Pattern contest. Prize: Kent Wang pocket square.

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by Soph

For this contest I think those socks work Alan. Bold but they flow with the color scheme.


The socks are a natty touch.

 

[Kent Wang]

The deadline for submissions has passed. Manton will soon select the finalists and a poll will be opened.

I don't envy the judge's job for this contest. There are a huge number of entries, many of which are of high quality. I hope you don't get dizzy from staring at all those patterns.

 

[Manton]

This time I was allowed an upper limit of nine nominees, as opposed to six last time. And the nominees are:

Originally Posted by bigbris1

This is just great. Works against all the odds.

Originally Posted by Cravate_Noire

Great mixing of differently scaled stripes. Also the ratio of ground to figure in the tie design is just right. Perfect colors.

Originally Posted by Baron

Four distinctly differnt patterns that work well together. What sets this apart is that the color of the tie is different than everything else, yet the secondary colors in the tie pick up the shirt. Nice.

Originally Posted by edmorel

Could have picked any of Ed's but went with this one. Because I am a sucker for blue and brown? Maybe.

Originally Posted by Master Shake

Sweet use the Royal Artillery tie, even if I disapprove as a matter of principle.

Originally Posted by iammatt

Both combos are great, mostly, but I went with this one because the square sucks a bit less.

Originally Posted by A Harris

Nearly all of Andrew's worked as well; this just happened to be my favorite.

Originally Posted by Brownshoe

This has it all.

Originally Posted by Mildly Consumptive

I liked the other one too, but good God man, who wears a white shirt in a pattern matching contest? This one is much, much better for our purposes.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Originally Posted by zjpj83

Honorable mention because so ballsy. But too matchy-matchy to nominate, alas.

Originally Posted by odoreater

City of London bold.

Originally Posted by Nick M

Quoted to preserve the pic, in case he ever tries to deny that he wore this.

Originally Posted by imageWIS

By God, this actually looks pretty damned good!

Originally Posted by LSeca

Also nice. Perhaps the best of the HMs.

Originally Posted by Parker

Also great, but a bit "quiet" for a pattern combining contest.

Originally Posted by AlanC

Shirt, tie and jacket work tremendously well together, but the square ...

Originally Posted by Mujib

Another one for the "Brass Balls" file.

 

[edmorel]

I love mujib's out fir but you have to get the whole thing, the long hair, the facial hair, to really appreciate the whole look.

 

[AlanC]

With all the excellent entries, I'll take Honorable Mention gladly.

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by edmorel

Ed is that last one bespoke? I could have sworn I saw that in Dormeuil's books last fall. Cashmere blend, no? I was tempted but it pushed the price up too high.

 

[whnay.]

Rank:

aharris
matt
bris

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by A Harris

Here are a few more:

I think that this is the most impressive of all in that the tie is intensely ugly (IMHO) but the entire thing looks good.

 

[imageWIS]

Can I take a new pic wearing the same clothes, but with better lighting? As I stated in my original post, the lighting is horrible.

Jon.

 

[Soph]

My 3 favorites:

Cravate_Noire --- very elegant and real world
A Harris--always excellent photos and great combinations with alot day to day application
Baron--Great casual, excellent !

 

[philosophe]

My top three:

AHarris
Matt
Ed

 

[LSeca]

My top three:

1. Baron
2. Cravate_Noire
3. edmorel

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by iammatt

I think that this is the most impressive of all in that the tie is intensely ugly (IMHO) but the entire thing looks good.

I had an almost identical reaction.

 

[bigbris1]

Thank you, Manton. I am already a winner :thumbup:

 

[Kent Wang]

The polls are opened.