conservative business dress WAYWRN: An Experiment

I think we're getting to the saturation point with respect to improper shoe fastening. Soon people will post pictures of shoes completely untied (or button boots unbuttoned for fellows of that persuasion) which will signal that we're at the overhyped stage, and the backlash will begin - with the square knot leading the way.

When this glorious day is upon us, I will return triumphantly and start a shoelace knot pr0n thread and the hype cycle will begin anew.

So it shall be written.

Originally Posted by UnFacconable

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I think we're getting to the saturation point with respect to improper shoe fastening. Soon people will post pictures of shoes completely untied (or button boots unbuttoned for fellows of that persuasion) which will signal that we're at the overhyped stage, and the backlash will begin - with the square knot leading the way.

When this glorious day is upon us, I will return triumphantly and start a shoelace knot pr0n thread and the hype cycle will begin anew.

So it shall be written.

Originally Posted by edmorel

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Is that a brown silk twill and if so, when can I get one?

Originally Posted by gdl203

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Originally Posted by TRINI

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Is that a brown silk twill and if so, when can I get one?

brown wool with very faint horizontal ribs

Originally Posted by edmorel

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Also, these are my zany socks. Rather than being just solid navy, they are solid navy ribbed

This crosses the line. GTFO.

I need more bengal striped shirts...

Ed,

Awesome!!

Originally Posted by Phat Guido

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Will it rain again today

Looking for new conservative business dress wheels - 1962 Lancia Flaminia 3B

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Opulence, I loves it!

Originally Posted by gdl203

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UCBD day

Great stuff Greg!

Originally Posted by TRINI

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Well done!

Originally Posted by gdl203

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Buy the same tie from ed ! It's a Panta and the silk is awesome.

These toes are as round as they get without getting into clunk territory

gdl, the shoes are awesome. where are they from?

Originally Posted by Omar1223

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gdl, the shoes are awesome. where are they from?

They're Ferragamo Tramezza

What I wore this afternoon probably qualifies as conservative business dress (at least it would do if a conservative business dress workplace permitted odd jacket/trousers) though I wasn't doing anything businessy in it...
Lighting is a bit dark on my screen. Trousers are a very, very dark brown/charcoal, and the shoes are dark mahogany brown. I bet I can guess which specific aspect will draw fire...
colour inversion top/bottom

Originally Posted by NORE

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MoK, bring back the Englishman, I much prefer your bolder looks.

Originally Posted by Azzurri

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I agree with Nore. I'm used to seeing you in patterns, Mok. And I think they suit you better.

Originally Posted by srivats

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I like this look on your, MoK.


Thanks - I like pattern so it felt rather odd. I'll give it another go at some point though.

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

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MoK, I like where you're going, but the square strikes me as a little lonely. Maybe a patterned square with cream in it? For real patternless minimalism, I might swap out the cream shirt for tried and true white and go with a TV fold.

Yes I thought about white, and white - the square was the awkward bit, but it seemed a bit of a cop out to take the easy option today

Originally Posted by Parker

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All solids does not seem quite right either. It's sort of the flip side of too many patterns. I think using one or two subtle patterns (or even a highly textured solid) looks better and is more conservative business dress than all solid. I think Manton mentioned it's due to the relative rarity of solid ties.

If I'd allowed myself one pattern, I'd have probably gone for a wine grenadine and the cream & burgundy map-print square I wore a short while back.

Originally Posted by Manton

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I like all solids sometimes. Maybe I will do it tomorrow.
I look forward to it.

It's been an interesting experiment - I think trying something outside of one's comfort zone be it colour, pattern or whatever is good from time to time.

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

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All solids can be tricky business. Hard for me to think of a square I'd like in that situation other than white.

Yes - (and I'm of the white linen only with white ground shirts or white contrast collars school) my usual go to solid silk is cream, but the shirt ruled that out. Pale pink didn't look too bad, nor did pale blue, but I ended up tossing a coin between burgundy and gold.

Conservative today.​

^^Excellent jacket fit. Pants look a little off, but likely just the pic. I'd also prefer a pocket square. Very nice overall and certainly conservative business dress in my book.

Originally Posted by Phat Guido

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^Love both sets of wheels!

Originally Posted by TRINI

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^I think this is the best AE last they made.

Originally Posted by edmorel

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^love the SC and the pants look sweet. Wish my thighs weren't so big.

Originally Posted by ctp120

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^^Excellent jacket fit. Pants look a little off, but likely just the pic. I'd also prefer a pocket square. Very nice overall and certainly conservative business dress in my book.
^Thx, Ctp. Pants could probably be taken in and pretty much all my pants need work one way or another. My weight fluctuates in direct relation to how much I exercise. Can be a pain to keep things fitted so I like a little room.

Trying to get the hang of the new iPhone camera.