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Alright everybody, the new FC is here!!!! After much discussion about the potential difficulty in pairing a navy tie with a navy jacket, and after much discouragement of said pairing, we now ask you to go out of your way to wear said pairing. Shout out to Rudals for inspiring this idea. The challenge is, don't f*ck it up. Requirements:
- Navy suit or SC
- Blue tie (Can be navy or light blue, but navy is more challenging. I give 2 votes extra credit for anyone wearing a navy tie)
- Conservative shirt. Solid, stripe or check.
- Trousers and shoes of your liking.
- Fit has to be from 2014
- Fits may be posted until 9PM EST on Saturday the 18th
BB Panta Luxire Hober
Brighter navy tie, very navy linen suit, blue micro-check shirt, light blue PS...While waiting for the passport pics, a quick full length selfie in the photo place:
Police criminal record check, done, forms collected, quick chat with the new boss, contract signed with HR...in a three piece, bow tie, spectators and argyll socks just for the hell of it. Yep, had to get some blue in the socks and the shoes to enter into the proper spirit of the Challenge. [COLOR=A74345]
[/COLOR] And the only cufflinks I had with some blue in them.
This, my friends, is commitment.
Maiden Voyage of my new Carminas
(white PS would be better, but 'tis a blue challenge after all)
SF Family: Meermin (shoes) Yount (tie, trousers) Post-Imperial (pocket square) @Tirailleur1
During (intermission):After:
(I forgot to close my cuffs)
Not sure what the fuss was about. Here are two others I decided not to go with, for one reason or another.
Huntsman Borrelli Brian & Barry Drake's Trafalgar Eddie Bauer USA made cashmere Panthy Meermin (pretty sure these are literally the exact same as Clags' -- color is more snuff than it appears)
full shotgetting ****** kicked in the photo quality world
Tie- Cornelianni Suit- RLauren Shirt- Paul Smith Links- Mulberry Socks- Wolsey Shoes- C & J Weymouth
Finally, a truly sad last attempt to score extra blue points:
Notes: A couple quick comments. Everything here, with the exception of the shirt, I’ve had for a few years. But this is what I wore to work yesterday, which is when I took the pictures. Suit, tie, and pinstripes on the shirt are all navy. Socks are predominantly a sort of blueish-grey. My wardrobe’s small by SF standards, so I didn’t have a lot to draw from for a monochrome challenge. I’m aware of the danger of having stripes in both tie and shirt, but hope that the slightly different scale, the different directions, and perhaps most importantly the different textures might make it acceptable here. Opinions are actively solicited, of course. Given the lack of colour variation, getting a variety of textures was the best I thought I could do, hence my choice of this particular tie (I’ve at least a half dozen navy ties of various sort, but this is the only grenadine). The suit itself is of heavy winter weight wool (probably around 12 oz.) with a softer finish (so there’s a bit of a nap to it). Lastly, special and sincere thanks to InStiches who, as some of you may not be aware, has been kind enough to take the time to read other threads on the forum and invite people to participate in this one. I was inspired by the Friday challenge, but would have chickened out were it not for him. That’s very generous, and I’m sure I’m not the only forumite to appreciate it. Thanks to all, and have a good weekend. Cheers, Ac
Family values: Borelli x STF Hober Caruso from eHaberdasher Inspiration by MoL
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It is, isn't it? The thread title says Blue on Blue though! 
