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I like the outfit, but this is possibly the small tie knot ever tied. Someone called Guinness to verify.
Also, I like the light colored socks here.
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I like the outfit, but this is possibly the small tie knot ever tied. Someone called Guinness to verify.
It gets super thin around the neck so it gets even smaller this is compounded by being too short for me. I can’t let it go so I make it as long as possible.I like the outfit, but this is possibly the small tie knot ever tied. Someone called Guinness to verify.
Also, I like the light colored socks here.
The suit is from a RTW brand in China, it says that it's made with 100% superfine Australia Merino Wool Flannel, but the miller info was not provided, it's a dark grey Herringbone as you can see from the pic, the weight is 370g. Thanks for the commentEncore - perfect as always any details on the cloth please, weight, Souce code etc thanks
Sorry AAS I know I’m beating a dead horse here - or beating a zombie horse that just refuses to die! - but this suit is exemplary in terms of fit, cut etc but for me is absolutely destroyed by that f**king buttonhole. Why? Just why?
Man all the things you think are cons are super pro’s in the Ivy style. Not to mention he is an academic !Sorry AAS I know I’m beating a dead horse here - or beating a zombie horse that just refuses to die! - but this suit is exemplary in terms of fit, cut etc but for me is absolutely destroyed by that f**king buttonhole. Why? Just why?
I know you like your Ivy and Ivy-inspired gear but as I learn more about Ivy I understand it to be gear that’s influenced by professors and in turn students going back to the early twentieth century but at its peak around the mid sixties. Items were and remain popular because they hit the mid point sweet spot in terms of casual - formal and could be versatile/adaptable without looking too schlubby or too formally stiff and starchy.
A fitted charcoal (?) pinstripe three piece suit is perhaps the pinnacle item of business-formal and totally at home in the upper echelons of boardrooms, banking, finance and legal. I can’t see a connection in any way to the louche, sacky, lived-in unfussy campus origins of Ivy gear so why they made that suit with that hideous button hole remains a mystery to me. They buttonholes are bad enough in bis-caz odd jackets like gun clubs, herringbones, PoW etc (on display throughout this thread, seemingly moreso recently) but on a formal business three piece? I ask again - why? Who would argue that it would look sooo much better without? Just a standard 2B or a 3B with a top button roll that would look cool if left open to show off the waistcoat would have been matchless!
This is entertaining no one at this point. He’s a math professor, I think it’s okay if he wants to wear ivy.Sorry AAS I know I’m beating a dead horse here - or beating a zombie horse that just refuses to die! - but this suit is exemplary in terms of fit, cut etc but for me is absolutely destroyed by that f**king buttonhole. Why? Just why?
I know you like your Ivy and Ivy-inspired gear but as I learn more about Ivy I understand it to be gear that’s influenced by professors and in turn students going back to the early twentieth century but at its peak around the mid sixties. Items were and remain popular because they hit the mid point sweet spot in terms of casual - formal and could be versatile/adaptable without looking too schlubby or too formally stiff and starchy.
A fitted charcoal (?) pinstripe three piece suit is perhaps the pinnacle item of business-formal and totally at home in the upper echelons of boardrooms, banking, finance and legal. I can’t see a connection in any way to the louche, sacky, lived-in unfussy campus origins of Ivy gear so why they made that suit with that hideous button hole remains a mystery to me. They buttonholes are bad enough in bis-caz odd jackets like gun clubs, herringbones, PoW etc (on display throughout this thread, seemingly moreso recently) but on a formal business three piece? I ask again - why? Who would argue that it would look sooo much better without? Just a standard 2B or a 3B with a top button roll that would look cool if left open to show off the waistcoat would have been matchless!
Both missing the point.
I don’t have a beef with AAS or anyone else wearing Ivy.
My point was I don’t understand where an Ivy feature like that friggin buttonhole belongs in a classic business formal suit.
We all have our likes and dislikes that’s fine. As much as I dislike that button hole (and it’s apparent ubiquity on this thread!) I kinda get it in tweedy odd jackets etc. I don’t get it in a business formal three piece pinstripe - hardly a mainstay of Ivy style.
To bend your analogy somewhat this is like me getting a three button tuxedo made with slim notch lapels. No matter what our stylistic preferences may be, there are some places where they just don’t belong!
PS - didn’t realise I was here to be “entertaining”. Must try harder. Take my wife - please! 😁😁
In my experience, knit ties are abundantly available on eBay. To be honest, I haven't looked in a while, but when I did I usually found loads. Lands End, use to make a killer knit tie. I have a ton of vintage ones from them. Followed by Polo Ralph Lauren. Unless you have a sentimental attachment, I would let it go.It gets super thin around the neck so it gets even smaller this is compounded by being too short for me. I can’t let it go so I make it as long as possible.