Your Sartorial Evolution. Photos encouraged.

[glenjay]

Me and my Caddy in 1979:

1) The outfit matches the car
2) The jacket is too long
3) Mix and match pants
4) Pimping is illegal

The shoes however are fantastic.

My evolution:

Fixed all of the above. The shoes are still fantastic.

 

[Master Squirrel]

Originally Posted by glenjay

Me and my Caddy in 1979:

1) The outfit matches the car
2) The jacket is too long
3) Mix and match pants
4) Pimping is illegal

The shoes however are fantastic.

My evolution:

Fixed all of the above. The shoes are still fantastic.

The big question is: did you go through the "Miami Vice" look to get there?

 

[glenjay]

Originally Posted by Master Squirrel

The big question is: did you go through the "Miami Vice" look to get there?

There was an option?

 

[KtownGreg]

Originally Posted by Big A

Ktown, that tux before & after is really cool, definitely illustrates what I think is a common evolution for a lot of us. We all owe Giorgio a kick in the nads.
1+ on the kick

Originally Posted by stewartu

If not that much then it is a great illustration of how much fit can affect body style. Great job. Best wishes for 2010 and nicely done!
Sadly, only down about 5#. Mostly, it's the fit of the clothes. I think PG was the first to say "LOSE the pants!"

Originally Posted by Mr. Moo

KTown... awesome stuff. You've really improved your look. It looks like you lost some weight, trimmed your clothing and grew a beard. I think it all works really, really well. Keep up the good work!
Thank you.

 

[Lear]

Originally Posted by Mr. Moo

Mr. Moo What a great look

. Nice to see someone evolving. Details on the jacket fabric and weight please. I'm personally aiming for a look that doesn't suggest homeless person. I'm not kidding. Security guards would follow me through department stores. All of my socks had large holes in the toes and on the heels. Every shirt I had was ripped (not fashionably) to shreds. Wet weather meant wet feet from the ground up, as my only pair of shoes (trainers) had holes in the bottom. Instead of a rucksack/briefcase, items were carried in a reversed Apple Mac bag, taped together on all sides with brown sticky tape. This is not a joke, I practically wore the same clothes every day for about five years, but washed them constantly. Not a look middle-aged men can get away with. I remember buying Lanvin ties and perfectly fitting McAfee shoes, plus a load of other stuff, that never got worn. All got given away to people poorer than myself, while I continued to trudge the streets in rags. What would a detailed psychiatric analysis have made of all this?

 

[w.o.e.is.me.]

wow.
this thread is both inspiring
and painful to look at (because i'm so envious).
another full year perhaps.
and i'll be near.

 

[JPHardy]

+1
I wish I could dig up pics of me in my Armani Collezioni stuff from 90-96. Some of those fabrics were so "gauzy", that to me was drape.

Originally Posted by Big A

Ktown, that tux before & after is really cool, definitely illustrates what I think is a common evolution for a lot of us.

I was sitting in a waiting room this morning surfing SF on my phone and decided that there are a generation of us between the ages of 30 and 50 that were put off track by the prevalence of the Armani silhouette - a baggy mess that never "fit" but was the standard throughout the 80's and even very early 90's. I honestly didn't realize all my stuff was at least a size too big until roughly 2004-2005. We all owe Giorgio a kick in the nads.

Thanks TC and JP

 

[iand]

Originally Posted by SkinnyGoomba

Amazing photo, amazing development of personal style. Heartwarming transformation.

 

[Mr. Moo]

Bump.

 

[poorsod]

This is a good thread. Any updates?

 

[VRaivio]

For me, the posts with a bit of personal and family history are golden. This thread could do with even more WIN.