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How to dress well in CM without standing out too much

radicaldog

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BTW, who made this suit? I noticed it has a frogmouth lapel.

And what's the watch?

My tailor in Italy (can DM you the details but the only foreign travel he does is to Luxembourg for some reason). I've been getting frogmouth lapels on all my SBs for the last few years, all in a single-button configuration. I find it keeps it a bit more modern. Maybe I'm delusional.

Watch is G-Shock DW-5000-1JF.
 

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Here's a deep cut from very advanced dresser Guido Wongolini, skilfully dressing down a worsted glen check coat, part of a suit, with jeans.

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Here's Wongolini pulling-off a pinstripe coat with jeans.

Maybe it's because I miss travelling so much, but I like how this look evokes a living-out-of-a-suitcase nonchalance.

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Here's Wongolini pulling-off a pinstripe coat with jeans.

Maybe it's because I miss travelling so much, but I like how this look evokes a living-out-of-a-suitcase nonchalance.

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That looks fairly nice to me but I would like it much better with a t-shirt instead of a shirt--otherwise it almost looks like the half suits Flusser wears sometimes. And that pocket square just needs to go. It immediately identifies him as a recovering iGent.
 

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I dig that fit. Also looks natural in that environment.

Here's another sneaker fit, although not designed to blend into the environment. This is Greg James in a yellow gabardine Edward Sexton suit. T-shirt by Hemen Biarritz; sneakers by Converse.


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A similar suit Sexton cut for Tommy Nutter/ Mick Jagger


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Fail..a fail so massive it's almost gone to another dimension and succeeded in being stylish. Plus Greg is talentless twat.
 

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Because of deviation from the mode.

and what is that mode?

By that logic, the wearing of classic menswear will de facto make someone stand out, without even trying to figure out what “stand out too much” means.

certainly if one is going to the hardware store on Sunday to buy something, a sport coat would be too much. But with a couple of hours to kill before dinner and in a department store?

I mentioned earlier that context is key. There are certainly times when one can be overdressed and draw attention, desirable or otherwise, to himself. But if the default mode is to wearing joggers and sneakers and to blend in, why are we even here?
 

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By that logic, the wearing of classic menswear will de facto make someone stand out, without even trying to figure out what “stand out too much” means.

I think this is exactly the issue. And what this thread is talking about is how to wear tailoring/CM without standing out “too much”. The people posting here don’t want to give up and devolve into sweats, but at the same time don’t want to be totally obvious. I don’t think it’s really all that hard to understand.
 

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Here's Wongolini pulling-off a pinstripe coat with jeans.

Maybe it's because I miss travelling so much, but I like how this look evokes a living-out-of-a-suitcase nonchalance.

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Honestly he's not really pulling anything off. Looks like an orphaned and out-of-place suit jacket worn, like you said, out of a suitcase.
 

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I think that Jung Young Hun also strikes the balance.

Again we see soft tailoring, less refined cloths, desaturated colours, and “mixing high with low”.

Hun is a fit guy and his clothes are cut for comfort with a lot of drape.

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and what is that mode?

By that logic, the wearing of classic menswear will de facto make someone stand out, without even trying to figure out what “stand out too much” means.

certainly if one is going to the hardware store on Sunday to buy something, a sport coat would be too much. But with a couple of hours to kill before dinner and in a department store?

I mentioned earlier that context is key. There are certainly times when one can be overdressed and draw attention, desirable or otherwise, to himself. But if the default mode is to wearing joggers and sneakers and to blend in, why are we even here?

The bar for dressing is pretty low now and has been for some time. Combine that with the impression that wearing CM is perceived as dressing well, and you are an outlier.

This happens to me as well. I just roll with it.
 

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The bar for dressing is pretty low now and has been for some time. Combine that with the impression that wearing CM is perceived as dressing well, and you are an outlier.

This happens to me as well. I just roll with it.
I still get treated noticeably better when wearing a suit. I love the formality as well.
 

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