HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part III - Page 3017

Originally Posted by Claghorn 

My "fuck you red" tie, worn in part for Monday and in part because I haven't been wearing Thomas Pink much since joining SF.

An occasional deliberately leery look can be a fun; I like this one in that spirit.

Overall though, I actually prefer your more recent fit. Good way to use that jacket.

Originally Posted by mossrockss 
 

Source of the bowtie please? It has a nice width & shape to it.

Originally Posted by Anden 

Not sure about the tie. Should I go tieless today?

I think both the fit and the colours are difficult in this look. The trousers look too snug (even for a slim look) & the jacket looks tight. Also, they're a similar colour, which makes them difficult to pair together despite the jacket's pattern. The tie would be fine with the jacket, if the trousers were darker, I think. As it is, it's too dark.

Originally Posted by csoukoulis 
critiques welcomed...

Much too much green, and not a particularly pleasing green at that. Different (complementary rather than matching) shirt & tie next time you wear this outfit, would be my advice.

Originally Posted by in stitches 

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Darker trousers needed here, to contrast more in tone/brightness (not sure of exact correct word) vs the jacket, IMO. Different colour alone isn't enough here. Along the same lines, the tie may be a different colour, but again it's the same sort of tone so the different colour comes across as confusing rather than complementary. Imagine this look with a dark forest green tie and really dark (or I suppose, very pale) trousers (or even dark denim) and I think it would pull together much better.

Imagine desaturating the image of all colour and turning into a black & white image. I don't know for certain but I  bet that all the colours will appear quite similar. That's a very tricky look to pull off once the varying colours are restored (unless they're all the same colour eg. navy suit & tie with white or pale blue shirt, for an extreme example).

tl;dr version: needs more contrast (or fewer colours).

Originally Posted by LilacCords 

Cool. Would love it even more with flap or slanted pockets, but great anyway.

RJE - thx for the useful feedback; your recent fit is very good.

Slightly darker tie would have worked better today, but oh well...

Pocket square is neither aesthetically pleasing or fitting for the suit and tie. The suit looks fantastic and well-fitted. :)

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3 piece POW, 7 fold Navy Twill tie, T&A PS, Black Wholecut shoes.

Fuaaaaark! This is really really good, IMO. 

Originally Posted by in stitches 

HF - thanks for the feedback, i need to mull that over. i dont want to just blurt something out without putting thought into it. not sure why i feel that way all of a sudden. not my general MO.

Sounds unusually serious from you! :)

FWIW, nothing I posted was said with any deliberate "side"; purely my off-the-cuff thoughts, to take or leave as you prefer, in line with all the other occasional comments I post to others in this thread. I wouldn't take it particularly seriously.

Dig the haircut, HF.

And I'm pretty happy with the last picture. I really, really, REALLY struggle in figuring out what to do with houndstooth, so I'm glad I stumbled into something like looks decent.