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What are your thoughts on wearing a vertically striped shirt with a diagonally striped tie? Is that a no-no?Originally Posted by acecow
This is a classic combo actually...just make sure the stripe on the tie is bolder (ie. spaced more) than the shirt's stripe
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I have a pair of black Park Avenues (bought used off Ebay for something like $30) that have served me well. I want to get them recrafted and keep using them as an everyday work shoe, but I'd like to also grab something else in black. I tripped over an article that mentioned these Tim Little wholecuts:
and man, I'm in love.
What else should I look at along this line? These run around $500, which is definitely the limit of what I want to spend, ideally I'd like to be looking more around the $200-300 range...but these won't get abused every day, so I'm trying to be flexible.
and man, I'm in love.
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so what's the deal with Vass MTO boots now? is someone in sf still running a service? what's the price range?
*edit - i guess not necessarily vass mto boots
i'm looking for some hardy yet sleek cordovan PTB - double or triple soles :]
*edit - i guess not necessarily vass mto boots
i'm looking for some hardy yet sleek cordovan PTB - double or triple soles :]
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black shirt with midnight navy suit?Originally Posted by A-Mart
From the perspective of classic men's tailored clothing, black shirts are not worn with any color suit. Even apart from that, black and navy are a bad pairing. They make you look like you're really bad at matching colors.
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Mid grey nailhead as odd trousers: yes or no. I've bought very nice double pleated & cuffed pair which I think will go fine with brown shoes and a navy blazer. What thoughts on wearing with a range of other sports coats?Originally Posted by Tarlee
No on the trousers. I think most people would consider nailhead a suiting pattern the same as pinstripes, etc.
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Is it okay to use clothes brushes or lint removing brushes on flannel or baize cloth coats? Wouldn't the more "thready" and "furry" nature of the cloth lead to threads being pulled out by the brush? I used a lint brush on a black baize cloth coat once, and while the coat looked fine, there were all these black hairs left on the brush afterwards.
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What's best practice when it comes to mirror shine? The whole shoe or just the cap?
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What's best practice when it comes to mirror shine? The whole shoe or just the cap?Originally Posted by rickblaine
The mirror shine is composed of a layer of wax polish on the surface of the shoe. That works great on a part of the shoe such as the toe that does not flex. On parts of the shoe that do flex, that layer of wax will crack and you'll end up with a white waxy residue that will have to be stripped off.
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Not really clothing related but I've been wondering this for a long time...
But what exactly is "spam" and what exactly is a "troll"in SF/other fora speak?
I mean, I kinda get it but is there a widely synonymous meaning for each?
I've seen spam used as "a useless, or dumb" post.
And
Troll used as Someone who conducts the above
and when a troll is trolling, he is excessively doing the above?
Am I missing anything?
Thanks, and i'm asking in all seriousness.
But what exactly is "spam" and what exactly is a "troll"in SF/other fora speak?
I mean, I kinda get it but is there a widely synonymous meaning for each?
I've seen spam used as "a useless, or dumb" post.
And
Troll used as Someone who conducts the above
and when a troll is trolling, he is excessively doing the above?
Am I missing anything?
Thanks, and i'm asking in all seriousness.
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Not really clothing related but I've been wondering this for a long time...Originally Posted by FStyles
But what exactly is "spam" and what exactly is a "troll"in SF/other fora speak?
I mean, I kinda get it but is there a widely synonymous meaning for each?
I've seen spam used as "a useless, or dumb" post.
And
Troll used as Someone who conducts the above
and when a troll is trolling, he is excessively doing the above?
Am I missing anything?
Thanks, and i'm asking in all seriousness.
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