HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part III

CDHagg
"Love the fit of the jacket and pants"

sugarbutch
"I'm ambivalent about the bow, but not at all about the suit."

deandbn
"Well... This is one for the books, you looking amazing Bud. Like Suit, the Bow, and PS. Excellent."

acecow

clarinetplayer
"Breaking out of the box with this one! A dandy bow."

Citan1145
"wow great suit! what color is it and the pinstripe?!"

Anden
"Love the suit and the bold bow tie."

JapanAlex01
"Nice suit! "

Thank you so much for your comments gentlemen

TO Citan1145, here is little bit closer the fabric and color of suit from yesterday




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Looks good - and more coherent than the pinstripe-bow combo.



barims said:

A slight return:

Taken, once again, by my friend Alex Wilson at the start of the week. More at the Mode Parade. Please excuse the mark in the first photograph

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That's so weird; my name is Alex Wilson. *Plays 'It's a Small World'*

Photos are nice.

RLBL Flannel Chalk Stripe Suit
RLBL Royal Oxford Double Cuff Shirt
Tino Cosma Navy swirl woven tie
Magnanni Tobacoe Bluchers
IWC 3706 Flieger on gator strap
T&Co Mongram Cufflinks
Prada Saffiano Triple Gussett Brief (not in pic)

Terible Iphone pic, but you get the idea:

RLBL Flannel Chalk Stripe Suit
RLBL Royal Oxford Double Cuff Shirt
Tino Cosma Navy swirl woven tie
Magnanni Tobacoe Bluchers
IWC 3706 Flieger on gator strap
T&Co Mongram Cufflinks
Prada Saffiano Triple Gussett Brief (not in pic)

Terible Iphone pic, but you get the idea:



barims said:

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

A slight return:

Taken, once again, by my friend Alex Wilson at the start of the week. More at the Mode Parade. Please excuse the mark in the first photograph

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The ridiculousness of those glasses almost undoes the sweet, sweet lovemaking the rest of your fit did to my eyes.



CDHagg said:

I don't think the structured and roped shoulder is working for you. 

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I have pretty square shoulders so I'm working on finding suits with a more natural or less padded shoulder. This one looks less structured when I'm standing/moving naturally, but I see what you're saying.

A click on the bottom picture shows a more true color.
Ledbury shirt
Polo suit
Corneliani tie



F. Corbera said:

So, some bullets about a plain fold hanky (you are doing much better with them BTW):

• All of the time, fold it a bit sloppy, like this example.
• The hanky should always sit at an angle to the pocket. .

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Mostly agree, minus the unsnipped points above.

Plain fold hanks should be plain -- white or white with edging or somesuch. Parallel to the pocket is pleasingly '60s. Unless you are doing the triangle -- and I agree most shouldn't -- slanted looks like you have slippage. A little sloppiness to the fold shows your degage attitude, so it's gilding the lily to arrange the square so it's sinking like the Titanic. If it happens, it happens, but one doesn't cultivate an easygoing air by calculating every detail.

Plain fold is a crisp look in its ideal form, so don't try to make it what it isn't. If you want foppishness, go with a more foppish fold.

Also, Barims looks great and the glasses are the critical component to the '70s swag.

Frickin freezing today.



DocHolliday said:

Mostly agree, minus the unsnipped points above.

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Quick post to restore bullets:

• Almost all of the time, do edges out, like this example.
• All of the time, fold it a bit sloppy, like this example.
• Unlike a stuffed hanky or square, show as little as you can...just peek over the pocket. You have too much.
• The hanky should always sit at an angle to the pocket. While I slope mine downward away from center, don't do as I do. Most of you will look better if you slope it upward away from center.
• The most patrician plain fold is the single iceberg triangle, but it is very easy to do this wrong. Avoid it.
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As for "cultivating" an easy-going air, sounds too Pitti to me. Instead, spend the five minutes it takes to nail your look down when you start the day, but then leave it alone.

It will become easy-going soon enough.

Go ahead and tell me that the tie and PS are too matchy.

SpooPoker said:

Frickin freezing today.

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Hey spoo, who's tie? Cost more than my car?

Barims looks stellar, glasses included.

Perhaps it's just my innate grouchiness, but I can't help but notice a recent upsurge in the number of people requoting their "thumbs-ups" to say little more than "thank you". For me, one of the best aspects of introducing the thumbs-up system was that it kept a lot of this pleasantly ego-boosting but essentially empty feedback, but moved it out of the main content of the thread.

I would suggest that all SF WAYWRN posters can take it as read that we're both a) vain enough to check back on who's liked our outfits, and b) pleasant enough people to be grateful for the positive feedback.

If there's a specific point of discussion or active follow--up to some of the feedback then of course it's perfectly sensible to discuss it in the main thread, but if it's just a thank you, I feel it makes the real thread content - the pics & more nuanced feedback - more spread out.

Of course, it's up to each individual to decide how they use the various features of the board; I'm just expressing my own opinion on the matter.