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post #1651 of 8944
9/3/12 at 7:24am
For some reason a pinstripe suit and a shantung tie seems discordant to me. I don't know if others feel this way though. Really a shantung tie and any worsted suit seems wrong to me. The contrast in textures and formality is too great for me.
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post #1652 of 8944
9/3/12 at 7:47am
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Originally Posted by unbelragazzo View Post

For some reason a pinstripe suit and a shantung tie seems discordant to me. I don't know if others feel this way though. Really a shantung tie and any worsted suit seems wrong to me. The contrast in textures and formality is too great for me.

Well, the whole point was to play around a bit with textures and formality - in the same way that I often wear cashmere ties with pinstripes in autumn and winter. That said - may be pushing too far
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post #1653 of 8944
9/3/12 at 8:00am
I laud your pioneering spirit. Cashmere ties look fine with worsted to me, but they look much better with flannel. Shantung ties require linen or cotton if it's a suit IMHO, or at least a brighter color. But I would be interested to hear other opinions.
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post #1654 of 8944
9/3/12 at 8:43am

I wouldn't wear either cashmere or shantung with a suit unless it was a more casual suit, i.e. shantung with cotton/linen or cashmere with flannel/tweed. Only exception being perhaps a bold prince of wales or windowpane worsted.

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post #1655 of 8944
9/3/12 at 10:33am
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Originally Posted by RDiaz View Post

I wouldn't wear either cashmere or shantung with a suit unless it was a more casual suit, i.e. shantung with cotton/linen or cashmere with flannel/tweed. Only exception being perhaps a bold prince of wales or windowpane worsted.

You really need to live a little

R-O-T
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post #1656 of 8944
9/3/12 at 10:39am
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Originally Posted by R.O. Thornhill View Post


You really need to live a little
R-O-T

 

Not sure what you mean by this?

 

I meant I wouldn't wear such things if I wanted to stay coherent, but that doesn't mean you can try playing with textures and formality, as you said - I just don't dare doing it.

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post #1657 of 8944
9/4/12 at 1:14pm

Olive suit, blue shirt.

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post #1658 of 8944
9/4/12 at 5:22pm
Shit photo. It was overcast. Tie is navy. Suit is a slate blue.

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post #1659 of 8944
9/5/12 at 2:02am
Last days of Fresco (more photos in CBD thread) - out of shot is a white linen pocket-square



R-O-T
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post #1660 of 8944
9/5/12 at 6:14am
That's an interesting tie, R-O-T, where does it come from?
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post #1661 of 8944
9/5/12 at 6:41am
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That's an interesting tie, R-O-T, where does it come from?

It's an old Rubinacci

R-O-T
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post #1662 of 8944
9/5/12 at 7:01am
Really nice, ROT
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post #1663 of 8944
9/5/12 at 7:08am
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post #1664 of 8944
9/5/12 at 7:11am
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Lovely tie, and also really like the lapel and shoulder on that suit

R-O-T
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post #1665 of 8944
9/5/12 at 10:20am
really like the last 2 fits. well done, guys.
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