Double Breasted Style.

[yachtie]

Originally Posted by Connemara

You cannot have skimpy peak lapels on a DB suit.

+1 Spoils the look- might as well get a SB.

 

[Brad]

Originally Posted by Connemara

The lapels are really awful, in my opinion. You cannot have skimpy peak lapels on a DB suit.

There is nothing skimpy about those lapels.

 

[Holdfast]

This thread is the best I've read in ages. Excellent photos, with lots of different styles and vibes. Awesome.

DBs are great, whether for blazers or suits. What I especially like is that depending on the cut they can move from looking like a cruise liner to looking like a schooner. What I mean is that they can either achieve a stately, weighty presence or a sleek, slim effect.

My figure means my own DBs tend to the liner end of the spectrum but my favourite ever DB was a slim, pearl grey, wide herringbone silk blend that I saw in a movie that actually made the wearer look sporty and slightly louche rather than weighty.

A few of my own:

 

[Brad]

Nice, HF. The light grey with the rusty shirt looks very Casino-ish.

 

[Holdfast]

Originally Posted by Brad

Nice, HF. The light grey with the rusty shirt looks very Casino-ish.

Yeah, I was totally channeling my inner mafiosi that day...

 

[rdawson808]

Very nice guys. I'm particulalry fond of the brown db on that asian guy a page or so ago.

Anyone have photos of a shorter and wider guy wearing one (and not looking like a gangster)? I'm 5'7" and 220lbs, wearing a 46-48S. I've always wanted to try a DB but fear it will look ridiculous. I've heard opinions either way.

Thoughts? Pictures?

thanks,
b

 

[yachtie]

Originally Posted by rdawson808

Very nice guys. I'm particulalry fond of the brown db on that asian guy a page or so ago.

Anyone have photos of a shorter and wider guy wearing one (and not looking like a gangster)? I'm 5'7" and 220lbs, wearing a 46-48S. I've always wanted to try a DB but fear it will look ridiculous. I've heard opinions either way.

Thoughts? Pictures?

thanks,
b


Get a flared skirt and a good deal of waist supression and you should be okay. Avoid bold stripes.

 

[gdl203]

Lapels are a little out of control and buttons suck but I kinda like this cut

 

[whnay.]

Worth adding this photo to the thread:

 

[william]

Good thread Bill. Here's a Thomas Mahon DB on a dummy:

 

[academe]

william- nice one. Is this an odd jacket or part of suit? I've been thinking about getting in touch with Thomas Mahon about a DB and would be interested in seeing more...

Originally Posted by william

Good thread Bill. Here's a Thomas Mahon DB on a dummy:

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by william

Good thread Bill. Here's a Thomas Mahon DB on a dummy:

I like the general shape, but I think I'd prefer the gorge a tad higher.

 

[Kuro]

Originally Posted by Mildly Consumptive

I like everything about this. Who is this man?

Akamine Yukio.

http://www.incontro.jp/

 

[Artisan Fan]

I have some nice Brioni and Kiton DBs I will try to post soon.

 

[unpainted huffheinz]

Edward Sexton currently makes the nicest DB to my eye. The lapels are wide to be sure, but he gets the placement of the peaks in the right spot. I would post the photo but he has one of those damned Flash websites. There are examples of his work including him wearing them there.