HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part III - Page 2589

Yeah I'm not sure if I shouldn't really have bought the regular - it seemed way, and I mean waaay too long, but there was also quite a bit of space between the pockets and the hem so maybe it could have been shortened. I do, however, feel that a DB looks better with more space between pockets and hem, and that's why I went with the short; don't know if that's right or wrong. The button stance was about 3-4 cm lower on the regular. Another important reason to go with the short was the armholes; they were really low on the regular, and I hate that.

 

The sleeves on this one were shortened a little so I can't return it... Fortunately, I still love how it looks, but will take your oppinions into account for future DB purchases. If my upcoming MTM single breasted coat turns out well, I might comission a DB as well. Thank you gents.

Diaz, great looking shoes, what are they?

As I said in an earlier post, my over all impression was that the jacket looked to be on the short side. After having stared at the photo a little more, I think it's the short "top" (the part above the buttoning point) that causes the odd look. So even if the jacket is of proper length, the top/bottom "balance" (in lack of a better description) is off because of the high buttoning point and messes up the image of the jacket as a whole. But trust me, I have all kinds of sympathies for problems like this as I am tall (as in very tall) and run into these problems all the time when trying OTR suits/SCs.

Keeping my fingers crossed that your MTM works out

 

There's absolutely nothing wrong with saying to someone that one element of their otherwise perfectly formed outfit is off - indeed that is often the most helpful thing to me - sometimes I really didn't realise that the trousers I had chosen looked even worse than I had throught. Okay, so the fact that sometimes we already know that this is a problem might make it annoying to have it pointed out, but if we don't want anyone to say anything, why post in this thread at all? And even if you or I don't think we need to be told - and personally, I'm not sure I can claim that - it certainly helps other people to understand what works and what doesn't.

No vest wins by a mile.

I can see how this kind of criticism could be seen as trying to impose some rigid, hidebound standard of dress (or worse, trying to impose your own, totally arbitrary standard of dress), and I generally think it's ill-advised to try to shoehorn people into dressing in a way that makes them uncomfortable. I do think, however, that constructive criticism has merit in that it often: 1. Spotlights "blind spots" in your way of thinking about how you dress; 2. Challenges you to think through your position on whatever is being discussed, forcing you to replace passive choices with active ones.

Definitely. The jacket length looks spot on.

Awfully rainy day in Luxembourg! But I heard it was the same pretty much everywhere

 

 

 

 

le sigh, i have no issue with constructive criticism.

big difference between an item being off/trousers that look worse than you thought, and trousers that look fine, but could arguably be replaced with a different color, to create a different outfit, that may arguable be better than the one presented.

im not saying people should not point out flaws in others fits, if people didnt do that for me i would never have improved. critiquing is important and an integral part of this forum. but as stated above, there is significant difference between something that is off, and something that is fine, but someone feels a different color of texture MIGHT be better. i think that is a rather simple distinction.

and im not even saying that pointing out that maybe another color/texture might be better is wrong. just that it should be framed in an appropriate way, and one should consider why the op went with the item he chose to, and to understand the distinction between a critique of an error, and a preference in style towards a fit that is indeed alright.

Can we see a picture of your closet? You must have a crazy amount of clothes, shoes, briefcases, etc.

1. No vest
2. Odd vest
3. Matching vest

That said, the odd vest looks festive, and if it floats your boat, rock it.

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I think you expect too much. In the WAYWRN threads, we have a series of pictures and basic information presented to us and we respond. There are always idiots, but most people do so constructively, politely and even with some generosity of spirit, but if you want people to understand why you chose something in particular, you'd have to tell us. It's our responsibility in posting to provide the level of information equivalent to the level of the response we want. If I post a fit pic in a grey jacket with a pair of burgundy slacks, I can't reasonably expect you to know that those are just the only clean trousers I had, or that I got dressed in the dark, or that my religious beliefs mandate the wearing of burgundy on Fridays, or that they belonged to my deceased father and it would have been his birthday today - unless I tell you.

lol, yes that is true, but that was far from the brunt of the point i was making.

whatevs, no big deal, just something that slightly irks me. no worries.