WAYWRN: Classic Menswear, Casual Style

[DFWWingnut]

Black Friday Casual...

Jacket: Kent and Curwen
Shirt: Spier & Mackay Custom OCBD
Belt: PRL
Shoes: AE Cavanaugh
Jeans: AG

 

[An Acute Style]

Short guys cuffing their trousers is a long and proud iGent tradition.

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Is that Foo? I expected better. There should be a former members picture thread so we can see if they walked to walk as well as they talked the talk. :foo:

 

[Gus]

Is that Foo? I expected better. There should be a former members picture thread so we can see if they walked to walk as well as they talked the talk. :foo:

Yep, that is The Foo. This was about the time he started doing more "statement" commissions that didn't always suit his size/build rather than more straight forward early pieces that, to me, were far more flattering and successful. This, along with his "great coat" IMO, just didn't work. But, of course, he had a million arguments why they worked. Those volumes of arguments were the basis of his SF and internet reputation.

What's missing here are the early days of The Foo right after he first returned from Italy. He earnestly shared his menswear discoveries (or the leads that he had from Manton and Iammatt) , detailed photos of the construction of shirts and trousers, artisan and tailor visits. The early Foo period was actually very helpful and inspiring. It was to me anyway.

 

[Patrick R]

In what I saw of his posting, Foo was open, thoughtful, opinionated, manic, funny (intentionally and not), and had plenty of style. My tastes rarely (never?) overlapped with his, but that didn’t stop me from appreciating many of the things he posted. I agree with Gus that some of the pieces posted (like his great coat) were much worse to my eye than others, and that I liked earlier posts better than later posts, but all of the content he generated was worth a read for any/all of the above reasons.

Whether it reflected reality or not, I learned from another member that if you simply approached his posts as coming from someone squarely “on the spectrum,” they were far less agitating and easier to appreciate.

If you haven’t, go back and read some of his threads. It’s well worth the time.

 

[Thomson]

If you haven’t, go back and read some of his threads. It’s well worth the time.

Any thread you would recommend in particular?

Many thanks.
Thompson

 

[Patrick R]

Sadly, the most useful threads are no longer useful because all of the photos are missing. But some of the funnier ones are still worth a read:

https://www.styleforum.net/threads/one-shoe-wardrobe-why-not.98968/
https://www.styleforum.net/threads/...st-wallet-at-hermes-arises-victorious.215158/

Example of thread rendered useless by the lack of photos:
https://www.styleforum.net/threads/get-foofed.115692/

 

[Thomson]

Thanks, Patrick R, I'll check them out.

 

[Terminator]

I just read the entire great coat thread:

https://www.styleforum.net/threads/...s-added-for-those-lacking-imagination.332612/

@GusW you said you liked that coat at the time?

 

[Gus]

I just read the entire great coat thread:

https://www.styleforum.net/threads/...s-added-for-those-lacking-imagination.332612/

@GusW you said you liked that coat at the time?

On its own, I liked the fabric and the details of the coat. But I didn't like the fit nor did I think the style suited him.

 

[Terminator]

Gotcha!

 

[Gus]

Sadly, the most useful threads are no longer useful because all of the photos are missing. But some of the funnier ones are still worth a read:

https://www.styleforum.net/threads/one-shoe-wardrobe-why-not.98968/
https://www.styleforum.net/threads/...st-wallet-at-hermes-arises-victorious.215158/

Example of thread rendered useless by the lack of photos:
https://www.styleforum.net/threads/get-foofed.115692/

Ha ha...yeah some real classic Foo in these threads. But, missing the early, earnest Foo in the early stages of discovering his own style when he was still more open to discussion rather than trying to convince the world that his opinion was correct.

 

[Patrick R]

Agreed. I only had the patience to search so far back.

 

[An Acute Style]

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[Neo1824]

Ha ha...yeah some real classic Foo in these threads. But, missing the early, earnest Foo in the early stages of discovering his own style when he was still more open to discussion rather than trying to convince the world that his opinion was correct.

Wow that thread brings back memories...a lot of old timers on that one!

 

[Riva]

What ever happened to Foo?