How long do you resist suit trends...if at all?

[spectre]

Hi,

First post and it may have been discussed before but I'll plunge on anyway.
I was wondering how many members are swayed by changes in suit styles, if it becomes apparent they are going to be around for a while and are not just transient.
I was thinking about this in view of the increasing popularity of high-stance two-button slim fit suits after years of the ubiquitous three-button.
How long do you hold out for - or do you ignore gradual changes and remain faithful to what you like.
For example, was there a period when three-buttons simply had to dominate your wardrobe after two-buttons lost favor in the early to mid nineties - and are you now thinking those might need to be phased out and be replaced by the new sillhouette.
Please tell me all my three-button (all rolled to 2.5) MTM Corneliani suits and odd jackets are not going to be obsolete soon.

Thanks for any interest in advance

 

[NoVaguy]

if you wear traditional suits with traditional lapels and traditional buttoning points, you don't have to worry about trends.

 

[Aureus]

You'll find that most people here never cared about those 'trends' in the first place.

 

[Jovan]

I think the only trend I like which has come back around many times is narrower lapels and ties from the late 1950s/early 1960s. Of course, I find nothing wrong with normal width at all, as it's actually preferable for my build anyways. I can't stand the super wide lapels from the 1970s though.

 

[DocHolliday]

Three-buttons tend to be particularly timeless because they're largely immune to the trends in button stance that date many two-buttons. (There was a period when exceptionally high-buttoning threes were popular, but that was the exception rather than the rule.)

 

[DandySF]

With new purchases I try to nudge the details forward a bit, just to keep things fresh. I avoid going too deep into any one particular style or set of details. Invariably what I favored ten years ago differs somewhat from what I like today.

 

[broady]

Will higher gorges ever go out, do you think?

 

[DocHolliday]

Anything extreme will eventually go out. I imagine in the day of the very low gorge, some wondered if the higher gorge was forever doomed.

 

[Bergdorf Goodwill]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Anything extreme will eventually go out. I imagine in the day of the very low gorge, some wondered if the higher gorge was forever doomed.

They probably didn't fret via BBS, though. Perhaps they Telneted into a MUSH/MUCK/MUD and let their concerns play out in that arena.

 

[StevenRocks]

I've found that if you're really serious about being stylish, you don't want to be the guy in the trendy suit.

 

[spectre]

Originally Posted by broady

Will higher gorges ever go out, do you think?

Can we ever be plunged back into LA Law land?

 

[Jovan]

Originally Posted by broady

Will higher gorges ever go out, do you think?
Yes... too extreme of anything eventually goes out.

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by broady

Will higher gorges ever go out, do you think?

You mean like Attolini & Borrelli do? I don't think so. To me, it's what looks the best. When I put on older suits with somewhat lower gorges they don't look right. I'll never go back.

 

[Get Smart]

I've always liked a very specific cut to my suits and have been wearing such for the past 12 years when I bought myself my first suit, and therefore will sometimes be "in" and then "out" but it's what I always wear and look for. Currently, I happen to be "in", but I'm sure within a couple years I'll be back "out".

 

[mack11211]

If you want to get an idea of what will last, look at old pictures and try to see what has lasted.

I grew up looking at old advertisements and picking through racks of vintage clothing.

Nothing lasts exactly, but some things last for a very long time. For an adult man, if you can wear an item for 20 or 30 years, it's like a lifetime. Most suits will physically wear out in a decade of normal wear, depending on how you wear your suit, how and how often you dry clean it (in general: avoid!), and how you store it, but tweeds can literally last a lifetime.

Three rolling to two is an extremely durable style, assuming the lapels are decently shaped and proportioned.