Ticket Pocket on a 3 Piece City Suit

stat1 · Mar 10, 2010

I have posted about ticket pockets before and have bit of a problem with a recent MTM order. For a three piece notch lapel SB city suit what do most prefer:

no ticket pocket
straight ticket pocket
hacking ticket pocket

Thanks in advance.

dfischer1 · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by stat1

I have posted about ticket pockets before and have bit of a problem with a recent MTM order. For a three piece notch lapel SB city suit what do most prefer:

no ticket pocket
straight ticket pocket
hacking ticket pocket

Thanks in advance.

Hacking pockets are for the country, and in particular, engaging in equestrian activities.

Straight ticket pockets are well-suited for the city. After all it is where one puts one's train/theatre/opera tickets.

DF

bowtielover · Mar 10, 2010

I would go without one but if you must I would do a straight ticket.

stat1 · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by dfischer1

Hacking pockets are for the country, and in particular, engaging in equestrian activities.

Straight ticket pockets are well-suited for the city. After all it is where one puts one's train/theatre/opera tickets.

DF

Originally Posted by bowtielover

I would go without one but if you must I would do a straight ticket.

Thanks for replying to my post. The suit I purchased is charcoal grey 2 button side vent. The question I am asking I guess would be leaning to wards more formal suits over more casual. Solid and pinstripes. Thanks again!

davidmross · Mar 10, 2010

Originally Posted by stat1

Thanks for replying to my post. The suit I purchased is charcoal grey 2 button side vent. The question I am asking I guess would be leaning to wards more formal suits over more casual. Solid and pinstripes. Thanks again!

Over the last year my impression is that the SF group think is anti-ticket pocket entirely. I quite like the look of the little buggers even though they are seldom used. Quite honestly it confuses the hell out of most people that ever see me in a suit and I take some strange pleasure in that.

Go with a straight ticket pocket.

Gus · Mar 10, 2010

I would add it to a plain suit for added detail but would avoid it with patterns because rarely can you match the pattern on those little buggers.

stat1 · Mar 11, 2010

Originally Posted by davidmross

Over the last year my impression is that the SF group think is anti-ticket pocket entirely. I quite like the look of the little buggers even though they are seldom used. Quite honestly it confuses the hell out of most people that ever see me in a suit and I take some strange pleasure in that.

Go with a straight ticket pocket.

I agree with you that most SF posters dislike ticket pockets. However, based on the poll it seems most like them. Perhaps it is the more vocal one who don't care for ticket pockets.

Mr. Tweed · Mar 11, 2010

I voted for hacking style ticket pocket, no surprise, I guess. A nice way to emphasis the country and equestrian heritage of the modern city suit. A few words of advice, though:

1. If you decide to have a ticket pocket, do not make the jacket to short. An extra pocket needs some length.
2. If you decide to have hacking style slanted pockets, make sure the jacket has some shape. Some structure in the chest and shoulders, and some waist suppression is needed. Hacking pockets on a sack suit jacket would only make you look wider.
3. The angle of the pockets is important. No extremes please! This is how it should look, although on a sports jacket.

I think ticket pocket and slanted pockets goes nicely together. Straight pockets with a ticket pocket always look a bit square to my eyes. Only exception would be if you would like a ticket pocket on a db jacket. There straight pockets looks more balanced.

Yours,
Mr. Tweed

BillyMaysHere! · Mar 11, 2010

If this suit were any busier than you proposed, then I would be advising against it. With this one, I would however say that a straight ticket pocket is probably what you want, as you seem to desire them (and at the end of the day we all dress to please ourselves), and your suit could benefit/would not deficit from the added interest.

lasbar · Mar 11, 2010

Originally Posted by stat1

I agree with you that most SF posters dislike ticket pockets. However, based on the poll it seems most like them. Perhaps it is the more vocal one who don't care for ticket pockets.

Groupthink is absolutely reaching absurd and irrational levels on Style Forum...People are following without thinking self-proclaimed sartorial gurus...

We evolve and our tastes are changing through our sartorial journey...

It is interesting knowing the etiquette but we mustn't forget to enjoy our clothes...

I was talking to Patrick murphy and Karl Matthews and many times my reply was that style, silhouette or buttoning was incorrect...
Their replies were on the same line than Just enjoy your clothes and they're great cutters...

Scoundrel · Mar 11, 2010

Not unless you live in London and are on the way to the theatre (note the way I spelled it).

lasbar · Mar 11, 2010

A pocket ticket looks very good on these suits...

I. Gentantithesis · Mar 12, 2010

Paul Stuart avoids the check/stripe matching problem by placing the ticket pocket abaft the dart.

Mr. Tweed · Mar 12, 2010

Originally Posted by Scoundrel

Not unless you live in London and are on the way to the theatre (note the way I spelled it).
However, the ticket pocket was originally not intended for theatre tickets, visiting the theatre would have required proper evening wear back then. The ticket pocket was a functional addition to country jackets for coins or the train ticket back to London. Later, the country suit made its way into the city, made in city suiting, and some of us still like the look of ticket pockets and hacking style pockets... Yours, Mr. Tweed

lasbar · Mar 12, 2010

Mr. Tweed;3041962 said:
However, the ticket pocket was originally not intended for theatre tickets, visiting the theatre would require proper evening wear. The ticket pocket was a functional addition to country jackets for coins or the train ticket back to London. Later, the country suit made its way into the city, made in city suiting, and some of us still like the look of ticket pockets and hacking style pockets...
Yours,
Mr. Tweed[/QUOTE

The line in the sand between country and city suits is not as distinctive as it used to be years/decades/centuries ago...
We do see more and more mixing especially in the cities...

The era of no brown in town is gone except in some sartorial puritan bastions.

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