whnay.'s good taste thread

[dopey]



Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

color of SC better represented in bottom pic. shirt is light blue.

Spoiler: shoes and socks. no red.

Excellent

 

[Manton]

That is pretty good.

 

[RDiaz]

To me it is a suit tie, but to be fair, you would not look out of place in Italy wearing it with an odd jacket, and Spain is sort of like Italy, so ...

Interesting; do you think a madder tie with this same pattern would still be a suit tie? (for you, not taking regional aspects into play).

I ask because sometimes I wonder what the true differences between a madder and a "regular twill" are - my two madder ties (Cappelli and Drake's) have a different feel to them, not only because of the lining - the twills are different.

 

[Manton]

I pretty much never wear print ties with odd jackets. For me, those always take knits, repps, or (seasonally) wool or linen.

 

[RDiaz]

Alright, just wanted to know your point of view. So if I understand correctly, today's tie is not inherently wrong, just like madders aren't (in theory) - you just don't like them. And of course it's always safer to wear a knit, repp, or wool, because a neat print might just be too formal, depending the texture/pattern, and it has to be done carefully. Did I get that right?

Thanks

 

[aravenel]

Stitchy, that is really nice. Well done.

 

[Manton]

Yes. And, as I noted, you will see that kind of tie worn with odd jackets by well dressed men in Italy all the time. Cappelli himself included.

 

[in stitches]



Excellent

That is pretty good.

Stitchy, that is really nice. Well done.

thank you kindly, gents.

 

[A Canuker]



I pretty much never wear print ties with odd jackets. For me, those always take knits, repps, or (seasonally) wool or linen.

I recall Manton saying the same thing in this or another thread to which I've taken to heart. I can't say that it was a earth shattering revelation but it made me review my collection of ties and my approach to odd jackets. Prior I never felt it worked as it should have but this simple change seems to have been the crucial difference that was needed.

 

[edmorel]



I recall Manton saying the same thing in this or another thread to which I've taken to heart. I can't say that it was a earth shattering revelation but it made me review my collection of ties and my approach to odd jackets. Prior I never felt it worked as it should have but this simple change seems to have been the crucial difference that was needed.

Yes, I recall that as well, in this thread. As a matter of fact, on this very page, a few posts up.

 

[RDiaz]

A Canuker, read above. There's nothing wrong with prints + odd jackets, but they just have to be the right kind of print (madder and challis are prints). And other than that there's some leeway depending on where you live and what you do.

 

[Manton]

everyone please try to remember the distinction between an authority and a know-it-all

 

[Dewi]



everyone please try to remember the distinction between an authority and a know-it-all

One gets their own smiley?

 

[RDiaz]

I thought it was the authority who said they weren't wrong per-se

Now I am confused.

 

[Manton]

mostly I don't share ed's concern for lemming-like group-think because I think so many of you would look better if you wore what we told you to wear. However, when people contemplate not wearing perfectly fine combos just because I, personally, don't, then I start to wonder if it's all gone too far.