Summer Essentials: Classic menswear (suits,jacket,shirts,shoes)???

[Soph]

I'll start with the classic:

1. The Khaki suit in a cotten/linen or all linen.
2. Black Persols

 

[designprofessor]

a few picks

 

[thinman]

Originally Posted by Soph

I'll start with the classic:

2. Black Persols

???? (What are Persols?)

designprofessor, nice monks. What make and model are they?

 

[Soph]

http://persol.com/Usa/HomePageUsa.html

Pilots and Sport Drivers --- etc. and onward

Nice monks.

 

[designprofessor]

Originally Posted by thinman

???? (What are Persols?)

designprofessor, nice monks. What make and model are they?

C&J "Chalfont" (pg. 10 of the new catalog)
Wish I owned them, but I need to find a deal and try them on as I'm unsure of Euro sizing.
I'm open to tips on purchasing C&J.

 

[thinman]

Originally Posted by designprofessor

C&J "Chalfont" (pg. 10 of the new catalog)
Wish I owned them, but I need to find a deal and try them on as I'm unsure of Euro sizing.
I'm open to tips on purchasing C&J.

Go down 1/2 size from your US size (I wear US 12D and would buy UK size 11.5E from C&J), unless the shoe is a Handgrade on the 337 last. In the latter case, I go down 1 full size, to UK 11E. This is only an educated guess, as I own only C&J shoes in US sizes, purchased from RL (I have the Alton, a C&J Handgrade on the 337 last, in US size 11.5D and the Darlton wingtip, a C&J Pembroke Benchmade on the 325 last, in US size 12D).

 

[sammy]

Originally Posted by Soph

I'll start with the classic:

2. Black Persols

Tortoise Persols!