HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part II

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by stilmacher

Long time no see, fellows! Here are some shots from the last couple of months...

back in style.

 

[UpperWestie]

You like, this cotton Belvest?

 

[Cary Grant]

[Thread still has a heartbeat]

Originally Posted by stilmacher

Long time no see, fellows! Here are some shots from the last couple of months...

Ballin...

Originally Posted by ManofKent

Bright and sunny after a slightly dull start. Stupidly forgot the panama...

Love the monochromatic man...

[/Thread still has a heartbeat]

 

[Cary Grant]

Originally Posted by UpperWestie

You like, this cotton Belvest?

jess

 

[oldog/oldtrix]

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by fritzl

bill,

would you mind me asking. what's your take on derbies/bluchers with a suit. i guess, you already answered that somewhere, but it would be impossible, at least for me, to find it out of the 21k.

Well, I generally wear oxfords with suits and derbies otherwise. I don't wear oxfords with odd jackets accept by accident, but I do wear derbies with suits from time to time, especially if the suit is what I think of as a casual, summer, or weekend suit.

Oxfords, particularly galosh-style oxfords, are descended from dress boots. The early 20th century move toward informality in shoes seems to me to have proceeded more slowly than the move toward informality in tailored clothes. So, the oxford shoe descendants of the dress boot kept their black-in-town attributes while the casual lounge suit more speedily replaced morning and evening clothes in town. Thus: lounge suits with oxfords, a combination that is itself a stopping point in the disintegration of the formality of Western dress.

Why fret over this, though? The proliferation today of brown and other sundry colors and materials in an oxford shoe make them problematical for the city anyway if your tastes run toward harrumphing...it's a short jump from a brown, buckskin oxford to a dark brown stitch cap derby. And it might be a good jump to make if it fits your personality.


- B

 

[Cary Grant]

^^^Boxers, briefs, thongs, midways, commando?

 

[MrDaniels]

Originally Posted by MBreinin

Wednesday.

Have a good one.

Mike

Once again, Opposing Counsel is shaking in their polyester. Smashing.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by Cary Grant

^^^Boxers, briefs, thongs, midways, commando?

One more:

- B

 

[Philip1978]

Originally Posted by edmorel

Even better, tell Aussie hottie to drop me a PM when in NYC, no need to see you.

 

[Philip1978]

Originally Posted by oldog/oldtrix

..

Fantastic

 

[stilmacher]

Originally Posted by edmorel

Even better, tell Aussie hottie to drop me a PM when in NYC, no need to see you.

*****

 

[stilmacher]

Here's one more:

 

[MBreinin]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Well, I generally wear oxfords with suits and derbies otherwise. I don't wear oxfords with odd jackets accept by accident, but I do wear derbies with suits from time to time, especially if the suit is what I think of as a casual, summer, or weekend suit.

Oxfords, particularly galosh-style oxfords, are descended from dress boots. The early 20th century move toward informality in shoes seems to me to have proceeded more slowly than the move toward informality in tailored clothes. So, the oxford shoe descendants of the dress boot kept their black-in-town attributes while the casual lounge suit more speedily replaced morning and evening clothes in town. Thus: lounge suits with oxfords, a combination that is itself a stopping point in the disintegration of the formality of Western dress.

Why fret over this, though? The proliferation today of brown and other sundry colors and materials in an oxford shoe make them problematical for the city anyway if your tastes run toward harrumphing...it's a short jump from a brown, buckskin oxford to a dark brown stitch cap derby. And it might be a good jump to make if it fits your personality.


- B

Holy crap, I have alot to learn. My personality runs towards Longwings and other Brogues. Does this make me a country mouse?

Originally Posted by MrDaniels

Once again, Opposing Counsel is shaking in their polyester. Smashing.

Danka.

Mike

 

[niidawg3]

Originally Posted by stilmacher

Thank you. The country is Ghana.

i figured it was Ghana - that's my home sweet home!