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

[Pliny]

Just a few quick ones...

The last isn't a study in fabrics so much as a test—to see if you can spot my old-school waffle tan.

EDIT: one more shout-out to my tan linen/cotton Luxire shirt with the Broke and Bespoke collar.
True FCOAT (Favorite Collar Of All Time)

1. Good to see u back.
2. I like the collar roll, but the rumpling along the front edges not so much.

@mcobinad , if you can get your fit issues properly sorted (and they are improving), you will certainly make sapeur. Your colour and texture game is already very good. And you clearly have an eye for quality - your stuff all looks really well made.

Whoa, I'm not sure I really wanted to know what sapeur means. And not sure u should be recommending that Mconibad should take sapeur as his sartorial grail.
This is what came up in an image search. (Spectre would be rolling in his e-grave)

#10

Linen City.

Nice shoes, nice suit. Not together tho imo. No one who spots u strolling downtown Sydney, Melbourne or Shanghai would be in any doubt that you're a bit of a dandy.

NTTAWWT

 

[Coxsackie]

Whoa, I'm not sure I really wanted to know what sapeur means. And not sure u should be recommending that Mconibad should take sapeur as his sartorial grail.
This is what came up in an image search. (Spectre would be rolling in his e-grave)






[re: my fit #10]
Nice shoes, nice suit. Not together tho imo. No one who spots u strolling downtown Sydney, Melbourne or Shanghai would be in any doubt that you're a bit of a dandy.

NTTAWWT

I had the feeling McO's reference to "sapeur" was tongue in cheek and I was playing along with that.

As to my fit, yeah, the shoes were strong. Liked by some. I love that suit (it's new, from SuSu) but it turns out to be a less than straightforward task to match it with shoes. Will have to work on this aspect.

NTTAWWT = "Not that that alters what's worn today"?

 

[MikeDT]



Today's outfit to wrap up the week. Still waiting in line to become a proper sapeur. Happy weekend guys

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Oh a Blackberry, not seen one of them in a few years. Had a company issued one about 8 years ago, not for personal use though.

 

[Pliny]

d by some. I love that suit (it's new, from SuSu) but it turns out to be a less than straightforward task to match it with shoes. Will have to work on this aspect.

NTTAWWT = "Not that that alters what's worn today"?

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I have friends who r dandies.

 

[mcobinad]



Whoa, I'm not sure I really wanted to know what sapeur means. And not sure u should be recommending that Mconibad should take sapeur as his sartorial grail. This is what came up in an image search. (Spectre would be rolling in his e-grave)

I'm not sure these sapeurs emanating from KINSHASA are the ones I would be willing to emulate as they have no atom of class whatsoever. Their way of coordinating colours hurts my eyes. There are far better ones that have distinguished themselves from the crowd. They are overpopulated in certain streets of Paris. BTW, in the year 2012, the famous beer company 'GUINNESS' featured some of the sapeurs in their advertisement. It's surprising some here have never heard about these guys. I have included a video link to the famous Guinness advertisement. Link here

 

[MrTRC]

I like the Sapeurs and the look, but on others -and the link McObinad pasted are cut from similar cloth as the infamous Kinshasha ones.

Hence, it seems somewhat strident and a contradiction to laud the Guinness-linked ones but vilify the Kinshasha ones.

 

[Monkeyface]



I feel sorry for them.

If it makes you feel any better, I agree with you. Those outfits were awful.

 

[Pliny]

Quote:
thx for the link. pretty cool

 

[Stiva]

The African sapeurs must be assessed in context.

 

[Coxsackie]

The African sapeurs must be assessed in context.

This. It's not like they have immediate access to the latest books from Dormeuil or Fox Brothers.

 

[MikeDT]



Not sag, necessarily. No way we can predict what it'll be like I guess. Good argument for choosing simple conservative style options tho.

Frankly I gave up worrying about where the gorge is positioned, low or high...or how wide the bloody thing is. Yeh..five years of being on Style Forum Still don't care for skinny narrow though.

 

[thefoxtooth]

1. Good to see u back.
2. I like the collar roll, but the rumpling along the front edges not so much.

1. Thanks! Good to be back.
2. Eh, linen, wtf you gonna do

 

[Ds13]

I really need to up my photography game.

 

[venividivicibj]

Denim shirt with a suit?

 

[Jamesgatz]

Or Chambray.