Purple label suit

[faustian bargain]

Chinese pimps wear lots of black. Usually black on black on black. With silver jewelry. Gucci is generally the label of choice, with Versace and Dolce & Gabbana distance runners up. Sunglasses at night are not uncommon - Dior, Prada or Gucci. There is a very intricate hierarchy of pimps, pimp-daddies, bishops, etc... Often, they settle scores by way of kungfu matches, often in nightclubs. Just last week, there was a big commotion when Dong Lon Wang walked with his entourage into a very famous Hong Kong nightspot that belonged to Hung Re Low without showing proper deference. I'm sure a lot of hoes in Dong's stable were slapped up that night, since he and his men were soundly beaten and thrown out of the club, and lost a lot of face.

LOL

gotta love the face-losing.

i just had a thought - what if Yao Ming were also a pimp?

 

[scnupe7]

Chinese pimps wear lots of black.  Usually black on black on black.  With silver jewelry.  Gucci is generally the label of choice, with Versace and Dolce & Gabbana distance runners up.  Sunglasses at night are not uncommon - Dior, Prada or Gucci.  There is a very intricate hierarchy of pimps, pimp-daddies, bishops, etc...  Often, they settle scores by way of kungfu matches, often in nightclubs.  Just last week, there was a big commotion when Dong Lon Wang walked with his entourage into a very famous Hong Kong nightspot that belonged to Hung Re Low without showing proper deference.  I'm sure a lot of hoes in Dong's stable were slapped up that night, since he and his men were soundly beaten and thrown out of the club, and lost a lot of face.

LMAO....

 

[oldskool]

I love the Purple Label stuff, but no one said it's perfect. Avoid this suit at all costs unless you are really british and really wear an ascot.

 

[Steve B.]

LAG: What are your sources?

 

[LA Guy]

LAG:

What are your sources?

Look out for "The Price of Honor: the bloody world of Chinese Gangs in the New China and beyond" by "anonymous", coming soon to a Borders near you soon.

 

[greg_atlanta]

A bold suit is good for shorter guys who are trying to stand out.

Keep in mind Ralph Lauren is really short (like 5'3"-5'4"??) and a lot of his clothes are more decorative for that reason. Notice you never see him pictured in his own ads standing next to someone, always by himself.

 

[jpeirpont]

now you're just making me laugh. let's just leave television, movies etc... out of the discussion.

I should have said documentry, but the points still the same. Watch a couple I'm sure you'll see some hispanic Pimps dressed in that manner

 

[matadorpoeta]

okay mr. jpierpont, i'll look for a hispanic pimp documentary. sounds pretty entertaining actually...

any recommendations?

 

[jpeirpont]

I didn't say they were soley about Hispanic Pimps, But Pimps Up, Ho's Down has some I think and there's one by the Hughes Brothers.They aren't very good but you'll see some non-blacks dressed in the manner you refered to.

 

[johnapril]

My understanding is that an Italian house, Corneliani, is now making Polo suits.

 

[Leo Jay]

You people crack me up. Â Good to see that people obsessed with the finer points of menswear can have a sense of humor... but insightful intellectual debates on race and class aside... Why DO a lot of tall athletes wear really long jackets? Â Is it some misguided notion that because of their height or long legs they have to wear long suitcoats to maintain the proper visual balance? Â I ask because though I'd never be mistaken for a pro athlete, I am tall with long legs (in OTR, depending on the manufacturer/fit I usually wear a 39R), and whenever I walk into a menswear store to browse for a suit or sportscoat the salesmen (regardless of race Â

 ) invariably try to put me in a size that's too long and just plain too BIG for me ("You need this size, because you're tall and have long arms...").  I always overrule their judgement because I think a longer suitcoat looks sloppy.

 

[TomW]

Leo Jay - I have the same problem. I'm 6'1 and wear a 44, sales people are always trying to put me in a 46L or bigger, yet because of a relatively short torso and long legs I'm really a 44S in most cases. A longer jacket just emphasises my shorter arms and torso and makes me look stumpy. The proportion is much better for me with the shorter jacket - I don't look unbalanced.