HERE AND NOW

[Clouseau]

Photos from a few weeks ago out celebrating our wedding anniversary.
Suit Paul Smith.
shirt and tie Brooks Brothers.
shoes Prada from about 25 years ado View attachment 1974827 View attachment 1974829 View attachment 1974831

Looking great, but where is Mrs Yorky (ha I suppose she took the pictures. I also suppose she was very chic too) ?

 

[Reggae Mike]

Photos from a few weeks ago out celebrating our wedding anniversary.
Suit Paul Smith.
shirt and tie Brooks Brothers.
shoes Prada from about 25 years ado View attachment 1974827 View attachment 1974829 View attachment 1974831

Congrats, Yorky.

 

[Yorky]

Congrats, Yorky.

Cheers 20 years

 

[Clouseau]

Photos from a few weeks ago out celebrating our wedding anniversary.
Suit Paul Smith.
shirt and tie Brooks Brothers.
shoes Prada from about 25 years ado View attachment 1974827 View attachment 1974829 View attachment 1974831

This Paul Smith suit looks really nice. Always wanted to buy one from him. Now (since Covid) that I only have a few occasions to wear a suit, I don’t think I will ever have one. Only got two suits (!), one for spring/summer and one for autumn/winter. Don’t have many quality jackets (or sport coats like they say on SF) either.

 

[Yorky]

Congrats, Yorky.

Looking great, but where is Mrs Yorky (ha I suppose she took the pictures. I also suppose she was very chic too) ?

This Paul Smith suit looks really nice. Always wanted to buy one from him. Now (since Covid) that I only have a few occasions to wear a suit, I don’t think I will ever have one. Only got two suits (!), one for spring/summer and one for autumn/winter. Don’t have many quality jackets (or sport coats like they say on SF) either.

It was a really good sales buy £150 from £600+.
I bought it for a black tie wedding later in the year, l didn’t, want to get or like the traditional black tie garb, and no longer havea black suit so I thought it would do the job. Really nice material and made in Italy, only 2 buttons but hey I’m not a 20 year old mod anymore.

 

[Clouseau]

It was a really good sales buy £150 from £600+.
I bought it for a black tie wedding later in the year, l didn’t, want to get or like the traditional black tie garb, and no longer havea black suit so I thought it would do the job. Really nice material and made in Italy, only 2 buttons but hey I’m not a 20 year old mod anymore.

This is a real bargain !

 

[Mr Knightley]

Wore the Massimo Dutti linen / cotton / wool DB blazer for the first time this season ( I believe @Yorky has one too). BTW Yorky, I really like the PS suit. What a great bargain and belated congratulations!

 

[Clouseau]

Nice look @Mr Knightley, what are those trousers?

Just seen those sta prest in a Levi’s flagship store. The cut isn’t too bad,
but there is some « stretch » material in it.

 

[Reggae Mike]

I got some of those xx chnos, without the sta prest treatment. They are well comfortable, but if you dont wash them careful they develope white chalky streaks on them.

 

[Mr Knightley]

Nice look @Mr Knightley, what are those trousers?

Just seen those sta prest in a Levi’s flagship store. The cut isn’t too bad,
but there is some « stretch » material in it.

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Thanks mate. My trousers are unlike anything else I have. Made by a French company (I believe) called Bruno St Hilaire, they have a fairly ‘formal’ look but are nearly all man-made fabric - a bit like the old Farah trousers I had in the past.

 

[Byrone]

Semi-formal look when it's hot. Are short sleeve shirts acceptable with jackets/blazer ? What brands ?

 

[Clouseau]

Semi-formal look when it's hot. Are short sleeve shirts acceptable with jackets/blazer ? What brands ?

I think the rule (but rules are made to be broken) is not to wear a SS shirt in a formal or semi-formal way, as with a SC/Blazer you have to wear a LS shirt with a little cuff showing.
But it is something I do from time to time when it’s warm. A short sleeve shirt with a jacket, but I usually don’t wear a tie then.

SS shirts Brands. I have some from many different brands, but I would say my 3 favorites « semi formal » are a white GANT poplin, a white Gitman Vintage poplin, and a blue Brutus OCBD.

 

[covskin]

Semi-formal look when it's hot. Are short sleeve shirts acceptable with jackets/blazer ? What brands ?

Red Sea Rig of course, no jacket!

 

[Clouseau]

Red Sea Rig of course, no jacket!

Ok but if i understand correctly the question it’s when you have to wear a jacket ?
In that case (very warm weather, semi-formal) I would wear :
Linen jacket (or suit)
Ss poplin thin shirt (tie optional)
Light Chinos
Loafers without a tie, light Derbies otherwise.

Just remember I also have a very thin white Ben Sherman ss shirt, perfect when it’s hot.

Madras etc are not in the equation.

 

[Byrone]

for a wedding...