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

[Roy Al]

Third trousers I commissioned from Whitcomb & Shaftesbury this time.
I am pretty happy with them, think they do good work - and for the price they are unbeatable

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[ericgereghty]

Fingers crossed that 2021 is the year you post a full body fit. ?

Careful what you wish for. I may mess around and do a full quarantine fit pic and break the forum...
Or at least end up on Vox’s Twitter

 

[TheVirt]

Haven't posted here in a while.
The rare checked shirt makes an appearance!

 

[upr_crust]

The weather in NYC today is sunny but cold, and I've layered up for what should be a chilly afternoon.

Included in this post is documentation of my chore for last evening - re-organizing my shoe closet. One never knows how much one owns until one tries to move it around.

Suit - Paul Stuart/Phineas Cole
Waistcoat - Ede & Ravenscroft
Shirt - Tyrwhitt
Tie - Zegna
Cufflinks - Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Braces - Paul Stuart
Pocket square and face mask - New & Lingwood
Shoes - Bergdorf Goodman house brand
Overcoat - Brooks Brothers
Scarf - Paul Stuart
Hat - Laird, London

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Spoiler: Shuffling the Shoe Closet . . .

 

[An Acute Style]

The weather in NYC today is sunny but cold, and I've layered up for what should be a chilly afternoon.

Included in this post is documentation of my chore for last evening - re-organizing my shoe closet. One never knows how much one owns until one tries to move it around.

Suit - Paul Stuart/Phineas Cole
Waistcoat - Ede & Ravenscroft
Shirt - Tyrwhitt
Tie - Zegna
Cufflinks - Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Braces - Paul Stuart
Pocket square and face mask - New & Lingwood
Shoes - Bergdorf Goodman house brand
Overcoat - Brooks Brothers
Scarf - Paul Stuart
Hat - Laird, London

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Spoiler: Shuffling the Shoe Closet . . .

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My word, that's a lot of shoes. Do you mind me asking how many pairs?

 

[upr_crust]

My word, that's a lot of shoes. Do you mind me asking how many pairs?

There are about 65 pairs of shoes/boots/sneakers as shown in the photos. There are a few pairs to be deaccessioned as the closet is over capacity.

 

[Miles R.]

Something familiar about this ad that showed up in my Facebook feed.

 

[An Acute Style]

Gray, pink and burgundy.

 

[Roycru]

A Spanish Colonial Revival tile stairway and me.

Brooks Brothers Brookstweed jacket and BB#1 stripe tie, L L Bean blue and white University stripe OCBD shirt and corduroy trousers, Thomas Pink pocket square, and Allen-Edmonds shoes.

Those of us who have had the good fortune to have lived most of our lives before the internet was invented can still remember when people buttoned their jackets any way they wanted.

Then the internet was invented and a gaggle of silly twits starting making up totally ridiculous "rules" about buttoning jackets.

Always remember your jackets are your property. You went to work to make the money to pay for your jackets and no one has the right to tell you how to button your jacket.

Here's yet another example from the Golden Era before the internet was invented. It's a picture I found on the PBS website in a slideshow related to the program, "The Unseen Alistair Cooke".

Here we can all see Alistair Cooke with only the bottom button buttoned on a three button jacket.

 

[gavspen]

There are about 65 pairs of shoes/boots/sneakers as shown in the photos. There are a few pairs to be deaccessioned as the closet is over capacity.

You're a grown up Upper, and will certainly live your life without interference from me, but if I may ask, How many of the 65 pairs are actually in the rotation with any frequency? More than, say half a dozen times a year? I've got about 22 pairs and some them havent seen the light of day in some considerable time!

 

[upr_crust]

You're a grown up Upper, and will certainly live your life without interference from me, but if I may ask, How many of the 65 pairs are actually in the rotation with any frequency? More than, say half a dozen times a year? I've got about 22 pairs and some them havent seen the light of day in some considerable time!

That's a fair question. I do try to wear things I've not worn in a while, and re-sorting the collection has jogged my memory as to what I actually own, but, yes, unless I become a millipede, I am not likely to wear the entire collection often. Some shoes are season-specific (the black/white spectators, etc.), which limits their usage, but some just get forgotten.

 

[An Acute Style]

That's a fair question. I do try to wear things I've not worn in a while, and re-sorting the collection has jogged my memory as to what I actually own, but, yes, unless I become a millipede, I am not likely to wear the entire collection often. Some shoes are season-specific (the black/white spectators, etc.), which limits their usage, but some just get forgotten.

One poster here wears several pairs of shoes per day. He apparently wears a pair to work, changes to a different pair when he gets home and then sometimes a third pair upon going out to run errands or go to dinner.

 

[gavspen]

One poster here wears several pairs of shoes per day. He apparently wears a pair to work, changes to a different pair when he gets home and then sometimes a third pair upon going out to run errands or go to dinner.

I confess that hadnt occurred to me, but you know, it makes sense to a degree. I myself wear sloppy sneakers around the house but will change into real shoes to go out. Sometimes. Haha.

 

[wildcat10]

One poster here wears several pairs of shoes per day. He apparently wears a pair to work, changes to a different pair when he gets home and then sometimes a third pair upon going out to run errands or go to dinner.

Today I wore suede chukkas for WFH, followed by sneakers for workout, followed by driving mocs for a relaxing evening at home. But certainly nothing as nice as what is in @upr_crust 's collection.

 

[dapperclassic]

Houndstooth, heavy cotton twill trousers, vintage tie