HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part II

Oxxford suit
Brooks Brothers shirt, tie, and square
Target socks
Alan McAfee shoes

Originally Posted by Orgetorix

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Very nice. This has nothing to do with clothes, but you remind me of . Not sure what it could be though...

Originally Posted by Orgetorix

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Oxxford suit
Brooks Brothers shirt, tie, and square
Target socks
Alan McAfee shoes

Nice colors, Orgetorix. Understated but classy.

Do you have better pics of the shoes?

Cool man-space Ktown G, missed you on the BRP today, put in about 150 miles..

NYR, your vacation pictures are making me seriously envious, looks like you had a blast..

Originally Posted by Orgetorix

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Like almost everything about this except the droopy (?fishmouth) notch.

Originally Posted by tshaw

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Quite handsome, John...

Thanks Tom

Originally Posted by Holdfast

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Want to like, but can't (lapels bowing weirdly):

Combination of hands in pockets with no vents and shawl collar. Thought the fit wasn't too bad for a rental

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Originally Posted by forex

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^^ I love that watch,gonna get me one of those. What is wrong with shoes Ktown? Is the last too narrow for you? Is that Hampton last?

+1 Awesome Glashütte

Brioni blazer
Armani pocket-square
Kiton shirt
Etro pant
Brioni belt
pp socks
Brioni monkstraps
Bulgari cologne
Piaget watch

Thanks everyone for kind comments.

Originally Posted by NOBD

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Nice, aj_del. Debut here?

Originally Posted by MrChris

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aj_del - I like your tie!

Originally Posted by aeglus

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aj, looks pretty good as well. Patch pockets were done well and I like the lapel roll.

Originally Posted by NewYorkRanger

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+1 man, looking good.

Originally Posted by forex

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aj_del,that looks great,one of the best I've seen on you. Actually,the best I've seen on you,you should get more of those Caruso suits if you can.


Weather - I was not wearing that suit (or anything in that pic ) yesterday. I was merely trying it on.

Originally Posted by MBreinin

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Beautiful suit, and major props for busting this out in India, during the summer. Damn!

Mike

Originally Posted by srivats

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... Your outfit looks good -- but I don't know how you are able to wear it in Delhi weather. Has it started cooling down, yet?

Originally Posted by aj_del

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Weather in Delhi is super hot and humid with the monsoon season in full swing.

Today being a Sunday I was trying to organize my clothes for the coming winter, basically trying everything and seeing what alterations etc would be required. Also decided to dump a lot of stuff.

Thats why when NOBD asked if it was my WAYWRN debut, I replied 'kind of'.

Took and posted a pic here to get some comments and opinions.


Knit Tie and Color of Shoes - As I said earlier only this tie and the same tie in green color were available at the time of pic. So chose the blue knit. That said, I dont find anything wrong with it. Its a patch pocket flannel suit so IMO it is a more casual suit and as such I have no objection to a knit tie.

In India, suits are only worn in winters so theres hardly any concept of summer/spring/autumn/winter ties.

However, I agree that I should have worn brown shoes since they would be more casual than black shoes and the whole outfit is of a casual nature.

Basically, for me both of these work

1. Same suit, white shirt, navy silk tie (not knit), black shoes

2. Same suit, same shirt, same knit tie but brown shoes (captoe derby).

I have started disliking captoe oxfords and just sold my pair of CJ Hallam and currently the closest brown shoe which I could have worn is a CJ Lowndes. I will probably get a CJ Bradford/Prestwood and this problem would then be solved.

Originally Posted by Sander

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Very nice suit, the flannel looks great. Can't really make out whether the shirt is blue or white, blue would be much better imho. But with the patch pockets and the knit tie, why didn't you go with brown shoes?

Originally Posted by aj_del

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^^ Thanks, shirt is blue, black shoes because

a. I am on a brown shoe backlash
b. I am on a oxfords backlash
c. I dont have brown derbys

I know the logic above is faulty

Originally Posted by tshaw

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Really NICE, aj!

Originally Posted by Holdfast

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Can't understand the knit-tie like (everything else is nice):

Originally Posted by aj_del

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All my ties are in storage. I recently bought this Venanzi knit on the B & S and it is the only tie available.

Originally Posted by chrisb0109

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What is wrong with the tie?

Originally Posted by aeglus

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There's nothing wrong with the tie so don't worry.

Originally Posted by IndianBoyz

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I'd prefer such ties @ winter. In fact I think the whole outfit looks wintery. It's nice and well balanced out though.

Originally Posted by IndianBoyz

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I would maybe pick a lighter coloured shoe, a monk, with this combination, besides.

Originally Posted by Holdfast

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Like IB above, I tend to associate knits more with autumn than summer. But more than that, I just don't like horizontally-striped ties*, and knits tend to have a preponderance of this pattern. I don't find them aesthetically pleasing to my eye. Solid knits, sure. Dotted knits, fine. But banded knits don't do it for me unless they're low-contrast (I seem to recall a muddy maroon band on muddy green that I quite liked).

(*SF heresy, I know!

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Originally Posted by niidawg3

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- great suit AJ ... i covet something like that in a lighter gray.
- as has been said, i agree a different tie and pair of shoes would make this a homerun, but i understand you were just trying stuff out.

Originally Posted by srivats

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I adjusted the colors a bit ... does the suit look like this in real life, aj_del?

Don't know, the color of the suit looks closer to the real thing but the blue of the shirt is totally gone now. As it is, the pic was taken at EV+1 since it was coming out too dark otherwise.

Originally Posted by sonlegoman

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Very nice. This has nothing to do with clothes, but you remind me of

. Not sure what it could be though...

Thanks. Foo is a well-dressed guy, so I'll take it as a compliment. Though I'm not sure what in the world makes you say that, either.

Originally Posted by srivats

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Nice colors, Orgetorix. Understated but classy.

Do you have better pics of the shoes?

Thanks. Had a devil of a time with pocket squares this morning, but finally settled on that one.

I'll have to hunt around for better pics of the shoes. I may have to take some.

Originally Posted by Holdfast

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Like almost everything about this except the droopy (?fishmouth) notch.

That's Oxxford for you. All their coats have that lapel.

Originally Posted by Orgetorix

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Though I'm not sure what in the world makes you say that, either.

Would you like to know?

A cool, casual Sunday. Sorry about the runaway pantleg.
SC:Caruso SP
shirt:Zegna Su Misura
belt:Allen Edmonds
Shoes:Allen Edmonds Marlow in merlot
bag:Vintage Schlesinger
links:grandfathers vintage "Tiger Eye"
watch:maternal grandfathers Omega Geneve Automatic

Originally Posted by aj_del

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Don't know, the color of the suit looks closer to the real thing but the blue of the shirt is totally gone now. As it is, the pic was taken at EV+1 since it was coming out too dark otherwise.

I think he was just taking a jab at you from the Sartorialist thread.