FRIDAY CHALLENGE 23rd JANUARY - Inspirations

[Cleav]

@Pingson Very good ol' friend, very good indeed.

@upr_crust Great point, well made

 

[GMMcL]



I'm not sure that everyone's getting the rules:
So what you need to do to enter is:

1) Post your picture
2) Post the picture of who or what inspired you
3) Write a sentence or two about how the inspiration translated into the outfit


Good luck

Fair point. Will edit.

 

[ScottMC]

Inspired by user Nick Pollica. I like how Antonio makes everything look so comfortable and easy, yet refined at the same time. He never lets the clothes wear him and somehow looks more comfortable in suits than a man wearing sweats. I like to see the different pieces he mixes as well. For this fit I tried mixing some things I wouldn't normally wear together (the Eidos field jacket I just snagged off B&S sure helped the situation).

 

[Gerry Nelson]

@ScottMC - brilliant!

(Extra points if you grew the facial hair in anticipation of the challenge

)

 

[Coxsackie]

Knowing her she would want to give them some sort of hippie name in the same vain as her own hippie name (normal spelling, but abnormal pronunciation).

As the esteemed New Yorker in question, I would think that, for a bunch of straight guys, you're awfully obsessed with what 's going on in other men's laps. As someone who has crouched around many parts, I am already well informed on that subject, and need not obsess over it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA totally classic!

 

[Shen]

Well, I've put myself in a predicament, first I wore the checked jacked then changed jacket and tie (in spoiler). Now I'm unable to choose which to enter for the challenge, but I guess it will have to be my initial idea.
I bought the checked jacket without actually having a clue what to pair it with, then Attolini was nice enough to add a picture of a rather similar jacket in one of their collections.
I saw the Manolo Costa picture a couple of years ago, really liked the idea of elegant simplicity and have been wanting to emulate it ever since.

 

[Gerry Nelson]

Entries are closed and the poll is up. Cast your votes

 

[EliodA]

Voted for @GMMcL, piece of cake.
As much as I love some of the other fits, they're mostly just very well done copying exercises.
To get your inspiration for an outfit from some pastry, that's on another level IMO.

 

[An Acute Style]

AAS might have a hard time picking somebody to dress like, but luckily, the rest of us have AAS.

Mine's not an exact copy, but it's sort of a pastiche, with the fair isle/plaid tweed/patterned tie. I didn't do the pose exactly right, and you can't see my ribbon watchband. But hey, it was fun (Really. I'm having fun in that picture. Trust me.)






Here's something similar from the man himself:

Thanks. I think it looks great. I love the pants. I've been looking for something in that color. For the record, the double thumb pose was stolen from @in stitches where as the weight on back leg pose was stolen from @Cotton Dockers .

Well, what I really like about @An Acute Style is that he's got a totally different take on the same tradition (I guess we could call it "post-Ivy" classic American tailoring) as me. I like to think we have a similar vocabulary, but we certainly use it in very different ways.

That, and I hadn't yet had a chance to wear this recently-thrifted tie or sweater vest yet, and they're both a bit bolder than I normally reach for.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Sorry people, I love you all, but Pingson is so much better than everything else this week (or pretty much any week), it's not even funny...

 

[in stitches]

Im honored, AAS. <3

 

[Cotton Dockers]

For the record, the double thumb pose was stolen from @in stitches where as the weight on back leg pose was stolen from @Cotton Dockers .

Never thought I would be so happy to have something unwittingly stolen from me.

 

[Gerry Nelson]

Hmmm, Pingson's just barely in the lead with 70% of the vote. Going to be a close contest.

 

[Coxsackie]

@slyguyWT2 's entry suffered a little from the lack of a reference point, i.e. a photo of his inspiration. Also I've never heard of Jimmy Sutton. However, I really like his photo set and poses.

Basically, there wasn't a weak entry in this field. Voting for everyone would be silly, so I didn't vote at all.

Well done everybody!

 

[in stitches]

Mathematically speaking, how is voting for nobody any less silly than voting for everybody?



I placed 2 voats!