Classic Menswear Lounge

[Isolation]

Two examples of check on check falling short.


Armoury guy


Yesterday

I actually think clag's looks good if busy.

edit: my spouse likes it too. We want your jacket. What fabric is it? Also I want a brown graphpaper shirt now.

 

[TweedyProf]

One thought on the checks/tattersalls. Earlier, several were arguing that they are at the perfect shirt for tweed. The one worry is that from a distance, they resolve to white, so from a distance you look to have white shirt with tweed. That might, from a distance, be discordant.

Hypothesis: it's the whiteness of the shirt that is throwing off Claghorn's fit as well (I suspect smaller checks might have worked better).

 

[UrbanComposition]

White with tweed is OK.

 

[Isolation]

Ooooh....

 

[TweedyProf]



White with tweed is OK.

I find it too stark from a distance. But sure it might be OK.

 

[EliodA]

Please don't ask questions, yet. I'm interested in your first impressions. Which one?

Thanks, y'all!

 

[Spandexter]

The first for me and since you gave me know context I applied my own. I like the first because it's slightly more conservative but with interest and
Would suit my office environment nicely.

 

[Cleav]

Two for me, Elio

 

[Pliny]

2

 

[archibaldleach]

I'm also going to go with option 2, Elio.

 

[kulata]

Option 1

Both are very good options but I was faced with a similar decision last month and I went with something similar to option 1, still unfunded btw. If this was navy I'd choose #2.

 

[gdl203]

Heavier sharkskin > lighter birdseye
Heavier birdseye > lighter birdseye

 

[EliodA]

Heavier sharkskin > lighter birdseye
Heavier birdseye > lighter birdseye

Thanks for all the replies, gents! Though you haven't made it easier for me, since opinions are divided 50-50 now

Greg, do you say heavier sharkskin/birdseye is better durability wise? Or does it drape better? The climate here demands me to go for the lightest that I can get away with, but it would be nice if this suit will last a bit.

 

[thesftailor]

Please don't ask questions, yet. I'm interested in your first impressions. Which one?

Thanks, y'all!

 

[poorsod]

IMO the Birdseye is best as a DB. The sharkskin can be equally good as SB or DB.