HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part III

m0nday said:

35 degrees Celsius

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Hampton said:

^ Worst pictures ever, but from what I can see too short sleeves on the jacket and pants to to long.. And do the damn laces on your shoes?

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Hampton said:

You uploaded this one, that's pretty cool if you ask me. If ever this is how you should wear it.

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Hampton said:

You uploaded this one, that's pretty cool if you ask me. If ever this is how you should wear it.

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Whitepigeon said:

I totally agree with you : it is an excellent combination.
The only thing is, this combination is only for let's say - black tie occassions.
It is the usual classical way.
Nothing wrong with that, but I think it does not bring something new.

Nowadays some important fashiondesigners in Milan, Paris and London
are trying to re - introduce the cape in men's fashion also for everyday.
For this purpose some of them develop also capes
of other fabric ( for instance thick wool like the italian tabarro ) and in other colours.
Now this is truly innovating and ofcourse it will need time before it is accepted.
Certainly when the targetgroup seems to be mature men who are normally more conservative
( this forum shows it also )in these kind of things than women or younger people.

The reason why I give attention to the re - introduction of the cape ( thread, pictures )is that there are too little examples in social media
and on the internet, how to combine such a cape with other modern clothes today.
Men who like capes do need more feedback and examples of how to make good combinations with the new re - styled capes.
Now that ls my point. With thanks for the reaction.

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Hampton said:

Interesting... When you write fashiondesigners, who specific? And for that to be in fashion, oh god that's really really hard if you ask me.

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F. Corbera said:

Whitepigeon, do you happen to know how much horizontal distance is gained when leaping with a cape?
So, you jump off a great height without a cape, and it looks like this:
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But then, you put a cape on. You jump from the exact same place, but with a cape on, and then it looks like this:
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Do you see what I mean? The cape gains you a bit of horizontal distance.
It's an important advantage, don't you think?
About how many horizontal feet (or meters, if you prefer) does the cape give you?

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Whitepigeon said:

I do not write fashiondesigners.
But I am looking on the sites and I see the movies of their presentations on You Tube.
I did not had more time for it.

But the new things they showed ( See pictures Capes for Men Fall / Winter 2012 )
( For instance from E. Tautz, Dolce & Gabbana, Jill Sanders, Mugler , Versace, Louis Vuitton etc. )
on the catwalk look really nice I think.
That all said does not mean the majority of men is ready for it.
This is indeed - like you said - a hard thing to reach.
I was trying to discover in my thread what obstacles men have to confront who happen to like capes if they want to buy one or wear one.
Well the reactions and the result you can read in my thread.
I do not think by the way that every man has to wear a cape.
But those ones like me, who think it is indeed an elegant and wonderful fashion - item for men
must learn how and when you can make good combinations with it.

I have the big advantage of living in Europe where the climate is changing for men wearing capes.
Italy, France and Spain had and do have still their mancape - traditions.
Fashion - designers are charmed by it and try to re - style the mancape.
Holland is too small to be a big player on the domain of fashion - innovation but has the big advantage
of being a very liberal country. A man in a purple cape in Amsterdam hardly draws attention is my experience.
So yes, there are possibilities here. It migth be a lot more difficult in more conservative countries.

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b1os said:

Seriously, can you stop with all the breaks, pigeon? It's annoying as ****.

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kindofyoung said:

Why are you posting this outfit in the MC-section instead of in the SW&D-section of the forum?

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edmorel said:

ok, sor back to braddock (and hopefully ending the cape nonsense), those critiquing his tie and other stuff, the tie is a knit. Knits are typically 2 inches wide or so, the only way to wear one with "matching" lapels would be to wear a Thom Browne-esque 1 1/2-2 inch lapel suit. If you are saying that he should not wear knit ties with worsted suiting, that is one thing, but if you are going to wear a knit, you are pretty much going to always wear it with lapels almost twice its size.
Which brings me to my second observation, a lot of you guys are busy looking at the trees and missing the forest. I know that this is a clothing site and people like discussing the details but the site has become a bit too obsessed with every single little detail of an outfit. Everything does not need to be perfect, I would posit that perfection should not be a goal of dressing well. Braddock is very well dressed here, he is basically wearing three solid pieces (suit/shirt/tie) but it pops because he has a great shirt collar, a tie that you notice due to its texture and a nicely cut suit. The suit is not old fashioned in any sense, people have just become accustomed to these modern jackets were the middle button is around your chest.
The overall outift is great. Nothing superflous in terms of accessories or colors. I would have gone with black balmorals but then the outfit would lose its feel of nonchalance. For all I know Braddock spent 6 hours putting this outfit together but to me it looks like someone that gives a lot of thought to what he buys and then just throws on whatever he likes in his closet, without worrying about every single little thing. A cliche but here is a guy wearing nice clothes, not nice clothes wearing a guy.

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