to the game, but if you're referring the the second pic as the one you need persuading on, I will be honest and say I am not a big fan of it. Just my own poison eye, probably, but to me that red vertical border makes it look bathrobe-y, and also there's something really weirdly ethnic about it, but not Japanese ethnic, so the aesthetic is just jarring to me. Anyway, it is not up to your meticulous standards. I realize cut is important and very elusive, but you can and will do better.