WAYWRN: MC Casual Style - Page 612

thx 4 the feedback so far, guys. It's appreciated.

 

 

I was thinking about suede shoes; next time, I suppse. Japanese denim (I assume that kind of high-end stuff would be raw?) denim would probably be wasted on me as I don't wear jeans frequently enough to get the interesting fades, but I like the visual idea of how that would work with this look. One day I'll stump up the cash, maybe.

 

 

Ianiceman & SeaJen: Your translations were definitely needed. ;)

 

I get what Dig's saying, but it's already very tight around waist/hip area. Far, far more so than my normal trosuers. Any tighter and I couldn't button the waist or first fly button at all, no exaggeration. Maybe the more tapered aspect suggestion that FlyingMonkeys mentions below is more on point.

 

 

Diesels of some variety, so certainly nothing remotely high end; they're about 4ish years old now I think, which gives you an idea of how rarely I wear jeans I suppose, given how new they look.

 

I never thought about the chain-stiching aspect; thanks for that. I just had the local dry-cleaner do them cheaply; I don't think they'd have that kind of machine there (and I don't think I'd be any further forward giving jeans to my usual tailor to hem either!). There is a Levi shop in town; they probably have the machine in question, but I doubt they'd hem other makers' denim.

 

Thanks butch; It's not uncommon to get a range of opinions. We'll see what the majority consensus is, but I know for a fact it's as tight around the waist/hips as it's physically possible to go, so it's got to be more of a taper/cut issue that Dig & F/M's are spotting. It's interesting reading the range opinions when one has little meaningful frame of reference to weigh them up. Still, that's how knowledge is gained. :)

 

acrid - But what if you only wear jeans once a month or even less frequently, so that they never can become lived-in? Should one just not bother at all, in that case (that tends to be my personal default position on denim, barring today's experiment)? re: asian gamers, I'm geeky enough to have watched the odd game of competitive Starcraft; does that count? lol!

 

Yes and no. 'Lived-in' - yes (sometimes), 'casual' - not so sure. Raw denim has a lifespan and it changes over time and with how the owner wear them. So at different times during its life it can look more or less 'dressy' or 'lived-in'. There are denims that are finished to remain sleek and 'dressy' but actually these are often the last denims you'd want to wear in an MC context. They'd be better with a T-shirt, a minimalist leather jacket and some high-end sneakers. Personally, I think well-worn raw denim can look pretty good with a rough tweed jacket. What I really don't are nothing jeans that have been designed to be 'casual', inoffensive and / or uninteresting: mass-produced, usually washed to a mid-blue and cut to fit the average 50-year old American. Dad jeans, in other words.

Casual office day

 

stitch - are these the same navy pants? they look dark grey on the main pic, medium grey on the close-up. The coat looks mustardy on the close-up pic... hard to tell the colors.

That said, I still think that 3 solids in this business casual context is boring - but not just boring, it actually looks like something is missing: the tie. With a striped or checked shirt, it doesn't give the same vibe.

Not a fan of the fancy colored buttons of that shirt either - they give an "evening out" vibe which doesn't really mesh with a business casual outfit. If this is the context you intend to use that shirt and you like it enough, I'd consider having your dry cleaner swap for regular white or MOP buttons

All in all, improvement, there is. But room for improvement, there is too.

Jacket looks too big and kinda frumpy to me, stitch, especially since I'm not seeing any shirt cuffs at the ends of the jacket sleeves. And as gdl, said, all those solids together are kind of eye-numbing. Needs some punching up.

Howard Johnson is right! (Sorry, Blazing Saddles reference)

fuck me.

i think i may give up on the photos, as they all suck and the colors are all fail.

G - they are totally different pants. charcoal gray, nary a hint of blue. too dark in the full body pics, too light in the close ups.

coat is not mustardy at all. its a lovely soft brown, as a matter of fact, i was wearing it when we last met g, do you remember it?

the shirt is really not what i had wanted to wear as i mentioned. i should have worn a blue and white checked shirt, but i spaced out on it. as to the buttons, i dont mind them, might swap em if i am in the mood some time. maybe i should have thrown on a tie, idk, i was in a rush.

TB - jacket actually fits magnificent irl, imo. again, gdl can lend an opinion, he saw me in it.

also, as to the jacket being big, i am big.

glad improvement was made tho. thanks, guys.
Edited by in stitches - 9/28/12 at 1:21pm

Yea I remember that jacket it was pretty nice IRL. Your pics look so awful man... I don't know if it's the angle or what but it's hard to give an opinion when colors are off and image is distorted.

Maybe they will improve when his photographer gets a growth spurt or a milk crate and can take chest level pics!

Stitch: If you want the colours in your pics to look closer to reality, try taking them outside. As it is now it's pretty hopeless to say anything about the colours in your outfit... For a moment I actually thought your pants were black (the horror.....). I have to echo the others opinions about your fit being a bit boring.. Add a (preferably patterned) tie or a square, and I think it would improve your outfit quite a lot. A paler blue shirt would also look better imo.

glad you liked the SC.

its likely because an 8 year is taking them. that was the best of the group, the rest looked like i was magically angles like the leaning tower of pizza.

i think until i can remedy that, ill stick to the close ups in the whnay thread, thosei can get better color in.

exactly!

not a bad idea, have done that in the past and they were better. still, i may hold off. but probably not. but also maybe.

Tieless Friday..


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Everything is good except the polo which just does not belong in this fit. It's just... horrible.

Le Labo Santal 26
Baracuta G9
Kent Wang
Junkers
Vass
APC NS
Vass

Not sure I like the berry jacket with the orangey leather.