Posts by Tropicalist

I recently replaced over 30 ties from my collection with Sam Hober. Without a single doubt in my mind the best ties available at any price.

Quote:Originally Posted by TheTukker  Quote: Originally Posted by lee_44106 Your thread title is misleading. +1; very. Just a disguised commercial. Becoming more and more common.

A lighter blue will be more stylish than navy.

An unlined and untipped tie simply looks to me as if the wearer ran out of money while getting the tie constructed midway.

Thanks for all those who responded. Just typing this out in the airport lounge to kill time. Here is a report back on what I found in New York. It was sale season. Paul Stuart - spend 30 minutes. Clothes were ok in quality but a bit...

I went to a wedding last weekend . I wore a black bow tie, white shirt with mother of pearl cuff links, a black velvet smoking jacket with notch lapel and 2 buttons, a white pocket square, gray trousers and black slippers. I was self...

Uniqlo, dockers and even gap have some wonderful ones at very affordable price. Hackett do cavallary twill trousers that were the precursors to chinos. More high waisted classic fit. For chinos you cannot go wrong with classic khaki...

Quote:Originally Posted by KojiKono I am quite new to this site and men's fashion in general, but for the past few months I have been reading a handful of style blogs and advice columns and I have come to the realization that fit is...

Quote:Originally Posted by unbelragazzo But how to apply them to dress is not obvious. Yes, but there's some variance across cultures in what is considered optimal (varies from .6 to .8 for the ratio you mention). That may be part...

I tend to think in terms of principles not rules - for example - don't let your underwear show!