Posts by recondite

Quote: Originally Posted by dopey  Buttons needn't be covered for formal wear (and 4x1 really isn't common on lounge suits - it is quite rare, in fact). Suitcoat aside, the trousers have a covered seam, so this ensemble...

Quote: Originally Posted by SkinnyGoomba  I see what you are driving at. You're missing one key thing however, a modern designer would not consider ornamental carving to be efficient design. Really? First of all...

Quote: Originally Posted by SkinnyGoomba  This is similar to saying that all good clothing works together, where we know that there are certainly choices to be made that help to more narrowly define what works and what...

Quote: Originally Posted by YRR92  QFT, though I don't mind inconsistencies, because I'm perfectly willing to do a bit of selective listening -- I'll consider anything, and I'm interested in a pretty quiet,...

Quote: Originally Posted by dopey  I don't think those are self faced, but even so, with the 4x1 cut and besom pockets that is meant to be black-tie and is. He looks great. I agree he looks great.   But the...

If it is good enough for an emperor, it is good enough for me.   Self faced lapels on dinner jacket or black tie with lounge suit? What say you?      

Please expound on that argument.   I believe that if the aesthetic were functional, elegant, and efficient design, construction, and execution, that both the following would be included by definition despite the fact...

Quote: Originally Posted by YRR92  I have learned in the last few days that these pants are too dark -- though they're right for this jacket, at least. Any and all feedback is, of course,...

Quote: Originally Posted by mcbrown  Question for anyone who thinks there is an incoherence here: is it possible to simultaneously have a taste for modern design and pre-modern design? Or is it incoherent for me to...

Quote: Originally Posted by acridsheep  The captain of my flag yacht is asking tough questions about disappearing posts. He's damn near inconsolable.   He'll get over it. Fill him with rum and put him in...