HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part III - Page 344

When I wear what I deem a "casual" suit in either linen, or just some unstructured thing I either go for a dandy look underneath like the shirt/tie I wore last saturday, or ultra CBD shirt and tie to settle it down. Of course it depends on where I am going.

Clean, tidy, well fitting. Every detail spot on. Liking the shirt studs.

@ acrid: I agree with sugarbutch. From the button upwards, your jacket looks like a decent fit but below the button looks loose, baggy and I'll fitting. Not sure what's going on there but I think some surgery is in order.

@ PG: I'm probably in a minority here but the sweater tied round the neck looks like a bad gimmick to me. If it's cold enough then wear it. If it's not then leave it at home. If a suit (+waistcoat/sweater vest?) plus overcoat aren't enough options to deal with the elements then I dunno what the next step is but a sweater makes a poor accessory IMO. Weller tried this in the Style Council days and it didn't work for him either.

I think this suit should be worn with no tie,cotton/linen white shirt and some other shoes and a pocket square.


This looks horrible,fit and colorwise. You fail.

Agreed. I can't tell if it's:

1. The unstructured nature of the jacket
2. The fact that it hasn't yet been altered
3. Pic angle/quality
4. Boobies

Kisses

I appreciate the tutelage. I agree the shoes are wrong, I get that. You advise to do a striped shirt and knit tie. I felt the same - so wound up with a striped shirt and grenadine tie. Close enough? I can see where the shirt may be iffy, but the tie is wrong? That I dont get at all.

the colors. You're almost monotone (in somewhat ugly colors). Next to know color contrast. Given your physique (no pato), I would also consider forex's no tie, open collared white shirt/striped shirt look. I don't like that color linen, I know it's classic but I would prefer a dark brown/tobacco brown linen suit, there was an old guy in the Sartorialist threak wearing a brown linen suit, striped blue shirt and blue tie that looked great.

Spoo, my reaction to the colors is the same as Ed's. Of course I haven't seen you in person, so it's hard to say. I also think that this is probably a white shirt, no-tie suit.

Really like today's look.

Interesting. I thought the dark olive was a nice play against the khaki. C'est la vie. Id kill for a tobacco brown linen suit. Thats next, I hope.


Agreed on the white. I wanted a pattern somewhere though.

Thanks guys, 'preciate the tips.

Just piggybacking off of Ed's comments, I always appreciate that you like to inject color into your outfits, even if it isn't something I do for myself very often. I just think you can keeping improving on your color coordinating. One of the first comments I ever made on one of your posts was when you paired orange pants with a white pocket square with an orange border. I saw what you were trying to do, but it just felt off. For some more recent outfits, there is this: http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.p...postcount=4854 Your tie, socks, and square are all bright colors in purple and pink. The bright colors are fine, but they are just too close to each other and don't harmonize. They should complement each other, not compete. Or in this post: http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.p...postcount=4925 The green shoes are your thing, and you should rock them. But they just don't work with that color pants. If you're gonna wear FU shoes, then they better pop. Your pants look brown. If they aren't, then they are probably a grey with a brownish tone. In any event, they just kind of blend with the shoes, and the combo looks off. Those shoes probably need a lighter color fabric pants, like a very light grey or a light tan. You've got all the elements. It's just about making them harmonious. I don't even think it's as much as pulling back on the tricks, like whnay suggested. It's about finding the right tricks to work with each other harmoniously.

You're always on the right track. A dark color does play nicely against the khaki, but it's about finding that right dark color. The olive has too much brown tones to it, so the colors just kinda blend together and looks like a large brownish swath against your chest. The same tie in dark blue would work better.

Cleveland Steamer?

I'll let Ed take this one.