When is a Suit’s Silhouette “Too Much”?

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by RSS

I'm positive that it's Mr. Harvey's work.

That is the speculation jefferyd and I had.


- B

 

[lasbar]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

It looks good. Do you have some suits cut by this guy? I'd like to seepictures of people wearing his work.

I'm thinking of bringing that picture to Karl Matthews next time I go to see him...

That's the perfect balance and compromise I was looking for a long time...

On the subject of tribes ,we also have the anti-tribe reflex guided by a refusal to be boxed in certain aesthetics..

I love Huntsman ,drape and Rubinacci .

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by lasbar

I'm thinking of bringing that picture to Karl Matthews next time I go to see him...

That's the perfect balance and compromise I was looking for a long time...

On the subject of tribes ,we also have the anti-tribe reflex guided by a refusal to be boxed in certain aesthetics..

I love Huntsman ,drape and Rubinacci .

Well being into bespoke suits and discussing them on the internet is the main tribe. Sure there are aesthetic/stylistic debates and variations within the tribe but i'd say its internal games aimed at establishing status more than anything else.

 

[Nicola]

Originally Posted by J. Cogburn

It seems to me that a suit can do one of two things if it's going to do anything at all. It can make you look thin. Or it can make you look buff above the waist. Fashion swings from one look to the other. My own very personal view is that "you can never be to thin" is a rather feminine perspective. I'd rather look martial. That's why Tom Ford's suits can look so good to my eye.
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No suit can make you look thin. It's an extra layer of padding. How could it?

I hate to break this to you but nothing is more girly then fat. A thin woman might hit 14% body fat. That's not normal skinny that's borderline dangerous thin. A guy at 14% is pudgy. The next time you stare at a woman's chest wonder what those things are made of. Hint it's not normally silcone.

Unless you think Elton John is the height of manly ? I'm guessing you think the Spartans weren't very manly . I know obesity is the new normal but trying to claim thin is feminine just shows how screwed up the world is today.

Damn kids.

 

[Wes Bourne]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

Well being into bespoke suits and discussing them on the internet is the main tribe. Sure there are aesthetic/stylistic debates and variations within the tribe but i'd say its internal games aimed at establishing status more than anything else.

If that's not the main objective, it sure seems like it a lot of the time.

 

[Fuuma]

Now is this in good taste?

 

[lasbar]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

Well being into bespoke suits and discussing them on the internet is the main tribe. Sure there are aesthetic/stylistic debates and variations within the tribe but i'd say its internal games aimed at establishing status more than anything else.

We're more like the Gauls ,dysfunctional and divided..

It is normal to have power struggles and a pecking order on SF like in any human or animal organization.

It is just human nature.

I still believe we underestimate the social-economical values and meanings behind our sartorial allegiances.

 

[zalb916]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

Now is this in good taste?

For graduates of Tufts University? Yes.

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by lasbar

We're more like the Gauls ,dysfunctional and divided..

It is normal to have power struggles and a pecking order on SF like in any human or animal organization.

It is just human nature.

I still believe we underestimate the social-economical values and meanings behind our sartorial allegiances.

Well taste itself is a matter of establishing status, but its not only that and isn't done in an insincere or scheming way.

 

[jefferyd]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

It looks good. Do you have some suits cut by this guy? I'd like to seepictures of people wearing his work.

Prince Charles, I believe.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by jefferyd

Prince Charles, I believe.

Mostly, except toward the end.

Also RSS.


- B

 

[Don Carlos]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

Now is this in good taste?

This is a hipster's wet dream.

Is it wrong that I kind of want this?

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by jefferyd

Prince Charles, I believe.

Prince Charles wouldn't look good if his life depended on it. I meant someone with a modicum of swagger.

 

[jefferyd]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Well, the thing about this particular mannequin shot that is important is that is not pinned. In reality, jackets on the body always look shaplier..

Usually, but not always. Remember my drape experiment? It looked a lot better on the mannequin than on me, until I fiddled with it a bit, but even then, I think it still looked better on the mannequin.... But I do agree that this would probably look much better on a body.

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by Arrogant Bastard

This is a hipster's wet dream.

Is it wrong that I kind of want this?

It's for kids...someone posted it in the streetwear section and I thought it looked funny.