whnay.'s good taste thread

[aravenel]

I'd wear a stripe, a larger-print medallion, or a solid knit. Probably a solid knit.

Agree on the hank, wouldnt be my first choice.

 

[TheFoo]



I'd wear a stripe, a larger-print medallion, or a solid knit. Probably a solid knit.

Agree on the hank, wouldnt be my first choice.

A knit could be nice--just please not navy blue. Bottle green grenadine would be fantastic.

 

[aravenel]



A knit could be nice--just please not navy blue. Bottle green grenadine would be fantastic.

Bottle green would definitely be my first thought. I don't think navy would be terrible, but green would absolutely look great here.

 

[YRR92]

It matters not whether the jacket is worsted or true tweed. It is made in the style of true tweed and meant to look the part, so it should be worn as such.

As for the tie motif: ninety-nine percent of all neat motifs are floral with three or four colors. That does not make any of them more country.

So, if we hypothesize a jacket in shetland or Harris Tweed with the exact same pattern as that jacket, you'd be willing to put something together for the rough one, swap in the worsted coat, and not change a thing? Would you do that for everything one could wear with the Harris, or only the relatively "smooth" end of that stuff? I'm not sure about wearing a brushed-finish tattersall shirt or mid-to-wide wale cords with a plain worsted coat, for example.

I'm actually a little gun-shy (puns!) of that kind of smooth checked jacket, if only because I feel like I'd have a terrible time with squares for it. The pattern often seems to come through more "strongly" than it does on a tweed with more surface interest.

I was going through stuff I'd worn recently to see if I had anything worth posting here, and have reached the conclusion that I need some new shirts.

 

[TheFoo]

Yes, I would wear such a worsted tweed exactly as I would a true shetland or Harris tweed of the same color and pattern. Even though worsted, the fabric is still not smooth like typical suiting. The yarns are usually quite a bit larger and the weave more obvious. Also, the earthy, autumnal colors typical of tweed are jarring against stark white linen regardless of texture. Browns, greens, oranges, blues, etc., are colors that occur frequently in nature. Pure white, not so much. White is a much more contrived, purposeful color and thus fits more in-line with business dress in urban settings. The matter is only made worse by the fact that linen should be folded. A casual jacket calls for a more casual square fold (not folded at all).

 

[TweedyProf]

Also, the earthy, autumnal colors typical of tweed are jarring against stark white linen regardless of texture. Browns, greens, oranges, blues, etc., are colors that occur frequently in nature. Pure white, not so much.

Snow...

Of course, you mean the juxtaposition of earthy colors with white which makes sense wrt the linen square/tweed point.

 

[quar]



Pliny, agree with Manton that you see this all the time in Italy. I also think this pattern falls on the dressier side for an odd jacket so the neat tie is workable.

aportnoy, was that you just now in the Saks Kiton section?

 

[aportnoy]



aportnoy, was that you just now in the Saks Kiton section?

 

[DocHolliday]

I'm with Foo -- Pliny's tie pattern is too small and busy to really work well with that coat. Not terrible, but there are much better options.

I wince when I see posters preaching to newbs about how versatile that sort of tie is. I don't get it.

 

[DocHolliday]



Browns, greens, oranges, blues, etc., are colors that occur frequently in nature. Pure white, not so much.

Other than the clouds in the sky, the snow on the ground, the flowers in the grass, the rocks in the earth and the stars in the heavens?

 

[YRR92]

Yes, I would wear such a worsted tweed exactly as I would a true shetland or Harris tweed of the same color and pattern. Even though worsted, the fabric is still not smooth like typical suiting. The yarns are usually quite a bit larger and the weave more obvious. Also, the earthy, autumnal colors typical of tweed are jarring against stark white linen regardless of texture. Browns, greens, oranges, blues, etc., are colors that occur frequently in nature. Pure white, not so much. White is a much more contrived, purposeful color and thus fits more in-line with business dress in urban settings. The matter is only made worse by the fact that linen should be folded. A casual jacket calls for a more casual square fold (not folded at all).

Cool. I find white a bit too stark against some tweeds/faux-tweeds, but I think there's room for a shirt with a white stripe -- either a "symmetrical" stripe like a candy or bengal, or a shirt with a colored ground and a white stripe, like the old BB "blazer stripe" -- in a rig with even a very "mossy" tweed coat. Right? I feel like this is super basic, but I could be wrong.

 

[in stitches]



I wince when I see posters preaching to newbs about how versatile that sort of tie is. I don't get it.

well yes, for patterned coats, especially heavily patterned coats, neats are not the best route usually. but for someone who wears almost exclusively solid suits, and prefers conservative dress, i think neats really are the best way to go. i guess stripes are just as well, they just interest me less than neats. ymmv on that.

 

[quar]



I'm on holidays here from Australia. Seeing Formosa on Wednesday at gdl203's Trunkshow.

You were the first well dressed dude I've seen here, and when I suspected it was you, my suspicions were confirmed when I saw the EGs on your feet.

 

[unbelragazzo]

White hank (usually puff not TV) with a tweed suit is an old school English standard

 

[TheFoo]



White hank (usually puff not TV) with a tweed suit is an old school English standard

Whatever it is, it is hideous. Relying on what is "standard" where doesn't cut it.