HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part IV (starting May 2014)

[patrickBOOTH]

Where's your guns?

 

[Caustic Man]

Where's your guns?

In the picture.

 

[in stitches]



I'd have to hire a photographer then! Nice PTO write-up by the way.

Lol, thanks man.

I agree. It also helps to keep the legs somewhat straighter. I have badly knocked knees that you can make out in pics sometimes and it definitely helps to produce weight to make them hang nicer. Also, I prefer lapped outseams on trousers as this has some effect of keeping a straighter line as well.

I have knock knees too, and even with bespoke/custom, its not always possible to get a perfect drape.

I wish I could grow hair like yours, pB.

Plus one.

Great fit today, btw.

I'm not sure I like the shirt with the jacket there. Had it been something like an oxford cloth, I'd've been sold.

I think I agree. Otherwise outstanding.

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Clags, that is about as classic a Clags lok as you will see.

 

[TweedyProf]

They do hang nicely, when put on fresh, but from sitting at a desk all day they do kind of get misshaped and kind of form to your legs and knees from sitting. Then when you stand you will have subtle wrinkles and folds that subtlety make your natural body apparent. Bespoke doesn't make every body issue invisible regardless of your movement throughout the day.

I don't know about the non-cuffs though. As well as some benefits, I just think they looks nicer. No cuffs looks "unfinished" to me. I rarely see men in uncuffed pants with a decent break. Part of it has to do with the very light fabrics that is all the rage in RTW today. They just kind of flap about and get stuck to socks and such.

If I felt my legs could take cuffs in RTW, would do it.

I don't have any disagreements with what you say. What I would emphasize, especially to people who are just starting with figuring out their fits etc., is that there are aesthetically pleasing aspects of any piece of clothing (cuffs, button-stance, jacket length), but that one should also be aware of how one's body is shaped (or in my case, misshapen) and that this sometimes means that you have to give a little. So, no cuffs for me (and actually, I don't mind the look).

My pants break fine but it's due to that trick I mentioned above, which keeps the shape at the cuff (without the heel guard across, yes, I have the problem you describe).

 

[patrickBOOTH]

I don't know, fit aside, no cuffs just look unfinished.

 

[TweedyProf]

I don't know, fit aside, no cuffs just look unfinished.

Hmmm...I think they look uncuffed.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Redundant.

 

[Ich_Dien]



I don't know, fit aside, no cuffs just look unfinished.

A very American view.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Edit: I guess I should back off that one...

It's also a very European thing to dismiss anything they don't like as American.

 

[MrChris]

conservative business dress Thursday

 

[Caustic Man]

I believe a blue shirt would have served you better, MrChris. As Foo would say, the white cuts the eye.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Blasphemy!

 

[Betelgeuse]

X-Post from the Challenge

I know it's not a DTO Challenge but this was the inspiration for the fit.



And the entry

 

[sugarbutch]

I have no hair on the top of my head. Despite my custom title, I can't grow a beard like Murl, Stitchy, or Rob. But my knees aren't bowed or knocking...

Mr. Chris, the white shirt is perfect.

 

[Ich_Dien]



Edit: I guess I should back off that one...

It's also a very European thing to dismiss anything they don't like as American.

80% of my trousers have cuffs...