THE GRAY ODD JACKET (AND SOMETIMES MONOCHROMATIC COMBINATION)

[bourbonbasted]

Great stuff, Butler.

 

[in stitches]

great fit, B. love the SC.

 

[EFV]

Not the greatest pic. ******* with SF group think in more than one way here, gray SC + navy pants.

 

[GMMcL]

Butler, that fit is just... wow. monochromatic without being boring. would never have thought gray up top on gray down below would work but, holy! very nice indeed.

 

[gdl203]

As a long time defender of grey sport coats, I ought to participate

 

[Thin White Duke]

 

[Cantabrigian]

Grey herringbone tweed is classic.

Haven't worn it for months, obviously, but the thought actually makes the end of summer a little easier.

 

[tdude]

^^ @ canta. The shoulders look a bit extended. Are they? That's not a critique as I think the silhoutte is great. Just wondering about your fit choices. I'm thinking about having a brown tweed made up. Hadn't really thought about grey. But then I have a Harris grey in the back of my closet and I never wear it. Don't know why.

 

[YRR92]

Canta, that jacket is great. Do you get extra points for the monochromatic background?

 

[in stitches]

looking good, g. always nice to see you.

 

[gdl203]



looking good, g. always nice to see you.

thanks s - whatever happened to your frequent NYC trips? let's grab a cold one when you're back here

 

[in stitches]



thanks s - whatever happened to your frequent NYC trips? let's grab a cold one when you're back here

i still make the trek. will defo be in touch when i go next time. would be nice to catch up.

 

[Henry Carter]

Too late for the challenge, but I don't mind me a grey jacket.

 

[Butler]

THE CONTESTANTS - VOTE NOW!

I think it's a little hard to pair up an odd grey jacket in warmer seasons... Usually a herringbone / Donegal is a lot more easy to pair up. Anyway - this is mine from Winter...

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PoseFail:

Me from 01.19.13. The jacket has light blue and tan windowpane. I usually pair it with blue and tan trousers.

Ten days after AAS wore his excellent rig, I put this together. I'm enough of a Campbell to wear this tie, though it's not q-u-i-t-e my branch. Note that, in the interim, I have purchased better-fitting gray flannels, and put much more effort into keeping them creased. Otherwise, I'd gladly repeat this rig, though I might wear different shoes, and take a picture where the jacket looks a little better. Actually, given that it's 95 F here today, I'd love to be able to wear this again.

I can't be arsed to look through old pics, so here's what I'm wearing today:

Here's an outfit that I tried a month or two ago, after a discussion in the Australian Members' thread about wearing grey odd jackets. I usually wear the jacket with a white OCBD shirt, a knit tie and blue trousers, but I decided that I would try something a bit different and a little bit monochromatic. The outfit in the (rather bad) photos consists of a pair of charcoal grey flannel trousers, indigo chambray shirt, mid-grey herringbone weave odd jacket, brown cashmere tie and chestnut shoes.

Interestingly, when I've worn the grey jacket with the white shirt and dark blue trousers before, none of the women in my office have ever commented on my outfit, but when I wore the darker, rather monochromatic combination above, I received quite a few, totally unsolicited compliments.

Brooks Brothers grey jacket, shirt, grey sweater vest, and grey tie, Polo grey flannel trousers......

The weather was actually better than promised here today, so I decided to go with white chinos with the grey flannel jacket to make it a more summer-appropriate outfit.

Details:

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from last week.

Weather has dropped the couple of degrees it needed to for me to tolerate a jacket & tie today:

First picture is by far the best with respect to color. Others are simply to show the bottom half of the outfit (white trousers, light brown shoes).

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This is how I do it: Steven Hitchcock SB, Harrison Saltire Cashmere windowpane & Ambrosi trousers in Minnis 300 flannel. Turnbull & Asser shirt with detached collar from Budd, Rubinacci tie, John Lobb St James's nubuck

Not the greatest pic. ******* with SF group think in more than one way here, gray SC + navy pants.

As a long time defender of grey sport coats, I ought to participate

Grey herringbone tweed is classic. Haven't worn it for months, obviously, but the thought actually makes the end of summer a little easier.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

This one isn't really a contest, is it? It's not that there aren't many nice fits, but Butler's is the kind of fit that's so effortlessly superior that makes you want to give up and dress in a sack!