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Manton has selected the following finalists. The below text is his: OK, this has been hard. Many, many worthy competitors. In the end, I thought AlanC, Brownshoe, Crazyquick, Patrick06790, Untitled, and zjpj83 emerged at the head of the pack. I want to make special mention of Parker, Shorman, Lucky Strike, and VWGuy, each of whom posted at least one outfit that I thought was worthy of the best. Yet I had to make a call, and in some small respect each fell a bit short of its peers. It's also possible that I was influenced by the overall strength of the others' multiple entries. Click the poster's name to see the original post, so you can judge all the photos posted and get a better sense of the overall ensemble. I here only post one pic, for reference. AlanC:
Just iconically trad in every way. Brownshoe:
I hope he does not think it unfair that I choose perhaps his least stereotypically trad entry. Yet I think it is actually easier in many ways to haul out uber-trad elements. It's much harder to do trad within the confines of conservative business dress and still make it look trad. crazyquick:
I chose this because no one wore either a bow tie or a vest better. Patrick06790
I know I called this outfit bland by comparison to his other entry, but it is so pitch-perfectly trad, that I have to go with it here. untilted: The pic is too damned big to post. But can black tie get mor trad than this? zjpj83:
I know a lot of people are going to say I should have chosen his other big entry, but that one struck me as more forced the more I thought about it. This seems more in the insouciant spirit of trad. ------------------------------- Voting ends three days from now, which is around 11:45 AM EST on Saturday. Thanks to all the contestants, this was a lot of fun. The winner will receive the below Kent Wang pink checked seersucker pocket square.