HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part III - Page 2858

How do people feel about mixing three small scale patterns that resolve to solid a few feet out?

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Originally Posted by FlyingMonkey 

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Originally Posted by timotune 

Thanks for comments/feedback, guys!
Today: Snow Day

 

This is a great picture - SF admin would be crazy if they didn't put this on the new front page...

Concur; it's beautiful snap. He's nuts to be out in the snow without a coat/etc though!

In general, there's some really nice stuff posted in this thread over the past 24-48 hours. Maybe the site refresh - or the new year - has inspired a few people with their own look too.

First day back in a tie since before Xmas... easing myself back in with a casual one.

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Originally Posted by bourbonbasted 



A pinstriped suit jacket as odd jacket is a recipe for failure. When paired with jeans this effect is only magnified, I'm afraid.
This would have been quite nice with the matching pants, but is full of fail with jeans. Keep structured-shoulder suit jackets with their pants.

I think the fact that they are jeans, rather than dress trousers or even chinos, saves the look from being a failure. Such casual trousers make obvious that this is a "fashion-forward" look, rather than a "my suit trousers are at the cleaners" look.

While it's not a look I would try to do (not even remotely), I usually like Kappelan's fits for what they are.

I'd agree, but both the tie and shirt are something I wouldn't wear with a conservative business outfit. That tie is way too casual, and the shirt fabric doesn't look very conservative either (is it washed Oxford or do I see a self-stripe?)

The only discordant element is the jacket and to me that makes it obvious it was a conscious choice. Had the tie been a silk print, and the shirt a light blue or white poplin, I'd agree with you.

I got a shearling coat and in the pocket was this bag.  The spare button (made of horn), and a piece of waxy board.

What is this board used for?  

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Originally Posted by Orgetorix 

^ It's tailor's chalk for marking alterations.

That's interesting and that's what I thought also, but I'm 99% sure it's not tailor's chalk, because it doesn't mark cloth when I try to "write" with it.

It's waxy, almost like dried sheep's fat (!!).  Also, the surface feels like the inner surace of a wedge of (real) Parmegiano reggiano.  very gnarled.  The coat is lamb's leather on the outside and shearling (lambfur) on the inside.  Maybe it's used to remove lint from shearling?  Or to remove stains from leather?

Also, I can't take it out of that little plastic bag, so it could simply be something to keep the bag intact, ie.  if you take it out, you rip the plastic bag, and can't return, or some nonsense like that.

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Originally Posted by SHS 


Any pics posted of the shearling?

I will be doing so shortly :)  

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Originally Posted by Cantabrigian 


d00d - he's joking.
It's not chalk for doing you own alterations on what I imagine was a fairly expensive coat.

I do not believe he was joking.  I understand that good quality tailor's chalk is indeed waxy, and shaped like that:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-48-PCS-White-Tailors-Chalk-Sewing-Tailoring-Garment-/181049015379

But I agree, I am not an idiot to attempt my own alterations on an expensive coat :)

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Originally Posted by upr_crust 


The object in the bag with the spare button sounds very much like a gum eraser, which would indeed be used to remove minor stains from the coat - much in the way that a similar object was sold to me to clean my white bucks.

 

This is my guess also.  Now, would you know of where I can find out how to use it, a website or anything?  I can't find anything in my google attempts.