MC General Chat

[dieworkwear]

"No one wears suits anymore," a man smugly said to himself, not knowing his jacket was tucked into his butt

 

[patrickBOOTH]

I love when I see a man in the wild with the basting stitches still holding vents together, and/or the brand label on the sleeve. I appreciate the effort.

 

[mak1277]

I love when I see a man in the wild with the basting stitches still holding vents together, and/or the brand label on the sleeve. I appreciate the effort.

I think this is what urban dictionary has as the definition of "sprezzatura" isn't it?

 

[Van Veen]

I love when I see a man in the wild with the basting stitches still holding vents together, and/or the brand label on the sleeve. I appreciate the effort.

I believe that leaving the sleeve label is actually a thing for some people, like leaving stickers on baseball caps. Leaving in basting screams "this is my first suit," though.

 

[smittycl]

I think it’s basically a mistake. That said, I always leave the label on my scarves. Otherwise who will know that I not only have the taste but the coin to wear cashmere from Drake’s, Begg, Zegna and such?

 

[Bromley]

 

[norMD]

When Simon Crompton tries to give style advice on a budget:

1: Buy only 1 watch. Like a Cartier Tank @ 6000 GBP
2: You could pass on bespoke shirts
3: Buy shoes from Edward Green or Saint Crispins
4: Spend money on altering RTW pants
5: Buy bespoke
6: Buy bespoke
7: Buy classics
8: Once a year spend twice as much as normal
9: Buy only 1 pair of jeans
10: Buy cheap, but good quality underwear.

All in all i would say 4, 7 and 10 could be call budget advice. The rest I think shows how easy it is get used to spending ridiculous amounts on luxury items and actually believe they are necessities of life.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Doesn't he get 99% of his stuff for free?

I have heard him say alter RTW pants. Spoken from a person who is a spindle this makes sense. One of the major reasons I went bespoke is because of pants. When you have knocked-knees, or bow legs RTW will never fall correctly.

Passing on bespoke shirts is also dumb advice, IMO. 98% of the reason I get bespoke shirts is for the collar and 2% is proper sleeve length. To get a good collar from a RTW shirt you will likely spend more money than buying a bespoke shirt. Also, not all men have a perfect neck to arm ratio. Finding RTW shirts with my sleeve length is next to impossible.

Everything else I agree with.

 

[clee1982]

When Simon Crompton tries to give style advice on a budget:

1: Buy only 1 watch. Like a Cartier Tank @ 6000 GBP
2: You could pass on bespoke shirts
3: Buy shoes from Edward Green or Saint Crispins
4: Spend money on altering RTW pants
5: Buy bespoke
6: Buy bespoke
7: Buy classics
8: Once a year spend twice as much as normal
9: Buy only 1 pair of jeans
10: Buy cheap, but good quality underwear.

All in all i would say 4, 7 and 10 could be call budget advice. The rest I think shows how easy it is get used to spending ridiculous amounts on luxury items and actually believe they are necessities of life.

well you can argue he start the shoe part from Crockett Jones...

 

[clee1982]

I thought RTW shirts is decently easy enough to find if you just try A LOT brand, same with pants. Though to me even jacket I can get pretty good from RTW...

 

[beargonefishing]

A Budget watch is 6000GBP? The ****?

 

[Van Veen]

When Simon Crompton tries to give style advice on a budget:

1: Buy only 1 watch. Like a Cartier Tank @ 6000 GBP
2: You could pass on bespoke shirts
3: Buy shoes from Edward Green or Saint Crispins
4: Spend money on altering RTW pants
5: Buy bespoke
6: Buy bespoke
7: Buy classics
8: Once a year spend twice as much as normal
9: Buy only 1 pair of jeans
10: Buy cheap, but good quality underwear.

All in all i would say 4, 7 and 10 could be call budget advice. The rest I think shows how easy it is get used to spending ridiculous amounts on luxury items and actually believe they are necessities of life.

Earlier this year, my mom said she’d never spent more than $100 on a pair of shoes. My parents are not poor by any means; they retired in solidly white collar, management level jobs. It is funny how distorted your perspective can become.

 

[smittycl]

Check out Voxsartoria's comments on this on Twitter. Pretty funny.

 

[circumspice]

Jeans with pleats are never not funny

 

[bry2000]

I don’t read the PS blog, so I don’t know its particulars. But if you google the term “tone deaf”, you are forwarded to that blog posting.