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[yfyf]

Originally Posted by maomao1980

Real elegance, not just a show case of clothing or empty plates.

photo from Sartorialist.
Didn't you wear the exact same outfit in ** a few weeks ago? O and to add in my two tired cents: He looks good, I don't know how people managed to nitpick the **** out of this one. It's meant to be a little baggy, not everything has to fit like a wetsuit and be shaped to accentuate man bosom. As for the tie and sleeve button thing, It's one of those things you do to show you belong to the "Italian Style-Dudes" club. It's been around for god knows how long, even my late father used to encourage it. And he was 79! If those are the colours of your club, then you damn well fly them.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by yfyf

Didn't you wear the exact same outfit in ** a few weeks ago?

Do you guys really call it **?

- B

 

[yfyf]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Do you guys really call it **?

- B

Beijing? Yes. You can also call it Peking if you want to get all Colonial about it.

 

[BrooklynWeGoHard]

Originally Posted by darkoak

This would have been a better pic to use to start off the discussion (also from The Sartorialist):

I'm just gonna call her dessert - because I cant wait to get her on my table and eat her

 

[BrooklynWeGoHard]

Originally Posted by fritzl

small timmer alert

fritzl small timer spelling alert - fail

 

[Diavolo]

Originally Posted by yfyf

Didn't you wear the exact same outfit in ** a few weeks ago?

O and to add in my two tired cents:

He looks good, I don't know how people managed to nitpick the **** out of this one. It's meant to be a little baggy, not everything has to fit like a wetsuit and be shaped to accentuate man bosom.

As for the tie and sleeve button thing, It's one of those things you do to show you belong to the "Italian Style-Dudes" club. It's been around for god knows how long, even my late father used to encourage it. And he was 79! If those are the colours of your club, then you damn well fly them.

I agree with all of this and I love the soft fluidity of his linen suit. The bits and pieces - tie a bit long, a sleeve button undone, who cares? Just makes it more casual and a little careless, even if studied.

 

[Fang66]

Originally Posted by vitaminc

An example of "bad fit" and yet very stylish with a nice combination of color
what colour?

Originally Posted by vitaminc

and texture and accent accessories.

Fit is only a subset of style and is only used to accentuate/conceal certain bodily features.

He looks like a knhobo who can't afford to either cut or wash his hair.

The first guy looks like a knposer who stands in front of the mirror for an hour every morning trying to look like he doesn't care. If he was thirty years younger he'd probably spend an extra hour trying to get his hair to look carefully like he'd just gotten out of bed.

 

[gazman70k]

Originally Posted by maomao1980

Real elegance, not just a show case of clothing or empty plates.

photo from Sartorialist.

FARK! Simone looks mean with his head shaved! Looks like he can kick some butt with style.

 

[Spats]

"He woud indeed look quite stylish if he would get his sleeve button repaired, his suit pressed, tie his neckwear correctly, select a more flattering suit color, select a more appropiate shirt, button his suit coat, take his hand out of his pocket, and forego the cigar."

I can't "foof" (too old) but is this more what you had in mind?
Why wander the streets of Firenze when you can be an i-gent?

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Of course, style and overall aesthetic appeal require much more than good fit, and yes, fixating on fit (like on pattern-matching

) can detract from the bigger goal. However, fit is much more easily assessed from still, amateur photographs. We could go on and on about what 'style' or 'elegance' means without getting very far, but a f*cked up collar that gapes open is a f*cked up collar that gapes open.

QFI.

 

[Canal Directo]

 

[cjpearson]

Originally Posted by medwards

He woud indeed look quite stylish if he would get his sleeve button repaired, his suit pressed, tie his neckwear correctly, select a more flattering suit color, select a more appropiate shirt, button his suit coat, take his hand out of his pocket, and forego the cigar.

hope you're joking about the suit button