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

[bernoulli]

Double breasting and a very weird angle. That is what I get for asking random people to take some pics.

 

[An Acute Style]

Something slightly simpler today. Wash n wear suit with madras shirt.

 

[Betelgeuse]

Hola!

 

[Thin White Duke]

Yeah what you and @An Acute Style said drove me to the webs to better understand what you are talking about. I found this https://putthison.com/a-guide-to-spring-and-summer-trousers/

I’m trying to better understand the differences between the two. Is it the fit, drape, materials, or something else that makes one more appropriate than another?

I have lost some weight and muscle recently which is making my shirts and pants fit less than ideal for the time being.

Yeah there used to a fella who posted frequently on here - I can’t remember his handle and he’s not posted in some time - receding hair, Warby Parker glasses, always with a face mask during the pandemic. I think he was a small town college prof of English - he used to make the mistake of frequently posting pics with formal top halves - often navy blazer, pressed shirt, tie, etc., along with baggy, saggy, frayed cotton chinos. I think towards the end of his posting period he finally got some more formal wool strides and vastly improved the overall look and silhouette … then he disappeared!
Anyway the point has been laboured by now so good luck on your search!

 

[An Acute Style]

Yeah there used to a fella who posted frequently on here - I can’t remember his handle and he’s not posted in some time - receding hair, Warby Parker glasses, always with a face mask during the pandemic. I think he was a small town college prof of English - he used to make the mistake of frequently posting pics with formal top halves - often navy blazer, pressed shirt, tie, etc., along with baggy, saggy, frayed cotton chinos. I think towards the end of his posting period he finally got some more formal wool strides and vastly improved the overall look and silhouette … then he disappeared!
Anyway the point has been laboured by now so good luck on your search!

@LiteraryBotany Maybe?

 

[NORE]

Unsolicited advice. These videos leave much to be desired. You have a monopoly on videos of this type. Probably for a good reason. Snap a few stills in the process and maybe stand up for the videos.

Understood. I appreciate the feedback!

 

[dapperdesertdweller]

@An Acute Style I’m digging the exploration man, being born in the 90s, the colour block shirt you had on a few days ago really spoke to me! As you have stated I also grew up around that 80s-90s Southern Ivy & Trad style, especially at Sunday church & football games, very cool to see a modern take on it.

 

[dapperclassic]

Navy linen

 

[Thin White Duke]

@LiteraryBotany Maybe?

Yes! Thanks that’s the fella!

 

[NORE]

Navy linen this evening:

 

[blewnote1]

Navy linen this evening:

So this is only the second video of yours I've opened (have yet to make it all the way through one because they're just a total turn off), and I only opened it because I thought maybe you'd taken the advice you'd gotten under consideration. But I see you haven't.

I think AnAcuteStyle said it more diplomatically than I am, but these videos are just weird. The medium is fine (although stills seem to be the preferred medium here), but the first person perspective videos of your feet/crotch/neck area are, for lack of a better word, bizarre.

I think your fits are probably fine or maybe even good/great, but let us appreciate them from the vantage point of not you.

 

[Zerase]

Navy linen this evening:

There is a reason no one here posts videos. People cannot be arsed about watching someone filming themselves the way you do. We just scroll and comment on what we like and dislike. Get yourself a mirror and pop some pics.

 

[Brennenman]

The weather in NYC has remained remarkably pleasant over the last several days (a trend soon to be ended with heat arriving by Friday). However, making sartorial hay while the sun is shining and it's not overly warm and humid, I am dressed today for the annual Frick Museum garden party. In years past, when the mansion has been open, the greenery and the open lawn facing Central Park has inspired very colorful attire on the parts of the attendees, but, in its temporary home in the former Whitney Museum, the sunken garden space is much more urban and much less green.

I was of two minds about what to wear this evening. I have included a photo of an ensemble which I had originally thought would work with the pink linen waistcoat, my intended centerpiece for today's attire, but, against cream linen, I thought that the pink was too vibrant, and that it needed to be seen against a much darker background, hence the suit with which I've chosen for this evening's party.

The pink linen waistcoat is from Ede & Ravenscroft

The cream linen ensemble:

Suit - Brooks Brothers
Shirt - Brooks Brothers
Tie - no name brand
Cufflinks - Deakin & Francis, via Scully & Scully, NYC
Pocket square - Seaward & Stearns, UK
Vintage watch chain

The navy stripe suit:

Suit - New & Lingwood
Shirt - Brooks Brothers
Tie - Paul Stuart
Cufflinks - Deakin & Francis, via Scully & Scully, NYC
Braces - Paul Stuart
Pocket square - Harvie & Hudson, London
Vintage watch chain
Shoes - Bergdorf Goodman house brand

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I’m always such a fan of your outfits, the fir is always spot on! And I need to get a suit like that!

 

[sugarbutch]

The weather in NYC has remained remarkably pleasant over the last several days (a trend soon to be ended with heat arriving by Friday). However, making sartorial hay while the sun is shining and it's not overly warm and humid, I am dressed today for the annual Frick Museum garden party. In years past, when the mansion has been open, the greenery and the open lawn facing Central Park has inspired very colorful attire on the parts of the attendees, but, in its temporary home in the former Whitney Museum, the sunken garden space is much more urban and much less green.

I was of two minds about what to wear this evening. I have included a photo of an ensemble which I had originally thought would work with the pink linen waistcoat, my intended centerpiece for today's attire, but, against cream linen, I thought that the pink was too vibrant, and that it needed to be seen against a much darker background, hence the suit with which I've chosen for this evening's party.

The pink linen waistcoat is from Ede & Ravenscroft

The cream linen ensemble:

Suit - Brooks Brothers
Shirt - Brooks Brothers
Tie - no name brand
Cufflinks - Deakin & Francis, via Scully & Scully, NYC
Pocket square - Seaward & Stearns, UK
Vintage watch chain

The navy stripe suit:

Suit - New & Lingwood
Shirt - Brooks Brothers
Tie - Paul Stuart
Cufflinks - Deakin & Francis, via Scully & Scully, NYC
Braces - Paul Stuart
Pocket square - Harvie & Hudson, London
Vintage watch chain
Shoes - Bergdorf Goodman house brand

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Please try the pink and cream combo soon!

 

[upr_crust]

I’m always such a fan of your outfits, the fir is always spot on! And I need to get a suit like that!

Thank you for the compliment - imitation is indeed the highest form of flattery.

Please try the pink and cream combo soon!

Will do - I have the Met Opera on Tuesday - perhaps then . . .

The weather in NYC is going to be quite hot this afternoon, but I am having lunch with a friend who is sartorially driven, so a suit is de rigeur. Today's suit was next in rotation, and despite its initial appearance, it is totally unlined and in a breathable fabric, so we'll see if it works out as well as a linen or seersucker suit.

Included in this posting are a few selfies from the Frick Garden Party of last Wednesday, since people seem to be interested in seeing my attire "in the wild", as it were.

Suit - Paul Stuart/Phineas Cole
Shirt & cufflinks - Brooks Brothers
Tie, braces & shoes - Paul Stuart
Pocket square - Seaward and Stearn

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