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

[SYCSYC]

A winterish combination of brown, blue and grey (the shirt) today...










SuitSupply
Charles Tyrwhitt
Café Coton
The tie bar
Meermin

 

[upr_crust]



It's not a "strongly held opinion", I was just surprised. (Btw it's "Chacun ses goûts".)

Americans learn the phrase from the lyrics of the operetta "Die Fledermaus", and Prince Orlovsky sings "Chacun a son gout" - I will blame it on poetic license.

 

[Mr. Six]



@Mr. Six
 interesting tie. Cappelli? Seems to me to give off a distinctly retro vibe.

Cappelli indeed. From a batch of wool challis that I don't think has made it t the site. I agree, it's a bit mid-century in patten and color. Not an everyday tie, but I like it quite a bit.

 

[DiplomaticTies]

This is as conservative as I get.

Suit: Fallan & Harvey
Shirt: Charvet
Tie: Sam Hober
PS: Poszetka
Shoes: C&J
Watch: Tusenö

 

[ericgereghty]

Cappelli indeed. From a batch of wool challis that I don't think has made it t the site. I agree, it's a bit mid-century in patten and color. Not an everyday tie, but I like it quite a bit.

Hmmm, I think I would have pegged it as a raw silk, or something similar, due to its (seemingly) porous nature. Very interesting to know it's a challis...also to serve as a reminder that I need to dip my toe back into the Cappelli waters.

Well worn, as always

 

[Mr. Six]

^ Well, Patrizio called it a challis. I'm just repeating his description. There could be a translation issue of course. It is more loosely woven than other challis I have. But definitely wool--quite soft and airy though.

 

[An Acute Style]

Country attire. New to me jacket. PRL barleycorn 3/2 roll, triple patch pockets, leather buttons, suede elbow patches, lapped seams, throat latch, half belt and action back. It's a bit on the long side, but what more could I ask for? I think a smaller knot would have been better here.

 

[am55]

Americans learn the phrase from the lyrics of the operetta "Die Fledermaus", and Prince Orlovsky sings "Chacun a son gout" - I will blame it on poetic license.

Perhaps slightly more idiomatic, at least to this Frenchman, would be "les gouts et les couleurs..." (I've almost never heard the second half "ne se discutent pas" spoken, it would be used to admonish a child perhaps) although the expression seems to root in Plutarch (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/de_gustibus_non_est_disputandum). I've never heard someone say de gustibus in conversation, although have seen it written a couple times.

Chacun ses gouts has a slight dismissive tone to it ("tasteless peasants do what they like"); les gouts et les couleurs may have been originally meant by Caesar to put down the outspoken critic, but it feels more like an admission of the subjectivity of taste these days.

"YMMV"

 

[Coxsackie]

Cardigan pattern and pocket square origami too matchy-matchy.







OK, I'm just kidding.

 

[StanleyVanBuren]

 

[Mr. Six]

 

[EFV]

WIWY:

 

[upr_crust]

Today's choice of attire was determined by the Friday Challenge. The theme is "Laurence Fellows", the men's fashion illustrator active during the 30's and 40's. The assignment is to take one of his illustrations as an inspiration for one's attire. Below is my interpretation.

Suit & shirt - BB MTM
Tie & PS - BB
Cufflinks - British Museum
Vintage watch chain
Shoes - C & J
Topcoat - Turnbull & Asser
Hat - Selentino, via JJ Hat Center
Scarf - Paul Stuart

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The Laurence Fellows illustration, and my take on it:

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[DonCologne]

 

[doomx]

A bit out of the norm today. Colors don't show it but this is actually a suit.