HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part III - Page 1787

For me, the SC looks too tight and that's causing the 'triangle' below the buttoning point to open up too much (is that called open quarters?). The upper chest and shoulders look tight because they seem to curve outward (not to the sides, but towards the front).

Thanks to all for the remarkably positive & uniform feedback to what I actually expected might have been a controversial look given the shoe choice. Maybe this is the start of SF finally veering back to black...
 

Originally Posted by EMartNJ 

This forum is as much an exercise in photography as it is in dressing well.

There's some truth in this.

But I think it's more useful to decide what you want to get out of the board before posting pics.

Personally, I know (approximately) what a decent fitting item should feel/look like. Some of my stuff fits like that, some doesn't quite, that's life for a now, unless I were to spend a lot in one go. But I much more value getting feedback on colour combinations, textural issues, and on the overall impression created by a look. That partly governs the pose I now adopt, which neuters some of the more nitpicky fit comments by deliberately creating tension points and creases all over the clothes; I think that actually gives a more realistic impression of what clothes look like to the average person seeing you during the day than the SF robopose does. Of course, the latter stance IS a fairly useful if you actually want feedback on the fit of a tailored item. Having said that, you still have to know enough to weigh the value of the source of the feedback you're getting.

Related to this issue of deciding what you want from the board when posting pics is your point about photographic quality. I can't understand why people wanting detailed actual tailoring fit feedback post part-body snapshots taken at weird angles and in poor lighting; RIRO will obviously apply. It's not even better than nothing, if you think about it. However even those part-body snapshots can still be quite useful for seeing stuff like colours and textures when the photos themselves are good (Charlie's Wardrobe springs instantly to mind in this category: you can tell they're generally very good outfits even though they're part-body photos). My own photos suffer regularly from very poor lighting, but at least I am somewhat fortunate in having a window sill at a very convenient height and distance from where I stand.

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Originally Posted by patrick_b 


I fold them in half once then roll them and store in a woodlore cedar box originally sold as a 'sock box'. I fit 4-5 ties per box and have 4 boxes in a drawer

I actually use one of my drawers of my dressers. But I'm running out of space with my tie collection reaching 50+

Clarks deserts boots, yellow socks, uniqlo jeans,  and my Vespa outside my favourite cafe on Leith Walk, Edinburgh in between the showers today

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Originally Posted by Kid Nickels 


I have two multi-tiered hanger racks and just drape the ties over the bar near the middle of the tie... keep them in natural garment bags in the closet.. that's it. Got at least 50+ so it works for now.. but just grabbed three great ties this afternoon so I'm always thniking what I'll do in the very near future when I run out of room with this method!

I'm thinking of nailing a tie rail by my side of the room... I just have to convince my wife somehow... A new pair of shoes for her might do the trick