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Monkeyface said:

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This is going to be sacrilegious, but I think Vox's buttoning point could be lower, he could use a little more room in the chest (bowing lapels on both suits), and finally, his sleeves could be tapered slightly more. A slightly higher shirt collar wouldn't look bad either. Colours and combinations are impeccable, although one could say that a white shirt and grey grenadine are too formal for

a BlazerSuitTM.

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The other stuff could be true (Much depends on camera angle and body stance.), but I didn't see anything about that suit that might indicate it was a blazersuit.

::walks in, looking for free food, possibly left over from the last poorly attended talk::

::sees none::

::engages in obligatory small talk with people in the room::

::leaves with the acceptance that food will have to be bought today::

emptym said:

The other stuff could be true (Much depends on camera angle and body stance.), but I didn't see anything about that suit that might indicate it was a blazersuit.

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Patch pockets, swelled edges, and light brown buttons. I could be mistaken, but I thought those were the hallmarks of a blazersuit?



T4phage said:

i
for one
will be interested
to hear
what these
'grads'
have to say

it may be
worth
a few
lulz

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edmorel said:

you're just salivating at the thought of fresh livers.

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::nth year grad students walk into the lounge::

::see fresh, new grad students cheerfully talking amongst themselves::

::recognize no one::

::snarl with all the cynicism that has built up in their ABD bodies::

::cheerful young grad students look on, confused::

::nth year grad students leave::

unbel, it would be great to see that entire fit of yours. I like your choice of square given the jacket. It compliments the jacket nicely.

Let me acknowledge then the categorical status of white dotted ties with suits/city, regardless of scale.

The iGent principle it seems is that you can cross categories (city to country) if the scale is large enough or textures are sufficiently "casual".

E.g. members have been sporting large scale neats with SCs. I've come to not be bothered by that in the way that small scale neats in a non suit/city fit bother me.

I simply note this to state two "principles" that conflict. I do not use "iGent" pejoratively.

dieworkwear said:

::walks in, looking for free food, possibly left over from the last poorly attended talk::

::sees none::

::engages in obligatory small talk with people in the room::

::leaves with the acceptance that food will have to be bought today::

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Derek, you are welcome to contribute if you wish, as is @emptym

dieworkwear said:

::nth year grad students walk into the lounge::

::see fresh, new grad students cheerfully talking amongst themselves::

::recognize no one::

::snarl with all the cynicism that has built up in their ABD bodies::

::cheerful young grad students look on, confused::

::nth year grad students leave::

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I've been there, as nth year grad student, where n > 2



TweedyProf said:

unbel, it would be great to see that entire fit of yours. I like your choice of square given the jacket. It compliments the jacket nicely.

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Thanks...it's too long ago for me to remember what else I was wearing, but I'm guessing it was something like gray flannels and cordovan wingtips.



Monkeyface said:

Patch pockets, swelled edges, and light brown buttons. I could be mistaken, but I thought those were the hallmarks of a blazersuit?

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Ah, now that I click the spoiler, I see that one of the two suits had those features. I was only seeing the grey suit you left unspoilered.

dieworkwear said:

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::nth year grad students walk into the lounge::

::see fresh, new grad students cheerfully talking amongst themselves::

::recognize no one::

::snarl with all the cynicism that has built up in their ABD bodies::

::cheerful young grad students look on, confused::

::nth year grad students leave::

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Actually...

T4 graduated, but hasn't landed a job yet. Something to do with the background check.

Ed got a job, but never graduated. The clock ran out.

::walks into the lounge::
:romptly eats two cookies, and stashes a pastry in a napkin for later::
::feels obliged to stay for talk::
::falls asleep during first fit minutes of talk::
::wakes abruptly as he snores the first time::
::spends final five minute of talk trying to figure out wtf the speaker is going on about::
::waits patiently until Q&A period is over::
::slips out the door, but not before saying a few things to the cute n-2 year student that he TA'd when she first came to the institute::
::exults in the brownie he has for dessert after dinner::

Man there are more former or current grad students than I thought. You cant be making **** up when it rings so true.

Fok I still exult in that brownie and I am no longer a grad student. Old habits die hard.

I posted those two vox pics for newbies to see that lesson #1 when starting out is:

"keep it simple"



TweedyProf said:

Man there are more former or current grad students than I thought. You cant be making **** up when it rings so true.

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StyleForum is basically

• Asians and Jews
• Lawyers and academics
• Guys named Matt



dieworkwear said:

StyleForum is basically

• Asians and Jews
• Lawyers and academics
• Guys named Matt

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:foo:

The suggestion that Vox could use a taller collar seems not to account for all of that collar band showing beneath the tie.