HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now

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3/25/11 at 4:38pm

dibadiba

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Originally Posted by ndw

I agree on the comment about shortening the trousers slightly. Did you have a blog about your apprenticeship there? I think I remember reading it. Did you keep up the hobby?

I posted it a while back during the month I was there but I haven't found time to continue shoemaking at this point. It's very time-consuming and labour intensive. I do work with leather as a weekend job, though.

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3/25/11 at 4:42pm

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Originally Posted by Holdfast

The weather's been glorious recently. Bright sunshine, and almost 20C when in the sunlight, so...

SPRING CHALLENGE ENTRY (actually worn yesterday)

And what I'm actually wearing today:

I like the spring look, but I'm not feeling today's.

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Originally Posted by MBreinin

Spring Challenge. Of course, I am probably one of the few guys on here that is actually getting some Spring weather today.

Domenico Spano Dupioni Suit
Borrelli shirt
Roundtree and Yorke tie
Borrelli suede longwings.

Have a good one!

Mike
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Nice.

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Originally Posted by acridsheep

Here's my entry for today's challenge. I'm stoked at how these thrifted Alden medallion cap toes turned out after a vigorous shine.

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Looks good and those captoes have come up nicely.

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Originally Posted by NOBD

Ssspring

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Nice.

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Originally Posted by niidawg3

well hello there ...
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The overall look is so good I almost didn't notice the tassels

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Originally Posted by Thin White Duke

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[/SPOILER](Maybe I should have re-done the seersucker??)

i like both halves but not sure about together.

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Originally Posted by LilacCords

SPRING CHALLENGE
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Have a great weekend.....

The socks are a step too far.

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Originally Posted by ndw

No spring fit for me. Its 35. It was 70 yesterday morning

Trying to get a little more wear out of the winter digs.

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Panta raw silk tie is all

nice, but crying out for a PS to balance the zing of the tie.

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Originally Posted by inlandisland

Spring Fever...
[SPOILER]Setting the self timer... oops... Better than planned, except for the baby handprints all over the mirror...

Break time...

Deets:

Hmmmm... SF will probably tell me that the pattern in the tie and shirt are too close in scale... Maybe a sockless, knit tie alternate will improve my odds...

Alternate deets:

Have a great spring everyone!

Second look is much better. Tie... Scale...

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Originally Posted by PandArts

Ok no luv for the tie...luckily it's an easy item to lose...so Spring Round 2

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Not bad, but i wanted to see what was so bad about the tie - it can't be worse than some of mine

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3/25/11 at 4:52pm

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Originally Posted by MBreinin

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Thought about donning a plain shirt, but then again...i liked it.

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Originally Posted by barims

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Cheers, Barima

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Originally Posted by Holdfast

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Cheers, HF!

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Originally Posted by acridsheep

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3/25/11 at 4:54pm

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Originally Posted by JKMWCL

PandArts Wow, I was just going back through the posts to look at the tie and you took down your post! Weak sauce....

From my memory of the tie, I cannot imagine a serious scenario where it would look good, although now, I can neither confirm nor deny that thought.

Weak Sauce

Fine see spoiler below

Well, as you can imagine I don't wear the tie that often and the best pic I could find was this one where I think it works well as a pop of colour in an otherwise monochromatic context.
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Originally Posted by ManofKent

Not bad, but i wanted to see what was so bad about the tie - it can't be worse than some of mine

LOL be careful what you ask for

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3/25/11 at 4:59pm

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Originally Posted by PandArts

Weak Sauce

Fine see spoiler below

Well, as you can imagine I don't wear the tie that often and the best pic I could find was this one where I think it works well as a pop of colour in an otherwise monochromatic context.
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See, you proved me wrong! Muuuuuch better with that 'fit.

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3/25/11 at 5:05pm

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Originally Posted by JKMWCL

See, you proved me wrong! Muuuuuch better with that 'fit.

LOL! Thanks...sometimes wish I still had that suit

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3/25/11 at 5:16pm

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Spring, my ass! Can we do this challenge again a little bit later in the season?
It was cold, rainy, and raw when I took these pics yesterday, and I felt pretty silly in my silk/linen SC.

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3/25/11 at 5:27pm

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Originally Posted by ManofKent

nice, but crying out for a PS to balance the zing of the tie.

Thanks, MOK. You made a similar comment yesterday with regard to my more CBD fit, which I meant to comment on. While I would agree that my fit yesterday would have benefitted - I only very rarely wear a PS as they are not considered CBD in my locale.

With today's outfit I think the coat and zing of the tie were distracting enough (I never wear a PS with a patterened coat anyway). Would you suggest plain white?

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3/25/11 at 5:30pm

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Originally Posted by Threadbearer

Spring, my ass!

I'm with you, this transitional time is confusing to me. Here in the SW we get it all, snow, rain wind big time, and sun, usually all in the same day! Going to DC next week and wondering what to wear. Beautiful jacket by the way, really like the tie, and how you worked it all together.

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3/25/11 at 6:07pm

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SPRING!

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3/25/11 at 6:19pm

ManofKent

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PandArts

LOL be careful what you ask for

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Needs a white shirt IMO

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Originally Posted by Threadbearer

Spring, my ass! Can we do this challenge again a little bit later in the season?
It was cold, rainy, and raw when I took these pics yesterday, and I felt pretty silly in my silk/linen SC.

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Not sure about the two haves together...

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Originally Posted by ndw

Thanks, MOK. You made a similar comment yesterday with regard to my more CBD fit, which I meant to comment on. While I would agree that my fit yesterday would have benefitted - I only very rarely wear a PS as they are not considered CBD in my locale.

With today's outfit I think the coat and zing of the tie were distracting enough (I never wear a PS with a patterened coat anyway). Would you suggest plain white?

I'm of the school where a white PS only really works with a white based shirt. For me the tie stands out a lot and I think a PS would soften the impact. Maybe a brown based paisley or another pattern with a touch of orange in it.

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3/25/11 at 6:40pm