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  1. Big A

    The State of Black Tie: Your Observations

    Yes it's basically a smoking jacket. It's just made up with more conventional cloth. I will also caution that it does not look good if you have say hypothetically gained about 20 pounds over the last year. Smoking jackets that are tied at the waist only look good if you are thin, in my humble...
  2. Big A

    The State of Black Tie: Your Observations

    Actually started off with a 1950's ivory linen dinner jacket but I've been working out like crazy to try and shed Covid weight and I ripped out of the back.... Good thing I had a spare. Anyway the burgundy velvet shoes made more sense before I had to swap jackets
  3. Big A

    The State of Black Tie: Your Observations

    The only thing I disagree with here is the vents. I've always gotten vents my dinner jackets, makes them easier to wear in my opinion. As pointed out above patent oxfords are pretty cheap at the moment (This is a classic "do as I say not as I do" moment, since about two posts above I'm wearing...
  4. Big A

    The State of Black Tie: Your Observations

    Excuse the slippers, they were comfortable and my black patent shoes were not. This was for a kind of wine dinner thing that was in a dark dining room located behind a hidden bookcase door in a basement, so I was pretty convinced that no one would be able to tell the shoes were red and not black...
  5. Big A

    The State of Black Tie: Your Observations

    I have something like this that was dubbed a "sanitarium suit" - I don't have a pic of mine but here's an example
  6. Big A

    Eidos Napoli

    Anyone got a Ciro linen shawl collar they are willing to part with? Looking for 44R
  7. Big A

    The State of Black Tie: Your Observations

    Some of us went in the opposite direction
  8. Big A

    The State of Black Tie: Your Observations

    Endorse
  9. Big A

    The Watch Appreciation Thread - Part two (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger LeCoultre,

    Nah. Been there-still alive. In Zambia you can safely trade an Explorer 1 for a 200tdi (plus install)
  10. Big A

    The Watch Appreciation Thread - Part two (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger LeCoultre,

    How can you be sure? The Storm is apparently coming!
  11. Big A

    The Watch Appreciation Thread - Part two (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger LeCoultre,

    Well no guarantees. "Almost certainly" might have been too strong. But "probably" is good
  12. Big A

    The Watch Appreciation Thread - Part two (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger LeCoultre,

    Nicer watch but not something you could trade for a car and a bunch of gasoline in the Balkans or Africa or something like that. I like watches that have worldwide recognized intrinsic value, which pretty much means Rolex and Patek
  13. Big A

    The Watch Appreciation Thread - Part two (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger LeCoultre,

    Let me rephrase: how many have the scratch AND the permission? Ms. Big A would f'ing murder me if I bought another watch, and she's pretty chill... if you've been here a really long time, you already know :D
  14. Big A

    The Watch Appreciation Thread - Part two (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger LeCoultre,

    How many people here have that scratch for that watch?
  15. Big A

    The Watch Appreciation Thread - Part two (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger LeCoultre,

    All right I'm gonna bite. There are only five possible stores and I'm fairly sure you weren't talking to the AD in SXM or the AD in St. Barts. I'm also fairly certain it wasn't Cayman. I know the guy that either owns or co-owns all three of those stores. Those three places don't bundle watches...
  16. Big A

    What are you drinking right now?

    Brandy crusta (minus the crusta)
  17. Big A

    The State of Black Tie: Your Observations

    Where I live quarter lining only makes sense because it's so damn hot most of the time.
  18. Big A

    The State of Black Tie: Your Observations

    I've got a formal event in NYC on Friday. Currently in Aruba with none of my formal kit. Looks like I'll be trying out Suitsupply on Friday afternoon unless someone has a different suggestion

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