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

[An Acute Style]

I like it

There's a button for that.

 

[Roycru]

Standing in front of the only surviving Brooks Brothers store in Los Angeles County, the itsy bitsy teenie weenie Brooks Brothers store in the Beverly Center.

Brooks Brothers Brookstweed jacket, PPBD shirt, and BB#1 stripe tie, Robert Talbott pocket square, Leather Man belt, L L Bean corduroy trousers, and Allen-Edmonds saddle shoes.

Yes, I know my hands are in my pockets. Hoping to start a new trend on Styleforum. Like almost all my hopes for the past four years it will probably turn out to be a false hope.

Walked from the Beverly Center to The Grove and back, stopping at DuPar's in the Farmer's Market to get a slice of apple pie to celebrate Pi Day (3.14) Better late than never. They ran out of forks yesterday so I have a spoon.

That's the Shaving Octopus Barber Shop behind me. Have never been there. Been going to Little Joe (on Wilshire and Camden) since the late seventies.

 

[ld111134]

@ld111134

You consistently show a strong sense of classical style. Great cuff links too.

Thank you!

 

[ld111134]

I don’t think there is a strong correlation between digits of pi known and success at math. Otherwise my top two pi reciters (214 and 253) would have much better grades in my class. I think it’s a good exercise in “you can do whatever you put your mind to”. If you can memorize 200 digits of pi, a seemingly random string of digits, why can’t you remember the double angle identities which are not random at all. Granted, I didn’t promise cookies for memorizing the double angle identities.

This documentary is for you. It’s fascinating. https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/fermats-last-theorem/

 

[ld111134]

Standing in front of the only surviving Brooks Brothers store in Los Angeles County, the itsy bitsy teenie weenie Brooks Brothers store in the Beverly Center.

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Brooks Brothers Brookstweed jacket, PPBD shirt, and BB#1 stripe tie, Robert Talbott pocket square, Leather Man belt, L L Bean corduroy trousers, and Allen-Edmonds saddle shoes.

Yes, I know my hands are in my pockets. Hoping to start a new trend on Styleforum. Like almost all my hopes for the past four years it will probably turn out to be a false hope.

Walked from the Beverly Center to The Grove and back, stopping at DuPar's in the Farmer's Market to get a slice of apple pie to celebrate Pi Day (3.14) Better late than never. They ran out of forks yesterday so I have a spoon.

That's the Shaving Octopus Barber Shop behind me. Have never been there. Been going to Little Joe (on Wilshire and Camden) since the late seventies.

I feel your pain.

Brooks Brothers was very popular in Chicago, where business dress tended towards the classic and conservative side. The beautiful stores on the Magnificent Mile, near the Chicago Board of Trade in the Loop and in the Oak Brook shopping center have all closed. The location in the Old Orchard shopping center is the only proper Brooks Brothers store in the area.

 

[An Acute Style]

This documentary is for you. It’s fascinating. https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/fermats-last-theorem/

Very cool. I've seen it many times.

 

[upr_crust]

The weather today in NYC is sunny and mild - a foretaste of spring in the last week of calendrical winter - and I have a lecture to attend early this evening at the Frick Madison, a perfect conjunction of weather and occasion for which to dress up a bit. Today's suit was something of a "love at first sight" acquisition - I fell for it immediately upon trying on the jacket, and its rust windowpane sent me on another shopping journey to acquire ties to coordinate.

The mildness of the weather encourages me to skip an overcoat for this evening, and I am indulging in a bit of experimentation, wearing the scarf inside my jacket as shown.

Suit - Paul Stuart/Phineas Cole
Shirt - Brooks Brothers
Tie - Charvet
Cufflinks - Benson & Clegg, London
Braces - Paul Stuart
Pocket square - Ashear
Boots - Grenson Masterpiece private label for Paul Stuart
Hat - Laird, London
Scarf - Ede & Ravenscroft

Spoiler

 

[An Acute Style]

Tartan and big collar roll. Probably should have worn black socks.

 

[Aramemnon]

Tartan and big collar roll. Probably should have worn black socks.
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Excellent! Who made the shirt?

 

[An Acute Style]

Excellent! Who made the shirt?

Thanks. Proper Cloth shirt.

 

[loarbmhs]

Standing in front of the only surviving Brooks Brothers store in Los Angeles County, the itsy bitsy teenie weenie Brooks Brothers store in the Beverly Center.

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Brooks Brothers Brookstweed jacket, PPBD shirt, and BB#1 stripe tie, Robert Talbott pocket square, Leather Man belt, L L Bean corduroy trousers, and Allen-Edmonds saddle shoes.

Yes, I know my hands are in my pockets. Hoping to start a new trend on Styleforum. Like almost all my hopes for the past four years it will probably turn out to be a false hope.

Walked from the Beverly Center to The Grove and back, stopping at DuPar's in the Farmer's Market to get a slice of apple pie to celebrate Pi Day (3.14) Better late than never. They ran out of forks yesterday so I have a spoon.

That's the Shaving Octopus Barber Shop behind me. Have never been there. Been going to Little Joe (on Wilshire and Camden) since the late seventies.

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Brooks Brothers lost their way nearly two decades ago. Such a same, for those of us who like understated, classic clothes. RIP, BB.

 

[ericgereghty]

Thanks. Proper Cloth shirt.

Is this the Soft Roma (I think that's the bigger BD) collar? Looks dern good. I don't like the SR cutaway, but think the overall dimensions would be great for a BD collar. Certainly when open necked, but looks good with a tie here, as well.

 

[ld111134]

Very cool. I've seen it many times.

I enjoyed the part where Wiles first presents his (faulty) proof at a conference using an anodyne title for his presentation.

 

[An Acute Style]

Is this the Soft Roma (I think that's the bigger BD) collar? Looks dern good. I don't like the SR cutaway, but think the overall dimensions would be great for a BD collar. Certainly when open necked, but looks good with a tie here, as well.

Yeah, Soft Roma BD. I initially thought it was too big. It's growing on me. I like it open with a jacket, but feel is too big to be worn open without a jacket. A bit unwieldy.

 

[monkey66]

Back in Somerset today.

The sun has said hello and whilst not warm yet (solid rain all day yesterday) there is a whiff of spring to enjoy. My silly socks are a reflection of that. I also thought they did an ok job of letting the chocolate brown cords and the Bordeaux shoes play nicely.

New to me Shibumi tie (a bit loose but I only noticed after the photo's and was not going to redo them) ...just about green enough for SPD?