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- Tue Feb 20, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: Your Questions and Answers
- Topic: when to wear a suit?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8166
Re: when to wear a suit?
A few quick comments: -> I personally veer towards what Andy and Daviduh have said: I wear clothes that I enjoy. Since they are, IMO, objectively not offensive nor impractical, I really don't see how it' anyone else's business> My experience of this is quite positive. -> At the same time, I complete...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:30 pm
- Forum: The Bespoke Forum
- Topic: Wool/Silk/Linen fabrics
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3960
Re: Wool/Silk/Linen fabrics
This is a actually very useful thread. I suspected this sort of mix might have... mixed results but it's good to hear from actual experience.
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:16 pm
- Forum: Your Questions and Answers
- Topic: Are the days of tailored clothing numbered?
- Replies: 74
- Views: 10902
Re: Are the days of tailored clothing numbered?
Interesting post. I think that in terms of straightforward social analysis, the days of tailored clothing being necessary or commonplace are clearly numbered, unless the trend is (improbably) sharply inverted, somehow. At the same time, there is considerable pluralism in lifestyle so I would guess t...
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:26 am
- Forum: The Bespoke Forum
- Topic: Morning Suit - advice sought please
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6793
Re: Morning Suit - advice sought please
Lots of hardly worn morning coats available from people like Savvy Row, if the budget is tight, BTW.
On the waistcoat, I'm surprised no one mentioned the compromise between garish ones and rather funereal black (at a wedding...).
Something in buff or light blue is festive but not garish.
On the waistcoat, I'm surprised no one mentioned the compromise between garish ones and rather funereal black (at a wedding...).
Something in buff or light blue is festive but not garish.
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:23 am
- Forum: Your Questions and Answers
- Topic: Dress the dinner table
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1771
Re: Dress the dinner table
Definitely tablecloth, by a country mile. In a formal setting, something with texture but otherwise white (or mostly white) will show off the beautiful crockery, glasses, flowers, etc. You can get fantastic table setting ideas on the net and I've found that guests *really* appreciate a well-laid-out...
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 11:52 am
- Forum: Great Photos
- Topic: Lucius Beebe in White Tie
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4185
Re: Lucius Beebe in White Tie
I think that from the late 1930s to the 1950s, when (some) people wore evening dress (black or white tie) very often, some folks just gave up on stiff collars or wore them rarely for reasons of comfort. In black tie, while well into the 1920s wing and other high collars were more common, by the 30 i...
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 11:46 am
- Forum: Your Questions and Answers
- Topic: The waistcoat conundrum.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3694
Re: The waistcoat conundrum.
I have found waistcoats to be quite wearable, in a suit.
As Concordia said, the outfit can look v. nice with the jacket open and the waistcoat showing fully. If for any reason you take yourt jacket off (I know...), you till look quite "dressed" with the waistcoat.
As Concordia said, the outfit can look v. nice with the jacket open and the waistcoat showing fully. If for any reason you take yourt jacket off (I know...), you till look quite "dressed" with the waistcoat.
- Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:54 am
- Forum: Your Questions and Answers
- Topic: Paris signing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2581
Re: Paris signing
Just saw this now. Not sur if I can make it to Paris but I'll put it in my diary just in case.
- Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:25 pm
- Forum: The Bespoke Forum
- Topic: Tailor your encounters
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2207
Re: Tailor your encounters
"Wear your good stuff sometimes"... Such simple but good advice....
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 11:40 am
- Forum: The Bespoke Forum
- Topic: Reid & Taylor Bronze Eagle
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4069
Re: Reid & Taylor Bronze Eagle
A fantastic fit, judging by the photo. Those sort of mixed-thread worsted suits (it is worsted, right?) were popular mid-century but you rarely see them now.
- Mon Sep 06, 2021 8:04 pm
- Forum: The Bespoke Forum
- Topic: RIP Bebel
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2150
Re: RIP Bebel
He always seemed like a cool dude but also kind of fun, not too serious.
I honestly didn't realise he was still alive.
RIP, JP.
I honestly didn't realise he was still alive.
RIP, JP.
- Wed Apr 21, 2021 4:11 pm
- Forum: The Structure of Style
- Topic: Last Bow Tie Day
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4921
Re: Last Bow Tie Day
Looks good! It is a bit of a trick balancing the smaller bow tie with the large surface of a suit, especially when DB or 3pc. This combo works well. I should concur with JayDeputy about the practical use of bow ties. Shrinks like them, of course, because they protect one from strangulation by patie...
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:22 pm
- Forum: The Structure of Style
- Topic: Prince Philip
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4008
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 6:53 pm
- Forum: The Structure of Style
- Topic: Last Bow Tie Day
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4921
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 5:07 pm
- Forum: The Structure of Style
- Topic: Last Bow Tie Day
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4921
Re: Last Bow Tie Day
I have heard it said “ most men who wear bow ties do so because most men don’t “ - any thoughts? Regards Snapper Not so long ago, I wrote a piece about the three main types of vintage aficionados / retrocentrics. But it could also apply to other stylistic choices. In my opinion, some fellows will p...