SeamasterLux
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This week's challenge is about texture and winter fabric.
The title of the challenge is: "Show us your tweed"
Guidelines are: one, or more, of the following three elements must be in tweed: Jacket, waistcoat, trousers (huh, really? well you never known...)
Rules:
- Tie is optional but preferred
- Jacket or suit, it's up to you but there has to be a jacket
- Waistcoat is encouraged
- Has to be worn this week (EDIT following Claghorn attempt to steal the win with a toilet shot)
This week's entries to the challenge:
The title of the challenge is: "Show us your tweed"
Guidelines are: one, or more, of the following three elements must be in tweed: Jacket, waistcoat, trousers (huh, really? well you never known...)
Rules:
- Tie is optional but preferred
- Jacket or suit, it's up to you but there has to be a jacket
- Waistcoat is encouraged
- Has to be worn this week (EDIT following Claghorn attempt to steal the win with a toilet shot)
This week's entries to the challenge:
What I wore today will be my entry, I suppose.
Jacket: Saxby (first order)
Tie: Vanda (navy/forest green)
Shirt: Light green/white microdots.
Matching waistcoat is at the alterations tailor.
Pretty basic stuff from me today:
x-post from the WAYWRN-thread:
I picked up my camera this morning, intending to take some finely-posed, scenic shot for the challenge, and when I turned it on, the battery immediately died...
So, instead, and for definitely, absolutely, honestly the final time, here are some crappy webcam shots which do no justice at all to the awesomeness of this Avon House peak-lapelled 3-piece homespun tweed suit! It's worn with a BB Black Fleece tattershall shirt, a vintage silk square and a floppy batwinged Engineered Garments bow-tie - I normally prefer a smaller, square or diamond-ended bow-tie but sometimes an outfit calls for something a bit less neat. Unseen: the trousers have 1.5" cuffs and the shoes are burgundy Florsheim Imperial longwings.
I can't really compete with the full suits, but for giggles:
Still undecided what I will wear tomorrow, but I reserve the right to change my official submission.
My attempt:
Alllright, I give up. This is all I have.
Desertboot looking things aren't winter appropriate are they? I really want some dark brown suede chukkas. =[
I feel the need, the need for TWEED!
So many great entries. To stand out I use Jack as a secret weapon.
Plan was to shoot in the countyside with a 12 gauge and Le Chameau wellies. But I had to settle with tweed in the city.
Edit. Reshot in better light. Slightly better...
Blue grey Donegal jacket from P&H Thornproof book, light blue end on end shirt from Hemrajani, Hober tie. Light grey flannels from Luxire and brown AE double monks not pictured.
I'm usually intimidated by this forum's high standards but someone pointed out today that given that I'm wearing tweed today it would be criminal not to take part. So here goes:
Brooks Brothers cashmere tweed jacket, and Brooks Brothers shirt, tie, and sweater vest, Rugby Ralph Lauren pocket square, Polo Ralph Lauren cord trousers with embroidered guns and game birds, Eddie Bauer socks, and Allen-Edmonds Ridgeways......
I've been posting this suit a lot recently - I think that means it's time I expanded my closet. In the meantime, this is basically the same suit as
@Gerry Nelson 's, from a different maker, in the Ariston/Cacciopoli green donegal tweed. Apparently the fabric was popular enough last year that it's been repeated in this year's fall collection - so last week I ordered a waistcoat to match. I like this no-name thrift store odd vest with it for now.
I don't have a dog as a secret weapon, or Gezza's photographical chops (or beautiful backdrop), so what's a guy to do to get an edge?
Super-strong field for this week's challenge. This side of the planet, it's late spring - hardly tweed weather, but today Melbourne has gifted us one of its inimitably unseasonable days. Bleak skies, scattered showers and a cold wind...except of course for that half-hour of blazing mid-morning sunshine, which cooked me as I walked to work all dolled up in my tweeds.
Ah yes, which brings me to this.
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