In Praise of Olive - Page 5

 

I have trousers like the lovat you linked.  Nice, indeed.
 

 

Not a fan of olive!!

That sounds about right. I think the blue blazer was more of year-round garment while the olive cord sport coat was for fall, winter and early spring, at least in my part of the country.

And where would this be?

I think it's also important to talk when olive was a 'standard' or 'staple' color

I'm guessing 1960s?????????

That seems to me to be the last time I remember it being pretty common.

I'm a big fan by the way - I think most people would like olive more if they tried it with strongly color complements (bold blue, rich chocolate, strongish maroon, etc. etc.) It seems that it can look really drab without the right pairings.

Do you mean french blue, or something different? A picture would be nice

Southern California. Except for two years in England and five years in Texas, I've always been a SoCal boy. My mother's family came here in the 1870s.

Ahh, here they are. The Paul Smith olive shoes, on B&S,
PS Rollins, in a cute little size:

Coat: Cordings, vintage, made in England of heavy tweed with a check of teal, navy, & mustard on an olive ground.

Trousers: Maker unknown, RTW, made in Italy of wool flannel in dark olive

Shirt: Richard Anderson, bespoke, made in England of cotton flannel in a navy & sage check on a cream ground

Tie: New & Lingwood, OTR, made in England of printed silk in multi-colours on olive ground

Pocketsquare: Maker unknown, OTR, made in England or printed silk of multi-colours on an olive ground

Socks: Mettez (Paris), RTW, made in Italy of wool in an Argyle pattern of dark green, & yellow with light brown accents on an olive ground

Shoes: Vass split toe Derbys, RTW, made in Hungary of cordovan

Belt: Ben Silver, RTW, made in Canada of cordovan


Edited by RSS - 10/31/11 at 7:16am

^ That is some high-level coordinating.  Very good.

Thank you.

RSS, that is great. only quibble might be that the tie's background is a tiny bit matchy with the jacket. i would have made the pastelly ochre a minor, rather than the major, element of the tie.

We call it matchy/match around here. I picked that up from a designer we know.

The coat is a recent vintage purchase and just arrived this week. I have the perfect tie for it ... just not with me now. Either the coat or the right tie gets relocated. Or ... better ... I use this as an excuse to get another tie.

It all looks good, I am surprised you still purchase coats, don't you have 200 bespoke coats?

It's an addiction.

FYI: No bespoke in the last couple of years. At one point over 200 ... but I've begun to cut back and weed-out.

The coat pictured was originally OTR and was purchased vintage on eBay. It's by Cordings. Yes, I like the bespoke experience ... but it's not required to be well dressed. Perhaps I've just committed a SF sacrilege ... but that's the way I see it.

As for vintage ... if it's good ... it's good.

Just call me Cruiser (AAAC).

Forex ... I always 'see' your avatar as spelling SEX ... and then I notice it's a Y for Yen. Surely some currency uses the symbol X. No?
Edited by RSS - 10/30/11 at 5:58am