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  1. Film Noir Buff

    Name post SF-Regrettable purchases

    C'mon, fess up. Whether it is band-aid or baby poop colored shoes, balmoral boots, custom spectators, fresco suits, patch and/or ticket pocket wonders, mohair suits, draped flannel disasters or dinner jackets from either 14 oz sacking cloth or smooth tropical rental-wool. What has association on...
  3. Film Noir Buff

    Harrisons 150s wool, Grand Cru range

    About a year ago, having just picked up my first suit in this cloth from my tailor, I waited for the right day to wear it for the first time. That day proved to be an Indian summer one in NYC. Not cold but not hot, I walked around in comfort not worrying about the weather which might ordinarily...
  4. Film Noir Buff

    Custom summer fun shirt

    Made from a vintage but mint condition bed sheet. Pattern matched meticulously by Paris custom shirts. Cloth is soft and breathes very well. For summer informal fun at a barbecue, pool/beach or having a few drinks at your favorite burger joint.
  5. Film Noir Buff

    English clothing reactions

    What is most interesting about the English sense of style for tailored clothes is that in theory it should be very simple and straightforward but in practice it is very complex. I have mentioned that there is a desire to be very different from one's neighbor but all within a very strict set of...
  6. Film Noir Buff

    Harrisons of Edinburgh fabrics

    Things that didn't make into the Harrisons essay http://www.filmnoirbuff.com/article/har ... of-manners but are nevertheless interesting nuggets It seems a very English behavior to like similar things in different weights of cloth and different scales of pattern. I suppose if something works for...
  7. Film Noir Buff

    Different strokes for different...

    Today, wearing clothes has become more truly democratic and one viewpoint no longer prevails. Now, other life styles or sub cultures have grown self-sufficient enough to branch out from the trunk of style. Some of the branches are small and represent but slight deviations, modifications or...
  8. Film Noir Buff

    Weekend socializing on a city evening

    Clothing should be right for the occasion. Took some quick snap shots of an outfit I wore out for a night of socializing in NYC, first to the Rivington Hotel bar, then to Italian Tapas across the street at Inoteca and thence to more bars, lounges n such. Black suede jacket, salt and pepper...
  9. Film Noir Buff

    English dandyism, yesterday's and today's

    What exactly do we mean by dandy? A man who loves to wear clothes, a man who has a heightened sense of interest in grooming and style, a man for whom individuality must be expressed more clearly? Well dressed men abound but they need not be dandies. Dandyism is a lifestyle but we are here...
  10. Film Noir Buff

    White rabbit on my chest

    Along with my odd vest indulgence taken which you can see on the FNB.com home page http://www.filmnoirbuff.com/article/dream-weavers, I made up a couple of fun ties. This is a mini photo series of a tie from art drawings to completion at Drake's with Vanners weaving the silk. Both are UK firms...
  11. Film Noir Buff

    Band-aid colored shoes™

    I think some might profit from a definition of what Band-aid colored hoes really look like. I think it's straight forward but there is some misinformation out there. The shoe on the left is chestnut which make a nice spring/summer shoe and the lighter one on the right is Band-aid colored aka...
  12. Film Noir Buff

    A place to hang my hat?

    I own several, and never wear them. I was reading some of that Hatless JACK book by Neil Steinberg and the author states some things Ive come to believe for a while now. According to the author, there was a time when leaving your place without a hat on was about as possible as walking out...
  13. Film Noir Buff

    The Straight and Narrow

    A word on what's acceptable and not acceptable in the American workplace and how to determine it. There is someone I see often and whenever he sees me if he doesn't comment on what I am wearing I know it is perfectly acceptable. If he comments negatively then I know I have on something too bold...
  14. Film Noir Buff

    Sartorial temptations never taken

    If you've seen the film Wall Street, you might remember Michael Douglas in a grey flannel suit with turn back cuffs on the sleeves telling Charlie Sheen that he controlled the price of a paperclip. I never forgot the image, it seemed so unusual, so powerful, and something Id never considered. I...
  15. Film Noir Buff

    1930s Style

    1930s style We all like to look at those Apparel Arts plates of well dressed men from the 1930s. Well, those of us that knows about them. I am referring to the old issues of Esquire magazine and the Apparel Arts catalogs from the 1930s and 1940s which were a bounty of colored (and black and...
  16. Film Noir Buff

    Tribes at work: Elegance vs. propriety

    Never forget that there is a difference between what is aesthetically pleasing, and what is culturally accurate. Both can be done either poorly, well, pleasingly, exceedingly well or garishly so. You may not like a certain shirt and tie combination as an outside observer but if it suits the...
  17. Film Noir Buff

    Neapolitan Style Roll Call

    These observations themselves gleaned from a talk with a knowledgeable and stylish man: A Neapolitan look is becoming more influential and important to American Men in the more cosmopolitan areas. Although Americans are adding their own colors and looks to the Stylo Neapolitano, there is merit...
  18. Film Noir Buff

    Being well dressed is skin deep

    Sometimes we spend so much time discussing clothes and styles that we forget the first step towards being well dressed and that is being clean. Maybe I take cleanliness for granted but after seeing a collar on a shirt at my shirt maker's that was there for cleaning, perhaps this is shouldn't be...
  19. Film Noir Buff

    Reasons people get custom clothes

    Someone in custom clothing whom I spoke with recently, said there are three main types of man that get custom clothes: 1. Because off the rack clothes fit him poorly. 2. He hasn't got any time (or sometimes talent) to shop. 3. He Loves to get dressed and wants special things. The only thing...
  20. Film Noir Buff

    The never ending black suit saga.

    In NYC, I see a lot of men wearing black solid suits, if that's what we're talking about. The black background suit with a pattern on it has been a staple for as long as the lounge suit has been around, in flannel, worsted, with white or colored stripes. One could argue that charcoal and navy...
  21. Film Noir Buff

    Brown shoes with navy suits for the office.

    Brown shoes with navy suits for the office. Can it be done? Sure, if the shoes are that dark chocolate brown. Also if the suit is not a wool suit and it's for summer. Silk (with the exception of a midnight satin or faille silk which has no slubs), Linen, cotton, even mohair/wool blend can all...
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