thedavidstarr
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Climate change may affect this. More lighter weight 3 season items. Or more spring summer pieces
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. . and if that is not enough, buy a 3 season weight and a winter weight (might as well be comfortable). Then confuse people by having different buttons on the two weights. If you like tweed and live in cooler climates, buy one that really appeals to you.You can own just one, a solid navy sport coat, and it would be fine.
Climate change may affect this. More lighter weight 3 season items. Or more spring summer pieces
Reminds me of this news story from 2014 where an Aussie news anchor wore the same suit for a year and no one seemed to notice. He was pointing out the different rules women are held to.
Australian TV host wears same suit for a year and nobody notices
An Australian TV presenter says he wore the same blue suit for 12 months as part of stunt to highlight sexism - nobody notices.www.bbc.com
Climate change cuts both ways re crazy winters so plan accordinglyClimate change may affect this. More lighter weight 3 season items. Or more spring summer pieces
HaI have 12 sport coats currently and have recently sold one.
Even before COVID I had little call to wear a sport coat. I work for myself and when my wife and I have events (2 to 3 a year) I usually wear a suit.
Do I have a disease?
I also have 7 suits and a formal tux, again with rare need to wear.
I do have a disease!
Please don't ask how many dress shirts I have....
I believe the man’s sport coat is the equivalent of a women’s purse. Even though I try to minimize the things I take with me. My sport coat usually carries my phone, car FOB, comb, fountain pen, wallet (never in my back pocket) and a small coin purse. In my pants I carry a small pocket knife and folded bills in a money clip. Getting to how many, I have my summer sport coats and winter sport coats. Depending on the season, one batch is readily available while the non-seasonal batch await in the basement storage closet until their time. I also cover a variety of materials like leather, cotton, linen, Faux leather, etc. And of course, I have them by colors; Navy, beige, browns, greens. In all I have about 25. Broken down by season it’s about 12 or 13. I realize this is a bit much, and I’m controlling myself from getting more and also getting rid of the ones showing excessive wear, but I so agree with Joe Schmoe’s comment that “He wears clothes that fit well and look well put together, which make him look better than 90% of office workers and tries to brighten everyone's day by looking good and show the world that you care about your appearance.” That is also my mantra. And yes, I frequently receive stupid comments like “going to a job interview”, “where’s the party” but I also get those pleasant comments about how well dress I look (usually from women who comment on how they wish their husband would dress better).
It’s not so much how many you need to own but how many you’ll regularly wear. I have about 15, but for various reasons (formality, comfort, ease of pairing, the fact that my weight fluctuates, etc.) only 3 or 4 of them are in regular rotation. The rest just sit there in my closet, wondering what they did wrong.
Anyhoo, there’s no need to own this many. Just have enough that you can afford to rest and air them regularly and you’ll be fine. Very few people will notice or care if you’re cycling through the same few sport coats. The only time I’ve ever noticed anyone overwearing an item of clothing is when my best friend showed up at the pub in the same sport coat about a dozen times on the trot, and I only noticed because I gave it to him and I knew it was the only one he owned. Nobody else would give a crap.
Great post and advice!I believe the man’s sport coat is the equivalent of a women’s purse. Even though I try to minimize the things I take with me. My sport coat usually carries my phone, car FOB, comb, fountain pen, wallet (never in my back pocket) and a small coin purse. In my pants I carry a small pocket knife and folded bills in a money clip. Getting to how many, I have my summer sport coats and winter sport coats. Depending on the season, one batch is readily available while the non-seasonal batch await in the basement storage closet until their time. I also cover a variety of materials like leather, cotton, linen, Faux leather, etc. And of course, I have them by colors; Navy, beige, browns, greens. In all I have about 25. Broken down by season it’s about 12 or 13. I realize this is a bit much, and I’m controlling myself from getting more and also getting rid of the ones showing excessive wear, but I so agree with Joe Schmoe’s comment that “He wears clothes that fit well and look well put together, which make him look better than 90% of office workers and tries to brighten everyone's day by looking good and show the world that you care about your appearance.” That is also my mantra. And yes, I frequently receive stupid comments like “going to a job interview”, “where’s the party” but I also get those pleasant comments about how well dress I look (usually from women who comment on how they wish their husband would dress better).