HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part IV (starting May 2014)

[An Acute Style]

Today. Similar to yesterday.

 

[Newcomer]

 

[Academic2]

Grenadine today.

Cheers,

Ac

 

[Betelgeuse]

Hola!

It's getting very hot in Mexico… dammit.

 

[Coxsackie]

Today I decided to try something a little different - use a well-liked fit from another member as inspiration for something of my own.

What better person to emulate than

?

And here's my tribute - a little different, of course...

 

[Caustic Man]

a little different, of course...

lol That's completely different.

 

[Ich_Dien]



Was nice and sunny today in London.

Could have done with a more summery tie then?

 

[Pliny]

End of the week pic. Wishing everybody a great and safe weekend.

Think u may have 'pattern-mania'. As a fellow sufferer (in recovery) I know the signs. I wouldn't try to go cold turkey. Better to gently reduce by say one pattern for a couple weeks, see how you get used to it. If okay, drop it back again. Don't rush it, and try to avoid 'triggers' that'll tempt you to fall off the wagon- SF meet-ups, scrolling thru early Whnay's good taste thread, posts by members like Crusty, or Southern Style. Remember to block AAS. Before you know it you'll be wearing all solids, and looking back you'll wonder what all the fuss was about.

Day 5 thanks again for the thumbs! Tweed, Knit and Oxford.

another good one DL.

Ring suit on maiden voyage
Mazzarelli
Henry carter
Drakes
Enzo Bonafe

Nice! As in 'Ring Jacket' Ring?

 

[Coxsackie]

Nice! As in 'Ring Jacket' Ring?

No. As in Sauron, and Nazgûl, and heinous **** like that.

 

[Journeyman]

As far as the jacket sleeves, the SC is MTO Formosa from NMWA (that answers your question @Betelgeuse ), there was a snafu when the jacket first arrived which needed alteration. Formosa fixed the issue, but for some reason they finished the sleeves, and I have short arms, so that was the only solution. At first it bugged me, but it has since grown on me. I think its spunky and different.

wasn't it possible to take up the sleeves at the shoulder? not the easiest fix, but it avoids messing up the cuff like they did here.

Possible yes, but I have done it before, and am not a fran. With the amount of fabric that would have needed to be removed to get the right length, the sleeve pitch, particularly by the elbow, would be way off. And when that happens the sleeves become uncomfortable, the elbow bend being in the wrong place and what have you. This fix, although suboptimal visually, it leaves the pitch and comfort of the arms as is. Optimally, having new sleeves entirely would have been the best fix, but that was not a reasonable option.

I understand what you mean about difficulties with having jacket sleeves taken up at the shoulders, and entirely agree with the points that you make.

However, I'm at a bit of a loss as to why you decided to accept an MTO jacket when it had problems like that. I suppose that there's a point where you might decide not to bother further with things but if you're paying $1500 or $2000 or whatever an MTO Formosa jacket costs, it would (to me) seem entirely reasonable to send the jacket back to get things sorted out if Formosa finished the sleeves when they weren't supposed to have done so.

After all, if it's MTO and the sleeves are finished to the wrong length, then it's not really MTO, is it? Well, not MTO made to your order specifications, anyway. If you're paying good money, then it's up to the tailor to sort things out to your satisfaction, even if it means fitting a new set of sleeves to the jacket so that they can be made the correct length.

 

[Claghorn]

^ agreed

My guess, though, is that Stitchy and gdl are tight, and for whatever reason, Stitchy didn't want to bother gdl with the issue. Or it could just be that Stitchy was super eager to have the jacket and didn't want to wait.

Not decisions I'd make. But I'm not Stitchy.

 

[MrTopCat]

Could have done with a more summery tie then?

Looking back, that probably would've been best.

 

[ncroadwarrior2]

Orient Bambino?? Great watch

 

[DavidLane]

Hola!

It's getting very hot in Mexico… dammit.

@Betelgeuse who makes the cloth for your suit/SC, is it linen or wool? Texture looks wonderful. Thanks, DL-

 

[ShawnBC]

If I am not mistaken, it is Wool Linen Silk Cashmere by E.Thomas, from SuitSupply (Soho fit). Of course, I don't want to answer in @Betelgeuse place, just thought I'd help.