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

[arnathor]

How many users here use a tripod and dSLR?

 

[Claghorn]

None of us.

 

[An Acute Style]

How many users here use a tripod and dSLR?

I do.

 

[upr_crust]



How many users here use a tripod and dSLR?

DSLR - no; Tripod - yes, with a Canon G1X.

 

[justinkapur]

Hopefully this fit makes up for the train wreck I posted on Tuesday

 

[in stitches]



Keep the jacket and tobacco monks but team them with white shirt and pocket square, charcoal tie and grey wool pants several shades between tie and jacket.

i think gray trousers with that jacket will be more likely to fail than succeed. also, thats a lot of gray. i think the white pants were the right choice, especially in summer.

How many users here use a tripod and dSLR?

i wish i did.

 

[notjustties]

7.24.2014

Today, I've tried to choose a fitting PS.

Suitsupply
Luxire
EG Cappelli
Vanda
Prime Shoes

 

[in stitches]

New Friday Challenge is up. Summer Ties!!!


http://www.styleforum.net/t/406098/summer-tie-friday-challenge-7-24-2014/0_20

 

[luv2breformed]

Kulata, Red Devil - killing it.

I had to give a lecture to some visiting Chinese surgeons today, so I decided to break out a special suit.

In line with recent advice from respected co-contributors, I toned everything else down. Hence, plain white oxford-weave shirt; plain white Irish linen square in a TV fold; shoes are a little outré but only if you look at them carefully.

Apologies for crappy pic quality - taken at dusk.

Big thanks to @conradwu for the shantung tie, @Henry Carter for the square, and @steveyoo1983 (Gentleman's Footwear) for the lizard monkstraps.

I have a few suggestions, but I'd like to point out they are all minor. I think toning everything down works well here.

1. As is, I would suggest a brick red tie rather than brown. Given the brown of the suit, making the tie brown as well is sort of losing me in a sea of brown. I think a brick red tie remains in the palette by picking up on the overcheck, is still subtle and a "standard" choice, and breaks up the jacket and tie a bit in terms of color. I think the overall effect would be positive.

2. You may reconsider the white spread collar with this suit. Brown jacket or trousers typically looks better with a blue shirt to begin with, but add to the fact that this fabric is so rustic and I think blue would do a lot better. I would prefer a blue ocbd to the white spread collar here, and I don't even really like ocbd with a suit to begin with. If you swapped

3. Given the above (point 2), I would prefer cream silk to white linen for the square.

 

[SeaJen]

Cooler than yesterday, but still cotton/linen jacket and pants.

 

[The Noodles]

I do not understand why everyone does not post up full fit pix. You can make all the excuses in the world but if I was able to do it then anybody can do it on their phones. I am not too fond of these close up shots with no full fit pix.

@kulata
You look awesome today. My favorite fit from your thus far

 

[in stitches]



I do not understand why everyone does not post up full fit pix. You can make all the excuses in the world but if I was able to do it then anybody can do it on their phones. I am not too fond of these close up shots with no full fit pix.   

Ideally, everyone should post professional quality full fit pics, but realistically, its not that simple. Id rather a nice top block and bottom block pic, than a crappy, poorly lit, wrongly angled, dirty mirror, full pic.

Also, this topic has been talked to death already. But its slow lately, so what the hell.

 

[An Acute Style]

Ideally, everyone should post professional quality full fit pics, but realistically, its not that simple. Id rather a nice top block and bottom block pic, than a crappy, poorly lit, wrongly angled, dirty mirror, full pic.

Also, this topic has been talked to death already. But its slow lately, so what the hell.

Maybe someone should create a tutorial about how to take menswear selfies. Looking at you Noodles.

 

[Coxsackie]

I have a few suggestions, but I'd like to point out they are all minor. I think toning everything down works well here.

1. As is, I would suggest a brick red tie rather than brown. Given the brown of the suit, making the tie brown as well is sort of losing me in a sea of brown. I think a brick red tie remains in the palette by picking up on the overcheck, is still subtle and a "standard" choice, and breaks up the jacket and tie a bit in terms of color. I think the overall effect would be positive.

2. You may reconsider the white spread collar with this suit. Brown jacket or trousers typically looks better with a blue shirt to begin with, but add to the fact that this fabric is so rustic and I think blue would do a lot better. I would prefer a blue ocbd to the white spread collar here, and I don't even really like ocbd with a suit to begin with. If you swapped

3. Given the above (point 2), I would prefer cream silk to white linen for the square.

I nearly did wear a bright red tie, but the only one I had was a knit, which didn't quite work with this suit IMHO. I also tried some repps, but they made the fit too busy overall and I wanted to keep things simple, which is also why I avoided the blue shirt on this occasion.

I have in fact previously worn this suit with a light blue shirt, and it was OK but not stellar. The suit is not really brown; it's red and another colour which is half way between maroon and purple. The brown tie did actually provide some contrast. Maybe not enough, but some.

I don't have a cream silk square.

 

[The Noodles]

Helpful tips on taking self portraits on your own:
1. Install an app that has a timer or a speech recognition. My phone has a speech recognition so when I am in the right spot, I say the commands and the camera shoots.

2. Make sure that your phone is standing straight up. When leaning your camera/phone against something, make sure that it is not tilted. If you are having trouble keeping your phone/camera straight up, use the wall or a paper cup (cut out).

3. Position your camera/phone so that it is aiming towards your chest when taking full shots.

4. Sunlight is always better than artificial(?) light. Standing in direct sunlight is not advisable.

This has worked for me. It is a bit of a hassle. My apologies for beating a dead horse. I didn't know that it had been discussed so much.