Show me your severe silhouette

[TheFoo]

Can someone explain to me what we mean by 'severe'? Some of the suits in this thread seem to have a severe silhouette to me, but most are just examples of structured tailoring, which doesn't necessarily have anything to do with silouette in my mind.

 

[TheDarkKnight]

Originally Posted by David Reeves

How awsome would that be?

Ron Burgundy did this years ago

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Can someone explain to me what we mean by 'severe'? Some of the suits in this thread seem to have a severe silhouette to me, but most are just examples of structured tailoring, which doesn't necessarily have anything to do with silouette in my mind.

I took it to mean structured with more aspects determined by cut and construction rather than by the effect of how the outer layer of cloth conforms intrinsically and by gravity on the body.

In other words, not soft.

- B

 

[literasyme]

+1 -- that's what I assumed, too, although in the case of my Ede (thanks, BTW, for the nice comments!), I wish the coat's construction restrained my surplus pounds even more! In a more literal sense, something like the really rather extreme cuts of Whoopee's suits probably fits the "severe" label better.

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by David Reeves

How awsome would that be?
Well as a tailor you could always make yourself both a pair of pants and a matching skirt. It would make it more versatile. you might have to put special buttons on the jacket, but hey ho. That looks like a triple stripe with an alternating single stripe that has a lozenge superimposed on it at intervals.

 

[David Reeves]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

Well as a tailor you could always make yourself both a pair of pants and a matching skirt. It would make it more versatile. you might have to put special buttons on the jacket, but hey ho.


That looks like a triple stripe with an alternating single stripe that has a lozenge superimposed on it at intervals.

It's a triple pinstripe with a pin dot. The "lozenge" is actually two pin dots close together at intervals of about an inch. They made this design originally in the 20's. They have all sold out of it now though.....maybe they will bring it back in another 90 years.

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

I took it to mean structured with more aspects determined by cut and construction rather than by the effect of how the outer layer of cloth conforms intrinsically and by gravity on the body.

In other words, not soft.

Gotcha. But then, wouldn't the standard Alfani or Jos A. Bank suit qualify as 'severe'?

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by David Reeves

It's a triple pinstripe with a pin dot. The "lozenge" is actually two pin dots close together at intervals of about an inch. They made this design originally in the 20's. They have all sold out of it now though.....maybe they will bring it back in another 90 years.
What weight would you estimate it at? It would be interesting to see a close up at some point.

 

[robin]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

But then, wouldn't the standard Alfani or Jos A. Bank suit qualify as 'severe'?
No, those are just boring.

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by robin

No, those are just boring.

Sure, but they are not 'soft'. Therefore, they are 'severe' under what appears to be the working definition of the word in this thread.

 

[robin]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Sure, but they are not 'soft'. Therefore, they are 'severe' under what appears to be the working definition of the word in this thread.
Then let vox change it so that it is suits that are not soft, and also not boring. Geez, lawyers.

 

[Mannix]

Originally Posted by robin

From the recent issue of Fantastic Man, ad was from 1979 for Pierre Cardin's pret-a-porter collection (it was part of a section that also had a very good interview with him).

Slightly reminiscient of Daniel Craig wearing his Tom Ford bullshit.

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Sure, but they are not 'soft'. Therefore, they are 'severe' under what appears to be the working definition of the word in this thread.

Everyone got it, try to see it as an imprecise zone where it's possible to doubt at the margins and not an operational definition, you'll manage with some intuition.

 

[TC (Houston)]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Can someone explain to me what we mean by 'severe'? Some of the suits in this thread seem to have a severe silhouette to me, but most are just examples of structured tailoring, which doesn't necessarily have anything to do with silouette in my mind.

I agree with you. Rereading the original post, it looks to me like Fuuma got a bunch of non-responsive responses (mine included LOL).

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by robin

Then let vox change it so that it is suits that are not soft, and also not boring. Geez, lawyers.
He's not being a lawyer, he's just being purposefully, difficult and contradictory without having anything original to add to control the conversation and appear knowledgeable...oh wait, he IS being a lawyer!