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

[TheoProf]

At my inlaws in Indianapolis and heading to a Good Friday Tenebrae Service.
BB linen/cotton blazer
BB pinpoint Oxford
Nieman Marcus knit tie
Lands End chinos
AE Jeffersons
AE belt

 

[Isolation]

Tweeeeeeed

 

[Tom Miler]

^ Strong stuff indeed, but nicely balanced in this combo.

What cloth is the suit made from, may I ask? It's very luxurious.

Thanks a lot! We think that the cloth comes from the 60s. It is approx. 600g/running meter. The only label it carried was "Made in England".
You can read more about the suit here -->
http://tommiler.com/2016/02/beautiful-ghent-and-pow-vintage-three-piece-suit/

(I hope it's OK to paste the link

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[jcmeyer]

Hell yeah, Iso.

 

[Citan1145]

Wondering if I went a little to far in the shirt/tie/jacket pairing. I wore light grey flannels and brown Strands on the bottom so nothing too fancy there. Re: the earlier subject of the DressedWell forum, I found that I had a few pictures on that thread as well, one was a pretty ghastly photography disaster, one was a jacket that just didn't fit right but was by no means embarrassing, and the other was a blue blazer with a grey wool tie that, although uninspired, did not seem horrible to me. Regardless, other than a comment on one of the jackets not fitting right, the critiques on that thread are not very constructive and tend to be rather demeaning or presumptuous of people's life conditions or mental status or self-worth. For instance, why was my combo so egregious? Constructive feedback would be nice and just posting pictures without any commentary isn't the best way to make people dress better. Though i am not sure that is the point of that thread.

Regardless, I hope I don't bring the quality down too much here. Enjoy your holiday those who celebrate.

 

[sugarbutch]

I like everything but the shirt, Citan.

 

[usctrojans31]

@chocsosa nice to see a fit where you're not looking particularly murdery.

 

[DiplomaticTies]

Tweeeeeeed

Nice combo. I think that the marked shoulders work very well with tweed, falls neatly in a long Savile Row tradition. However, looks like your right shoulder is more structured (possibly even roped) than the left. Or is it just the light?

 

[Coxsackie]

@Tom Miler , as soon as I saw those photos, I wondered whether that was a vintage fabric. They just don't weave 'em like that any more, do they!

Here's a suit I inherited from my father. I guess it's likely from the late 60s or early 70s. The cloth has similar colours and complexity to yours.

And from where, might you ask, was this wondrously complex fabric sourced?




The suit itself is from a Viennese tailoring house. My guess is that it was made as a bespoke piece for my father.



For your information, the suit is a two-piece, total weight 1.9kg. If there's (say) 3 metres of cloth in there, and allowing for the weight of lining and canvas, I guess the fabric weight would be around 500-550g/m2. Heavy and warm, certainly; but somehow it still breathes well.

 

[Isolation]

Nice combo. I think that the marked shoulders work very well with tweed, falls neatly in a long Savile Row tradition. However, looks like your right shoulder is more structured (possibly even roped) than the left. Or is it just the light?

Yes I do like how the shoulder works here. This is a different tailor than my other jackets, and this tailor tried to deal with my significant shoulder drop with more padding and roping, while the other one allows the jacket shoulder to conform with my slope/drop instead of adding more padding, so in this case you will see a bit more of it. They're two ways of dealing with a problem and presumably neither does it perfectly, but I don't mind it here at all, especially when I don't mind a stronger look here, especially with the hacking and ticket pockets. With softer shoulder and patch pockets perhaps the other method is more suitable.

 

[justinkapur]

Ring
Zegna
Panta
Godard

 

[Braddock]

 

[Roy Al]

Have decided to wear this suit to night's vigil, but had it been better with light blue shirt instead of this cream?

 

[Tom Miler]

@Tom Miler , as soon as I saw those photos, I wondered whether that was a vintage fabric. They just don't weave 'em like that any more, do they!

Here's a suit I inherited from my father. I guess it's likely from the late 60s or early 70s. The cloth has similar colours and complexity to yours.

And from where, might you ask, was this wondrously complex fabric sourced?




The suit itself is from a Viennese tailoring house. My guess is that it was made as a bespoke piece for my father.



For your information, the suit is a two-piece, total weight 1.9kg. If there's (say) 3 metres of cloth in there, and allowing for the weight of lining and canvas, I guess the fabric weight would be around 500-550g/m2. Heavy and warm, certainly; but somehow it still breathes well.

Indeed they don't make them like that any more. The looms are different now and such cloths will never come back.... I am very privileged to have a collection of couple dozens coupons of such fabrics. These are few coupons that I acquired recently:



First one from the left is 100% cashmere. The next three are all wool, very similar in texture and weight to the one I presented (~600g). The most interesting one that I plan to use this winter is the lavender/purple/pinkish one on the right. It is incredible because from the distance it changes color to "glowing gray". I fell in love with it so much that I kinda regret that summer is coming

And your father's suit fabric is Reid&Taylor. That is world's top league The lack of modesty on their tag inside the suit are no empty words I have a coupon of striped mohair made by them that I plan to use this summer (looking into turning it into a DB suit). I think it can be my perfect summer suit as it is not light but the weave is open so I hope for some air inside.

 

[winghus]

Zegna
JWN
Panta
Drakes

Would this work with a silk version of this tie? I like the jacket and have one virtually identical in color/pattern. I also have a silk neat tie in a very close shade of rust (on my monitor at least).