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conservative business dress WAYWRN: An Experiment

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Bloody hell dig. That is some badassery right there. I won't comment on conservative business dress or not (Though the POW with windowpane probably means no) but that is hands down my favorite thing of yours you've ever posted.

Very metal. :slayer:
 

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Bloody hell dig. That is some badassery right there. I won't comment on conservative business dress or not (Though the POW with windowpane probably means no) but that is hands down my favorite thing of yours you've ever posted.

Very metal. :slayer:

Thanks. You've left some big footprints in which to follow. I'm still toddling along.



Go Dig!!!!!!!!!!

I'm tryin'! Thanks!



Dig, you have arrived.

VERY well done.

This means very much to me. You were encouraging and constructively critical from the very beginning and through all of the stumbles and steps along the way.

(swap the gloss white PS for a linen one though)

This is the second time today you have said this to me. The first was as I was putting the square into the pocket.

In my haste, I knew it was wrong but time had run out on my preparations and I just plain forgot that I had a very serviceable plain white square folded in my hip pocket...a habit carried over from my youth as a Boy Scout (Be Prepared). Thanks also for the thumbs up.




Hot damn, Dig! That's the stuff. I second Spoo's PS recco, though.

Noted. I'll try not to let it happen again! :embar: And thanks!
 
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The suit is conservative business dress, and fits you very well, but the tie most definitely is not. White shirt is about as conservative business dress as you can get, but do you have any shirts with a more substantial collar? I think that'd up your look immensely.

Also, might want to pare down the picture count.
 

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First jacket fits well but creases to much for my taste. Is it the fabric?
Second (suit) very well done. No creasing to speak of.

- both cloths are Loro Piana 4 Season wool/cashmere
 

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The suit is conservative business dress, and fits you very well, but the tie most definitely is not. White shirt is about as conservative business dress as you can get, but do you have any shirts with a more substantial collar? I think that'd up your look immensely.

Also, might want to pare down the picture count.


I don't see why this tie isn't conservative business dress. I think it fits the Edmorel principle that you can have one FU item. I would hardly consider this tie FU though... I think something like that would be conservative business dress, but certaintly separates the stylish from the perfunctory.
 
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The suit is conservative business dress, and fits you very well, but the tie most definitely is not. White shirt is about as conservative business dress as you can get, but do you have any shirts with a more substantial collar? I think that'd up your look immensely.

Also, might want to pare down the picture count.

I wanted a few extra shots of this for posterity. Next time, I'll be less exuberant, I promise.

Regarding the collar, this is something with which I am struggling a bit. Can you be more specific? Taller? Longer points? Both?

I don't see why this tie isn't conservative business dress. I think it fits the Edmorel principle that you can have one FU item. I would hardly consider this tie FU though... I think something like that would be conservative business dress, but certaintly separates the stylish from the perfunctory.

Thanks for finding the words to express my intent. I was a bit unsure of the PoW but figured WTF, let's give it a shot in conservative business dress. The tie was because it was easy to go with a navy / small paisley or some such and my understanding of the original purpose of the thread (admittedly now a moving target) was to look for the edges of conservative business dress instead of trying to stand in the exact center of it.
 

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I wanted a few extra shots of this for posterity. Next time, I'll be less exuberant, I promise.

Regarding the collar, this is something with which I am struggling a bit. Can you be more specific? Taller? Longer points? Both?


I think you need a wider spread.
 

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