The FRIDAY - Riot of Colour - Challenge 15th August 2015

[cptjeff]



Sorry, if I was unlear and too brief. The trousers were OTR and happened to be on sale from Dashing Tweeds direct. They are unusual (they have seam which spirals down the leg as opposed to running straight down the side). Around the same time, I got hold of a roll-end length of the same fabric from which the trousers were made (Regents Park check). I had intended to get something unusual made to go with the trousers more specifically (bias cut or with similarly twisted seams a la old school Vivienne Westwood), but in the end that proved difficult so I had a more conventional jacket and waistcoat made. As I said, I've worn it as a 3-piece before and no-one has noticed - and I also posted a fit with the jacket in WAYWRN back when I got it (still rumpled from my suitcase!):

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

If the fabric is the same, than it's still a three piece suit, just made in an unconventional manner. The Duke of Windsor's suits were nearly all made separately, and on different continents (pants from New York, jackets from London), to boot. They're still matching pieces made from the same fabric, so there's no reason to not call them, and wear them as, a suit. It's a three piece suit with weird trousers, and I think most people in the wild would just think the twisted seam was part and parcel of a suit that was supposed to be rather out there.

 

[sugarbutch]

Voted for FM. Less than ideal that it was just for the photo, but...

Thanks for the vote.

To continue the general discussion, because it's interesting (and don't worry I don't take any offence at your comment)...

My view is that unless it's actually specified in the challenge requirements, there's no reason why anyone should be wearing the clothes in question all day or for any more than the time they take their pictures. Normally I don't even give this any thought at all when I'm looking at the pictures submitted; I judge them on the criteria of the challenge. As @Roycru
suggests above, one suspects that many people submit entries specifically for these challenges that they may not actually be wearing for much more than the time it takes to take the picture, but they don't mention it... the difference is that I think that this is entirely their right to do so (unless the rules prohibit it that week) - @Roy Al
just admitted that he didn't wear those socks to work after all, for example, and I just chose to be completely open about when and what I was wearing from the beginning. In the end, these are my clothes, they were worn this week, I have worn them before and I will wear them again. They fit the bill for the challenge, I think they are beautiful and I wanted to share my enjoyment of them with the forum. So I'm glad you liked it and I don't think you need have any reservations.

Obviously it didn't stop my voting for you, but if I had been torn between voting for your entry and someone else's, it would have been a useful tie-breaker. My objective is typically to cast a single vote.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Obviously it didn't stop my voting for you, but if I had been torn between voting for your entry and someone else's, it would have been a useful tie-breaker. My objective is typically to cast a single vote.

You're a hard man, Mr Butch...

 

[sugarbutch]

Nah, just arbitrarily rigorous in matters that don't matter.

 

[Thrift Vader]

@FlyingMonkey Simply put. if you are "Going to play dress-up" in your home or office for 5 mins? And not leave your house/venture out into the wild dressed for the challenge?

It's really not in the spirit of the game. and as Butch said, a certain tie breaker.

-IMHO??- downright misleading and shameful. (Like adding weight to a bobsled)
because, if you lack the balls to wear something outside, where's the challenge in that?

However, congrats on the win. looking forward to a new challenge. and will actually wear it all day (weather permitting).

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Luckily I can resist the temptation to argue with idiots.

 

[bienluienapris]

Congrats Flying Monkey

and thanks to the voters, chocolate medal for me.

 

[DonCologne]

Luckily I can resist the temptation to argue with idiots.

In Germany we say: "Diskutiere nicht mit Idioten, denn sie ziehen dich auf ihr Niveau und schlagen dich dort mit Erfahrung!"

that means: "Do not discuss with idiots, because they bring you down to their level and there they will win against you with their expert knowledge"

 

[Thrift Vader]

In Germany we say: "Diskutiere nicht mit Idioten, denn sie ziehen dich auf ihr Niveau und schlagen dich dort mit Erfahrung!"

that means: "Do not discuss with idiots, because they bring you down to their level and there they will win against you with their expert knowledge"

So what's the next challenge?

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Congrats Flying Monkey

and thanks to the voters, chocolate medal for me.

Well, I voted for you; I love that suit.

Any ideas for the next challenge? (edit: for whoever runs it - polls aren't closed yet...)

 

[bienluienapris]

Well, I voted for you; I love that suit.

And a message to anyone: if you have any ideas for the next challenge, feel free to discuss them here or PM me. I'm very happy to take suggestions!

Any interest in a three piece suit with an odd piece (trousers, jacket or vest) ? Maybe a cardigan which match the jacket or the trousers could be accepted in order to have more participant.

 

[Thrift Vader]

^^ Nice idea.

Also, how 'bout @FlyingMonkey picks a decade, any decade from the 20th century? - we must dress to that time period. and somehow pull it off as a fit we could wear out to lunch.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Any interest in a three piece suit with an odd piece (trousers, jacket or vest) ? Maybe a cardigan which match the jacket or the trousers could be accepted in order to have more participant.

We've done that before (although last year). If we're going to do it again, it's probably a better one for autumn / winter than late summer (in the northern hemisphere, at least - and most of our southern members are in places where it's warmer in winter...).

I looked back over the challenges this morning and found that we've never had a simple 'white jacket' challenge (or at least not since the Friday Challenges were revived). We've had a white trouser challenge, a 'nothern lights' challenge (paler on top than below) and a summer suit challenge. But as the northern summer ends, I would quite like us to get out our white (or cream or off-white etc.) jackets one more time... if we keep it unspecific beyond this, then SW&D members might also want to enter.

That's one idea anyway. There are others...

 

[Cleav]

Who won?

 

[sugarbutch]

The poll is still open. Vote late, vote often!