whnay.'s good taste thread - Page 262

Originally Posted by Fred49 

1,500 since 2009 I must not have much to say.

Originally Posted by sugarbutch 

I'm just trying to figure out how you made 29,000 posts in the two months before I joined...

Originally Posted by sugarbutch 

Just keep getting in confabs with Stitches, and you'll be set in no time.

Originally Posted by Fred49 

Originally Posted by in stitches 



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tasty?

Originally Posted by sugarbutch 

4K

Originally Posted by jrd617 

Davesmith nominated me

Originally Posted by Jhors2 

Details on this sports coat?  That is an absolutely amazing fabric.

Originally Posted by Eustace Tilley 

Think that's a Dormeuil Amadeus

Originally Posted by in stitches 

g - i love the colors, and the look, but the pants feel ever so slightly too casual for the rest of the rig, imo. i feel like an idiot critiquing you tho.

Originally Posted by johnvw 

Originally Posted by gdl203 

I don't know - I wear mostly cotton pants with my sport coats. I just like the feel and fabric juxtaposition better than wool on wool. And to me, sport coats are my take on business casual, so double-soled norwegers, knit ties and cotton pants all fit the concept. I may be in a minority here on these points

Originally Posted by in stitches 

what is this confab you speak of?

Originally Posted by gdl203 

I don't know - I wear mostly cotton pants with my sport coats. I just like the feel and fabric juxtaposition better than wool on wool. And to me, sport coats are my take on business casual, so double-soled norwegers, knit ties and cotton pants all fit the concept. I may be in a minority here on these points

Originally Posted by in stitches 

no, i think i am. i just have a hard time visually with almost all wool type SCs and cotton pants that look like cotton pants. i pretty much only wear wooly/cashmerey SCs with wooly/cashmerey pants. my loss.

Originally Posted by sugarbutch 

con·fab noun \ˈkän-ˌfab, kən-ˈ\
Definition of CONFAB
1: chat 1
2: discussion, conference

Stitchy, gdl is in the minority on these points. He looked good today, but he was absolutely outside the conventional wisdom with the juxtaposition. I think it worked (just) because of the weight of the cotton fabric and the bit of sheen the twill (?) imparted. Unlike unbuttoned jacket cuffs and flyaway ties, that combo shows real sprezzatura. Or, to translate for you, bubbeleh, spreezy.

Originally Posted by DocHolliday 

I'll disagree, SB. Khakis make for a casual pairing with sportcoats, yes, but the combo has an unquestionable pedigree. It's been a mainstay of the Trad/prep/Ivy look in the decades since WWII. Beyond that, khakis and tweed are both rustic, casual cloths.
SF hasn't much cared for the look, but I suspect that has a lot to do with the pendulum swing of formailty many of our posters experience after finding/seeking out the forum.

Originally Posted by in stitches 

for me, the issue is more than cotton almost always looks wrinkly/crumply to me. even gdls khakis, which i would classify as nice khakis, still have a cottony, unstructured wrinkly/crumply look to me. whereas his SC has a smoother, cleaner no wrinkle/crumple look to it. most wooly/cashmere-y coats do to my eye.
now, tweed, thats a closer aesthetic for me, and certainly cotton SCs match the cotton trou. but i still have a visual impairment with SCs like gdls, matched with khakis. like i said, my loss. i know a lot of well dressed guys here do rock that look, and you have backed it up with history. im sure its legit, my personal eye just has difficulty with it.